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 | votesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai voté | votaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais voter | voteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | votessounds the same as another form in this tense | as votésounds the same as another form in this tense | votaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas votersounds the same as another form in this tense | voterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | votesounds the same as another form in this tense | a votésounds the same as another form in this tense | votaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va votersounds the same as another form in this tense | voterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | votons | avons voté | votions | allons voter | voteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | votez | avez voté | votiez | allez voter | voterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | votentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont voté | votaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont voter | voterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. vote covers both "I vote" and "I am voteing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and voté does not — ai voté.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so votons gives you votais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; voter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on voter-, 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 voter |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de voter |
| il/elle | vient de voter |
| nous | venons de voter |
| vous | venez de voter |
| ils/elles | viennent de voter |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | vote |
|---|---|
| nous | votons |
| vous | votez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en votant
What this table tells you about voter
The past participle is voté, 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 voter-, 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: vote, votes, votent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know votons you already know votais, votait and votaient. Futur proche keeps voter untouched.