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 | souhaitesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai souhaité | souhaitaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais souhaiter | souhaiteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | souhaitessounds the same as another form in this tense | as souhaitésounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaitaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas souhaitersounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaiterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | souhaitesounds the same as another form in this tense | a souhaitésounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaitaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va souhaitersounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaiterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | souhaitons | avons souhaité | souhaitions | allons souhaiter | souhaiteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | souhaitez | avez souhaité | souhaitiez | allez souhaiter | souhaiterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | souhaitentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont souhaité | souhaitaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont souhaiter | souhaiterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. souhaite covers both "I wish" and "I am wishing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and souhaité does not — ai souhaité.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so souhaitons gives you souhaitais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; souhaiter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on souhaiter-, 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 souhaiter |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de souhaiter |
| il/elle | vient de souhaiter |
| nous | venons de souhaiter |
| vous | venez de souhaiter |
| ils/elles | viennent de souhaiter |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | souhaite |
|---|---|
| nous | souhaitons |
| vous | souhaitez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en souhaitant
What this table tells you about souhaiter
The past participle is souhaité, 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 souhaiter-, 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: souhaite, souhaites, souhaitent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know souhaitons you already know souhaitais, souhaitait and souhaitaient. Futur proche keeps souhaiter untouched.