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 | trouvesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai trouvé | trouvaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais trouver | trouveraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | trouvessounds the same as another form in this tense | as trouvésounds the same as another form in this tense | trouvaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas trouversounds the same as another form in this tense | trouverassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | trouvesounds the same as another form in this tense | a trouvésounds the same as another form in this tense | trouvaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va trouversounds the same as another form in this tense | trouverasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | trouvons | avons trouvé | trouvions | allons trouver | trouveronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | trouvez | avez trouvé | trouviez | allez trouver | trouverezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | trouventsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont trouvé | trouvaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont trouver | trouverontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. trouve covers both "I find" and "I am finding" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and trouvé does not — ai trouvé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so trouvons gives you trouvais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; trouver never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on trouver-, 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 trouver |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de trouver |
| il/elle | vient de trouver |
| nous | venons de trouver |
| vous | venez de trouver |
| ils/elles | viennent de trouver |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | trouve |
|---|---|
| nous | trouvons |
| vous | trouvez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en trouvant
What this table tells you about trouver
The past participle is trouvé, 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 trouver-, 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: trouve, trouves, trouvent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know trouvons you already know trouvais, trouvait and trouvaient. Futur proche keeps trouver untouched.