porter
to wear, to carryRegular -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 | portesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai porté | portaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais porter | porteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | portessounds the same as another form in this tense | as portésounds the same as another form in this tense | portaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas portersounds the same as another form in this tense | porterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | portesounds the same as another form in this tense | a portésounds the same as another form in this tense | portaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va portersounds the same as another form in this tense | porterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | portons | avons porté | portions | allons porter | porteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | portez | avez porté | portiez | allez porter | porterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | portentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont porté | portaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont porter | porterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. porte covers both "I wear, to carry" and "I am wear, to carrying" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and porté does not — ai porté.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so portons gives you portais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; porter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on porter-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about porter
The past participle is porté, 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 porter-, 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: porte, portes, portent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know portons you already know portais, portait and portaient. Futur proche keeps porter untouched.