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 | montresounds the same as another form in this tense | ai montré | montraissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais montrer | montreraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | montressounds the same as another form in this tense | as montrésounds the same as another form in this tense | montraissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas montrersounds the same as another form in this tense | montrerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | montresounds the same as another form in this tense | a montrésounds the same as another form in this tense | montraitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va montrersounds the same as another form in this tense | montrerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | montrons | avons montré | montrions | allons montrer | montreronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | montrez | avez montré | montriez | allez montrer | montrerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | montrentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont montré | montraientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont montrer | montrerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. montre covers both "I show" and "I am showing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and montré does not — ai montré.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so montrons gives you montrais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; montrer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on montrer-, 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 montrer |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de montrer |
| il/elle | vient de montrer |
| nous | venons de montrer |
| vous | venez de montrer |
| ils/elles | viennent de montrer |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | montre |
|---|---|
| nous | montrons |
| vous | montrez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en montrant
What this table tells you about montrer
The past participle is montré, 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 montrer-, 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: montre, montres, montrent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know montrons you already know montrais, montrait and montraient. Futur proche keeps montrer untouched.