chanter
to singRegular -erje, 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 | chantesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai chanté | chantaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais chanter | chanteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | chantessounds the same as another form in this tense | as chantésounds the same as another form in this tense | chantaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas chantersounds the same as another form in this tense | chanterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | chantesounds the same as another form in this tense | a chantésounds the same as another form in this tense | chantaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va chantersounds the same as another form in this tense | chanterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | chantons | avons chanté | chantions | allons chanter | chanteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | chantez | avez chanté | chantiez | allez chanter | chanterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | chantentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont chanté | chantaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont chanter | chanterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. chante covers both "I sing" and "I am singing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and chanté does not — ai chanté.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so chantons gives you chantais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; chanter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on chanter-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about chanter
The past participle is chanté, 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 chanter-, 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: chante, chantes, chantent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know chantons you already know chantais, chantait and chantaient. Futur proche keeps chanter untouched.