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 | imprimesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai imprimé | imprimaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais imprimer | imprimeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | imprimessounds the same as another form in this tense | as imprimésounds the same as another form in this tense | imprimaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas imprimersounds the same as another form in this tense | imprimerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | imprimesounds the same as another form in this tense | a imprimésounds the same as another form in this tense | imprimaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va imprimersounds the same as another form in this tense | imprimerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | imprimons | avons imprimé | imprimions | allons imprimer | imprimeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | imprimez | avez imprimé | imprimiez | allez imprimer | imprimerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | imprimentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont imprimé | imprimaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont imprimer | imprimerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. imprime covers both "I print" and "I am printing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and imprimé does not — ai imprimé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so imprimons gives you imprimais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; imprimer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on imprimer-, 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 d'imprimer |
|---|---|
| tu | viens d'imprimer |
| il/elle | vient d'imprimer |
| nous | venons d'imprimer |
| vous | venez d'imprimer |
| ils/elles | viennent d'imprimer |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | imprime |
|---|---|
| nous | imprimons |
| vous | imprimez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en imprimant
What this table tells you about imprimer
The past participle is imprimé, 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 imprimer-, 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: imprime, imprimes, impriment — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know imprimons you already know imprimais, imprimait and imprimaient. Futur proche keeps imprimer untouched.