placer
to place, to putStem-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 | placesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai placé | plaçaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais placer | placeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | placessounds the same as another form in this tense | as placésounds the same as another form in this tense | plaçaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas placersounds the same as another form in this tense | placerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | placesounds the same as another form in this tense | a placésounds the same as another form in this tense | plaçaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va placersounds the same as another form in this tense | placerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | plaçons | avons placé | placions | allons placer | placeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | placez | avez placé | placiez | allez placer | placerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | placentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont placé | plaçaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont placer | placerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. place covers both "I place, to put" and "I am place, to puting" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and placé does not — ai placé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so plaçons gives you plaçais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; placer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on placer-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about placer
The past participle is placé, 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 placer-, 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: place, places, placent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
placer softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads plaçais but placions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.