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 | gardesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai gardé | gardaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais garder | garderaisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | gardessounds the same as another form in this tense | as gardésounds the same as another form in this tense | gardaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas gardersounds the same as another form in this tense | garderassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | gardesounds the same as another form in this tense | a gardésounds the same as another form in this tense | gardaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va gardersounds the same as another form in this tense | garderasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | gardons | avons gardé | gardions | allons garder | garderonssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | gardez | avez gardé | gardiez | allez garder | garderezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | gardentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont gardé | gardaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont garder | garderontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. garde covers both "I keep, to watch over" and "I am keep, to watch overing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and gardé does not — ai gardé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so gardons gives you gardais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; garder never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on garder-, 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 garder |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de garder |
| il/elle | vient de garder |
| nous | venons de garder |
| vous | venez de garder |
| ils/elles | viennent de garder |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | garde |
|---|---|
| nous | gardons |
| vous | gardez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en gardant
What this table tells you about garder
The past participle is gardé, 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 garder-, 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: garde, gardes, gardent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know gardons you already know gardais, gardait and gardaient. Futur proche keeps garder untouched.