je, tu, il ਅਤੇ ils ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਸੁਣਦੇ ਹਨ — -e, -es ਅਤੇ -ent ਸਾਰੇ ਚੁੱਪ ਹਨ। ਸਿਰਫ਼ nous (-ons) ਅਤੇ vous (-ez) ਵੱਖਰੇ ਸੁਣਾਈ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | chantesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai chanté | chantaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais chanter | chanteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | chantessounds the same as another form in this tense | as chantésounds the same as another form in this tense | chantaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas chantersounds the same as another form in this tense | chanterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | chantesounds the same as another form in this tense | a chantésounds the same as another form in this tense | chantaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va chantersounds the same as another form in this tense | chanterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | chantons | avons chanté | chantions | allons chanter | chanteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | chantez | avez chanté | chantiez | allez chanter | chanterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | chantentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont chanté | chantaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont chanter | chanterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. chante covers both "I sing" and "I am singing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and chanté does not — ai chanté.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so chantons gives you chantais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; chanter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on chanter-, 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 chanter |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de chanter |
| il/elle | vient de chanter |
| nous | venons de chanter |
| vous | venez de chanter |
| ils/elles | viennent de chanter |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | chante |
|---|---|
| nous | chantons |
| vous | chantez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en chantant
What this table tells you about chanter
The past participle is chanté, 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 chanter-, 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: chante, chantes, chantent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know chantons you already know chantais, chantait and chantaient. Futur proche keeps chanter untouched.