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 | portesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai porté | portaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais porter | porteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | portessounds the same as another form in this tense | as portésounds the same as another form in this tense | portaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas portersounds the same as another form in this tense | porterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | portesounds the same as another form in this tense | a portésounds the same as another form in this tense | portaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va portersounds the same as another form in this tense | porterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | portons | avons porté | portions | allons porter | porteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | portez | avez porté | portiez | allez porter | porterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | portentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont porté | portaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont porter | porterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. porte covers both "I wear, to carry" and "I am wear, to carrying" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and porté does not — ai porté.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so portons gives you portais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; porter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on porter-, 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 porter |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de porter |
| il/elle | vient de porter |
| nous | venons de porter |
| vous | venez de porter |
| ils/elles | viennent de porter |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | porte |
|---|---|
| nous | portons |
| vous | portez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en portant
What this table tells you about porter
The past participle is porté, 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 porter-, 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: porte, portes, portent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know portons you already know portais, portait and portaient. Futur proche keeps porter untouched.