garder
to keep, to watch overRegular -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 | gardesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai gardé | gardaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais garder | garderaisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | gardessounds the same as another form in this tense | as gardésounds the same as another form in this tense | gardaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas gardersounds the same as another form in this tense | garderassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | gardesounds the same as another form in this tense | a gardésounds the same as another form in this tense | gardaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va gardersounds the same as another form in this tense | garderasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | gardons | avons gardé | gardions | allons garder | garderonssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | gardez | avez gardé | gardiez | allez garder | garderezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | gardentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont gardé | gardaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont garder | garderontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. garde covers both "I keep, to watch over" and "I am keep, to watch overing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and gardé does not — ai gardé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so gardons gives you gardais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; garder never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on garder-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about garder
The past participle is gardé, 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 garder-, 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: garde, gardes, gardent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know gardons you already know gardais, gardait and gardaient. Futur proche keeps garder untouched.