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 | participesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai participé | participaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais participer | participeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | participessounds the same as another form in this tense | as participésounds the same as another form in this tense | participaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas participersounds the same as another form in this tense | participerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | participesounds the same as another form in this tense | a participésounds the same as another form in this tense | participaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va participersounds the same as another form in this tense | participerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | participons | avons participé | participions | allons participer | participeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | participez | avez participé | participiez | allez participer | participerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | participentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont participé | participaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont participer | participerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. participe covers both "I participate" and "I am participateing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and participé does not — ai participé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so participons gives you participais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; participer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on participer-, 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 participer |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de participer |
| il/elle | vient de participer |
| nous | venons de participer |
| vous | venez de participer |
| ils/elles | viennent de participer |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | participe |
|---|---|
| nous | participons |
| vous | participez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en participant
What this table tells you about participer
The past participle is participé, 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 participer-, 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: participe, participes, participent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know participons you already know participais, participait and participaient. Futur proche keeps participer untouched.