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 | recrutesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai recruté | recrutaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais recruter | recruteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | recrutessounds the same as another form in this tense | as recrutésounds the same as another form in this tense | recrutaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas recrutersounds the same as another form in this tense | recruterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | recrutesounds the same as another form in this tense | a recrutésounds the same as another form in this tense | recrutaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va recrutersounds the same as another form in this tense | recruterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | recrutons | avons recruté | recrutions | allons recruter | recruteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | recrutez | avez recruté | recrutiez | allez recruter | recruterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | recrutentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont recruté | recrutaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont recruter | recruterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. recrute covers both "I recruit" and "I am recruiting" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and recruté does not — ai recruté.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so recrutons gives you recrutais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; recruter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on recruter-, 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 recruter |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de recruter |
| il/elle | vient de recruter |
| nous | venons de recruter |
| vous | venez de recruter |
| ils/elles | viennent de recruter |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | recrute |
|---|---|
| nous | recrutons |
| vous | recrutez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en recrutant
What this table tells you about recruter
The past participle is recruté, 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 recruter-, 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: recrute, recrutes, recrutent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know recrutons you already know recrutais, recrutait and recrutaient. Futur proche keeps recruter untouched.