plaire
to pleaseIrregularਇਹ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਨਿਯਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੰਨਦੀ — ਹਰ ਰੂਪ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਯਾਦ ਕਰਨਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | plaissounds the same as another form in this tense | ai plu | plaisaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais plaire | plairaisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | plaissounds the same as another form in this tense | as plusounds the same as another form in this tense | plaisaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas plairesounds the same as another form in this tense | plairassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | plaîtsounds the same as another form in this tense | a plusounds the same as another form in this tense | plaisaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va plairesounds the same as another form in this tense | plairasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | plaisons | avons plu | plaisions | allons plaire | plaironssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | plaisez | avez plu | plaisiez | allez plaire | plairezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | plaisent | ont plu | plaisaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont plaire | plairontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. plais covers both "I please" and "I am pleaseing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and plu does not — ai plu.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so plaisons gives you plaisais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; plaire never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on plair-, 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 plaire |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de plaire |
| il/elle | vient de plaire |
| nous | venons de plaire |
| vous | venez de plaire |
| ils/elles | viennent de plaire |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | plais |
|---|---|
| nous | plaisons |
| vous | plaisez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en plaisant
What this table tells you about plaire
The past participle is plu, 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 plair-, which is just the infinitive — the endings are the whole story, nothing new to learn for this tense.
In the present, je, tu and il/elle are one sound: plais, plaît — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous, vous and ils/elles carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know plaisons you already know plaisais, plaisait and plaisaient. Futur proche keeps plaire untouched.
Worth knowing about plaire
Plaire reverses the typical subject-object relationship of English 'like': 'Ce film me plaît' (This film pleases me) grammatically expresses the same idea as English 'I like this film.'
The third-person singular present 'plaît' carries a circumflex accent, marking a historical spelling convention that has no effect on pronunciation.
Ce livre me plaît beaucoup.
I like this book very much.
ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ।