demander
to ask forRegular -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 | demandesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai demandé | demandaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais demander | demanderaisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | demandessounds the same as another form in this tense | as demandésounds the same as another form in this tense | demandaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas demandersounds the same as another form in this tense | demanderassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | demandesounds the same as another form in this tense | a demandésounds the same as another form in this tense | demandaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va demandersounds the same as another form in this tense | demanderasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | demandons | avons demandé | demandions | allons demander | demanderonssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | demandez | avez demandé | demandiez | allez demander | demanderezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | demandentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont demandé | demandaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont demander | demanderontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. demande covers both "I ask for" and "I am ask foring" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and demandé does not — ai demandé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so demandons gives you demandais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; demander never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on demander-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about demander
The past participle is demandé, 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 demander-, 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: demande, demandes, demandent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know demandons you already know demandais, demandait and demandaient. Futur proche keeps demander untouched.