ਲਿਖਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਟੈਮ ਬਦਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ nous ਅਤੇ vous ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਬਾਕੀ ਰੂਪ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਸੁਣਦੇ ਹਨ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | changesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai changé | changeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais changer | changeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | changessounds the same as another form in this tense | as changésounds the same as another form in this tense | changeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas changersounds the same as another form in this tense | changerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | changesounds the same as another form in this tense | a changésounds the same as another form in this tense | changeaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va changersounds the same as another form in this tense | changerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | changeons | avons changé | changions | allons changer | changeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | changez | avez changé | changiez | allez changer | changerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | changentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont changé | changeaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont changer | changerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. change covers both "I change" and "I am changeing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and changé does not — ai changé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so changeons gives you changeais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; changer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on changer-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
Three more forms worth knowing
Not among the five TEF/TCF-scored tenses above, but common past A1–A2.
Passé récentjust happened
| je | viens de changer |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de changer |
| il/elle | vient de changer |
| nous | venons de changer |
| vous | venez de changer |
| ils/elles | viennent de changer |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | change |
|---|---|
| nous | changeons |
| vous | changez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en changeant
What this table tells you about changer
The past participle is changé, and it takes avoir in the passé composé — so it never changes shape, whoever the subject is. No agreement to remember here.
The futur simple is built on changer-, which is just the infinitive — the endings are the whole story, nothing new to learn for this tense.
In both the present and the imparfait, je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles are one sound: change, changes, changent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
changer softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads changeais but changions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.