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 | travaillesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai travaillé | travaillaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais travailler | travailleraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | travaillessounds the same as another form in this tense | as travaillésounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas travaillersounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | travaillesounds the same as another form in this tense | a travaillésounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va travaillersounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | travaillons | avons travaillé | travaillions | allons travailler | travailleronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | travaillez | avez travaillé | travailliez | allez travailler | travaillerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | travaillentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont travaillé | travaillaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont travailler | travaillerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. travaille covers both "I work" and "I am working" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and travaillé does not — ai travaillé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so travaillons gives you travaillais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; travailler never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on travailler-, 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 travailler |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de travailler |
| il/elle | vient de travailler |
| nous | venons de travailler |
| vous | venez de travailler |
| ils/elles | viennent de travailler |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | travaille |
|---|---|
| nous | travaillons |
| vous | travaillez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en travaillant
What this table tells you about travailler
The past participle is travaillé, 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 travailler-, 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: travaille, travailles, travaillent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know travaillons you already know travaillais, travaillait and travaillaient. Futur proche keeps travailler untouched.