avancer
to advance, to move forwardStem-changing -erਲਿਖਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਟੈਮ ਬਦਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ nous ਅਤੇ vous ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਬਾਕੀ ਰੂਪ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਸੁਣਦੇ ਹਨ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | avancesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai avancé | avançaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais avancer | avanceraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | avancessounds the same as another form in this tense | as avancésounds the same as another form in this tense | avançaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas avancersounds the same as another form in this tense | avancerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | avancesounds the same as another form in this tense | a avancésounds the same as another form in this tense | avançaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va avancersounds the same as another form in this tense | avancerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | avançons | avons avancé | avancions | allons avancer | avanceronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | avancez | avez avancé | avanciez | allez avancer | avancerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | avancentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont avancé | avançaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont avancer | avancerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. avance covers both "I advance, to move forward" and "I am advance, to move forwarding" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and avancé does not — ai avancé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so avançons gives you avançais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; avancer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on avancer-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about avancer
The past participle is avancé, 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 avancer-, 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: avance, avances, avancent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
avancer softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads avançais but avancions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.