travailler
to workRegular -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 | travaillesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai travaillé | travaillaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais travailler | travailleraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | travaillessounds the same as another form in this tense | as travaillésounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas travaillersounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillerassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | travaillesounds the same as another form in this tense | a travaillésounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va travaillersounds the same as another form in this tense | travaillerasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | travaillons | avons travaillé | travaillions | allons travailler | travailleronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | travaillez | avez travaillé | travailliez | allez travailler | travaillerezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | travaillentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont travaillé | travaillaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont travailler | travaillerontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. travaille covers both "I work" and "I am working" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and travaillé does not — ai travaillé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so travaillons gives you travaillais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; travailler never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on travailler-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about travailler
The past participle is travaillé, 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 travailler-, 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: travaille, travailles, travaillent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know travaillons you already know travaillais, travaillait and travaillaient. Futur proche keeps travailler untouched.