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 | rangesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai rangé | rangeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais ranger | rangeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | rangessounds the same as another form in this tense | as rangésounds the same as another form in this tense | rangeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas rangersounds the same as another form in this tense | rangerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | rangesounds the same as another form in this tense | a rangésounds the same as another form in this tense | rangeaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va rangersounds the same as another form in this tense | rangerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | rangeons | avons rangé | rangions | allons ranger | rangeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | rangez | avez rangé | rangiez | allez ranger | rangerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | rangentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont rangé | rangeaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont ranger | rangerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. range covers both "I tidy up" and "I am tidy uping" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and rangé does not — ai rangé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so rangeons gives you rangeais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; ranger never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on ranger-, 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 ranger |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de ranger |
| il/elle | vient de ranger |
| nous | venons de ranger |
| vous | venez de ranger |
| ils/elles | viennent de ranger |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | range |
|---|---|
| nous | rangeons |
| vous | rangez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en rangeant
What this table tells you about ranger
The past participle is rangé, 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 ranger-, 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: range, ranges, rangent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
ranger softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads rangeais but rangions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.