montrer
to showRegular -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 | montresounds the same as another form in this tense | ai montré | montraissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais montrer | montreraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | montressounds the same as another form in this tense | as montrésounds the same as another form in this tense | montraissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas montrersounds the same as another form in this tense | montrerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | montresounds the same as another form in this tense | a montrésounds the same as another form in this tense | montraitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va montrersounds the same as another form in this tense | montrerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | montrons | avons montré | montrions | allons montrer | montreronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | montrez | avez montré | montriez | allez montrer | montrerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | montrentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont montré | montraientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont montrer | montrerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. montre covers both "I show" and "I am showing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and montré does not — ai montré.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so montrons gives you montrais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; montrer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on montrer-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about montrer
The past participle is montré, 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 montrer-, 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: montre, montres, montrent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know montrons you already know montrais, montrait and montraient. Futur proche keeps montrer untouched.