ranger
to tidy upStem-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 | rangesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai rangé | rangeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais ranger | rangeraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | rangessounds the same as another form in this tense | as rangésounds the same as another form in this tense | rangeaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas rangersounds the same as another form in this tense | rangerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | rangesounds the same as another form in this tense | a rangésounds the same as another form in this tense | rangeaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va rangersounds the same as another form in this tense | rangerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | rangeons | avons rangé | rangions | allons ranger | rangeronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | rangez | avez rangé | rangiez | allez ranger | rangerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | rangentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont rangé | rangeaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont ranger | rangerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. range covers both "I tidy up" and "I am tidy uping" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and rangé does not — ai rangé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so rangeons gives you rangeais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; ranger never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on ranger-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about ranger
The past participle is rangé, 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 ranger-, 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: range, ranges, rangent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
ranger softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads rangeais but rangions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.