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 | semblesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai semblé | semblaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais sembler | sembleraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | semblessounds the same as another form in this tense | as semblésounds the same as another form in this tense | semblaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas semblersounds the same as another form in this tense | semblerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | semblesounds the same as another form in this tense | a semblésounds the same as another form in this tense | semblaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va semblersounds the same as another form in this tense | semblerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | semblons | avons semblé | semblions | allons sembler | sembleronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | semblez | avez semblé | sembliez | allez sembler | semblerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | semblentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont semblé | semblaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont sembler | semblerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. semble covers both "I seem" and "I am seeming" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and semblé does not — ai semblé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so semblons gives you semblais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; sembler never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on sembler-, 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 sembler |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de sembler |
| il/elle | vient de sembler |
| nous | venons de sembler |
| vous | venez de sembler |
| ils/elles | viennent de sembler |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | semble |
|---|---|
| nous | semblons |
| vous | semblez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en semblant
What this table tells you about sembler
The past participle is semblé, 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 sembler-, 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: semble, sembles, semblent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know semblons you already know semblais, semblait and semblaient. Futur proche keeps sembler untouched.