dîner
to have dinnerRegular -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 | dînesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai dîné | dînaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais dîner | dîneraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | dînessounds the same as another form in this tense | as dînésounds the same as another form in this tense | dînaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas dînersounds the same as another form in this tense | dînerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | dînesounds the same as another form in this tense | a dînésounds the same as another form in this tense | dînaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va dînersounds the same as another form in this tense | dînerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | dînons | avons dîné | dînions | allons dîner | dîneronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | dînez | avez dîné | dîniez | allez dîner | dînerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | dînentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont dîné | dînaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont dîner | dînerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. dîne covers both "I have dinner" and "I am have dinnering" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and dîné does not — ai dîné.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so dînons gives you dînais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; dîner never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on dîner-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about dîner
The past participle is dîné, 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 dîner-, 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: dîne, dînes, dînent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know dînons you already know dînais, dînait and dînaient. Futur proche keeps dîner untouched.