nager
to swimStem-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 | nagesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai nagé | nageaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais nager | nageraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | nagessounds the same as another form in this tense | as nagésounds the same as another form in this tense | nageaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas nagersounds the same as another form in this tense | nagerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | nagesounds the same as another form in this tense | a nagésounds the same as another form in this tense | nageaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va nagersounds the same as another form in this tense | nagerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | nageons | avons nagé | nagions | allons nager | nageronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | nagez | avez nagé | nagiez | allez nager | nagerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | nagentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont nagé | nageaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont nager | nagerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. nage covers both "I swim" and "I am swiming" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and nagé does not — ai nagé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so nageons gives you nageais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; nager never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on nager-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about nager
The past participle is nagé, 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 nager-, 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: nage, nages, nagent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
nager softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads nageais but nagions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.