ਲਿਖਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਟੈਮ ਬਦਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ nous ਅਤੇ vous ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਬਾਕੀ ਰੂਪ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਸੁਣਦੇ ਹਨ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | nagesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai nagé | nageaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais nager | nageraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | nagessounds the same as another form in this tense | as nagésounds the same as another form in this tense | nageaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas nagersounds the same as another form in this tense | nagerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | nagesounds the same as another form in this tense | a nagésounds the same as another form in this tense | nageaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va nagersounds the same as another form in this tense | nagerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | nageons | avons nagé | nagions | allons nager | nageronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | nagez | avez nagé | nagiez | allez nager | nagerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | nagentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont nagé | nageaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont nager | nagerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. nage covers both "I swim" and "I am swiming" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and nagé does not — ai nagé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so nageons gives you nageais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; nager never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on nager-, 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 nager |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de nager |
| il/elle | vient de nager |
| nous | venons de nager |
| vous | venez de nager |
| ils/elles | viennent de nager |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | nage |
|---|---|
| nous | nageons |
| vous | nagez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en nageant
What this table tells you about nager
The past participle is nagé, 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 nager-, 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: nage, nages, nagent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
nager softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads nageais but nagions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.