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 | remplacesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai remplacé | remplaçaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais remplacer | remplaceraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | remplacessounds the same as another form in this tense | as remplacésounds the same as another form in this tense | remplaçaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas remplacersounds the same as another form in this tense | remplacerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | remplacesounds the same as another form in this tense | a remplacésounds the same as another form in this tense | remplaçaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va remplacersounds the same as another form in this tense | remplacerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | remplaçons | avons remplacé | remplacions | allons remplacer | remplaceronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | remplacez | avez remplacé | remplaciez | allez remplacer | remplacerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | remplacentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont remplacé | remplaçaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont remplacer | remplacerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. remplace covers both "I replace" and "I am replaceing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and remplacé does not — ai remplacé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so remplaçons gives you remplaçais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; remplacer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on remplacer-, 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 remplacer |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de remplacer |
| il/elle | vient de remplacer |
| nous | venons de remplacer |
| vous | venez de remplacer |
| ils/elles | viennent de remplacer |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | remplace |
|---|---|
| nous | remplaçons |
| vous | remplacez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en remplaçant
What this table tells you about remplacer
The past participle is remplacé, 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 remplacer-, 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: remplace, remplaces, remplacent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
remplacer softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads remplaçais but remplacions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.