corriger
to correctStem-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 | corrigesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai corrigé | corrigeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais corriger | corrigeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | corrigessounds the same as another form in this tense | as corrigésounds the same as another form in this tense | corrigeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas corrigersounds the same as another form in this tense | corrigerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | corrigesounds the same as another form in this tense | a corrigésounds the same as another form in this tense | corrigeaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va corrigersounds the same as another form in this tense | corrigerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | corrigeons | avons corrigé | corrigions | allons corriger | corrigeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | corrigez | avez corrigé | corrigiez | allez corriger | corrigerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | corrigentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont corrigé | corrigeaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont corriger | corrigerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. corrige covers both "I correct" and "I am correcting" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and corrigé does not — ai corrigé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so corrigeons gives you corrigeais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; corriger never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on corriger-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about corriger
The past participle is corrigé, 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 corriger-, 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: corrige, corriges, corrigent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
corriger softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads corrigeais but corrigions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.