trouver
to findRegular -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 | trouvesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai trouvé | trouvaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais trouver | trouveraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | trouvessounds the same as another form in this tense | as trouvésounds the same as another form in this tense | trouvaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas trouversounds the same as another form in this tense | trouverassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | trouvesounds the same as another form in this tense | a trouvésounds the same as another form in this tense | trouvaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va trouversounds the same as another form in this tense | trouverasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | trouvons | avons trouvé | trouvions | allons trouver | trouveronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | trouvez | avez trouvé | trouviez | allez trouver | trouverezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | trouventsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont trouvé | trouvaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont trouver | trouverontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. trouve covers both "I find" and "I am finding" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and trouvé does not — ai trouvé.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so trouvons gives you trouvais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; trouver never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on trouver-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about trouver
The past participle is trouvé, 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 trouver-, 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: trouve, trouves, trouvent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know trouvons you already know trouvais, trouvait and trouvaient. Futur proche keeps trouver untouched.