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 | rencontresounds the same as another form in this tense | ai rencontré | rencontraissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais rencontrer | rencontreraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | rencontressounds the same as another form in this tense | as rencontrésounds the same as another form in this tense | rencontraissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas rencontrersounds the same as another form in this tense | rencontrerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | rencontresounds the same as another form in this tense | a rencontrésounds the same as another form in this tense | rencontraitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va rencontrersounds the same as another form in this tense | rencontrerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | rencontrons | avons rencontré | rencontrions | allons rencontrer | rencontreronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | rencontrez | avez rencontré | rencontriez | allez rencontrer | rencontrerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | rencontrentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont rencontré | rencontraientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont rencontrer | rencontrerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. rencontre covers both "I meet" and "I am meeting" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and rencontré does not — ai rencontré.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so rencontrons gives you rencontrais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; rencontrer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on rencontrer-, 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 rencontrer |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de rencontrer |
| il/elle | vient de rencontrer |
| nous | venons de rencontrer |
| vous | venez de rencontrer |
| ils/elles | viennent de rencontrer |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | rencontre |
|---|---|
| nous | rencontrons |
| vous | rencontrez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en rencontrant
What this table tells you about rencontrer
The past participle is rencontré, 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 rencontrer-, 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: rencontre, rencontres, rencontrent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know rencontrons you already know rencontrais, rencontrait and rencontraient. Futur proche keeps rencontrer untouched.