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 | demandesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai demandé | demandaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais demander | demanderaisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | demandessounds the same as another form in this tense | as demandésounds the same as another form in this tense | demandaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas demandersounds the same as another form in this tense | demanderassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | demandesounds the same as another form in this tense | a demandésounds the same as another form in this tense | demandaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va demandersounds the same as another form in this tense | demanderasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | demandons | avons demandé | demandions | allons demander | demanderonssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | demandez | avez demandé | demandiez | allez demander | demanderezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | demandentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont demandé | demandaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont demander | demanderontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. demande covers both "I ask for" and "I am ask foring" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and demandé does not — ai demandé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so demandons gives you demandais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; demander never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on demander-, 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 demander |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de demander |
| il/elle | vient de demander |
| nous | venons de demander |
| vous | venez de demander |
| ils/elles | viennent de demander |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | demande |
|---|---|
| nous | demandons |
| vous | demandez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en demandant
What this table tells you about demander
The past participle is demandé, 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 demander-, 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: demande, demandes, demandent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know demandons you already know demandais, demandait and demandaient. Futur proche keeps demander untouched.