souhaiter
to wishRegular -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 | souhaitesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai souhaité | souhaitaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais souhaiter | souhaiteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | souhaitessounds the same as another form in this tense | as souhaitésounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaitaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas souhaitersounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaiterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | souhaitesounds the same as another form in this tense | a souhaitésounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaitaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va souhaitersounds the same as another form in this tense | souhaiterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | souhaitons | avons souhaité | souhaitions | allons souhaiter | souhaiteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | souhaitez | avez souhaité | souhaitiez | allez souhaiter | souhaiterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | souhaitentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont souhaité | souhaitaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont souhaiter | souhaiterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. souhaite covers both "I wish" and "I am wishing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and souhaité does not — ai souhaité.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so souhaitons gives you souhaitais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; souhaiter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on souhaiter-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about souhaiter
The past participle is souhaité, 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 souhaiter-, 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: souhaite, souhaites, souhaitent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know souhaitons you already know souhaitais, souhaitait and souhaitaient. Futur proche keeps souhaiter untouched.