changer
to changeStem-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 | changesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai changé | changeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais changer | changeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | changessounds the same as another form in this tense | as changésounds the same as another form in this tense | changeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas changersounds the same as another form in this tense | changerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | changesounds the same as another form in this tense | a changésounds the same as another form in this tense | changeaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va changersounds the same as another form in this tense | changerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | changeons | avons changé | changions | allons changer | changeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | changez | avez changé | changiez | allez changer | changerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | changentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont changé | changeaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont changer | changerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. change covers both "I change" and "I am changeing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and changé does not — ai changé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so changeons gives you changeais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; changer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on changer-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about changer
The past participle is changé, 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 changer-, 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: change, changes, changent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
changer softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads changeais but changions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.