remplacer
to replaceStem-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 | remplacesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai remplacé | remplaçaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais remplacer | remplaceraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | remplacessounds the same as another form in this tense | as remplacésounds the same as another form in this tense | remplaçaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas remplacersounds the same as another form in this tense | remplacerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | remplacesounds the same as another form in this tense | a remplacésounds the same as another form in this tense | remplaçaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va remplacersounds the same as another form in this tense | remplacerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | remplaçons | avons remplacé | remplacions | allons remplacer | remplaceronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | remplacez | avez remplacé | remplaciez | allez remplacer | remplacerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | remplacentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont remplacé | remplaçaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont remplacer | remplacerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. remplace covers both "I replace" and "I am replaceing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and remplacé does not — ai remplacé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so remplaçons gives you remplaçais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; remplacer never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on remplacer-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about remplacer
The past participle is remplacé, 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 remplacer-, 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: remplace, remplaces, remplacent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
remplacer softens its stem before a hard vowel, which is why the imparfait reads remplaçais but remplacions. The change follows the ending, not the stem — nous is always the exception.