Key facts

Panser

To dress · to dress (a wound)/to groom

C1Regular
Stem
pans
Past participle
pansé

Examples

Je panse mon pied.

I dress my foot.

Il ne panse pas son bras.

He doesn't dress his arm.

Nous pansions Paul.

We were dressing Paul's wounds.

Nous avons pansé Lucie.

We dressed Lucie's wounds.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
Jepanse
Idress
Tupanses
Youdress
Ilpanse
Hedresses
Nouspansons
Wedress
Vouspansez
Youdress
Ilspansent
Theydress

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais panser
Iam going to dress
Tuvas panser
Youare going to dress
Ilva panser
Heis going to dress
Nousallons panser
Weare going to dress
Vousallez panser
Youare going to dress
Ilsvont panser
Theyare going to dress

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens de panser
Ihave just dressed
Tuviens de panser
Youhave just dressed
Ilvient de panser
Hehas just dressed
Nousvenons de panser
Wehave just dressed
Vousvenez de panser
Youhave just dressed
Ilsviennent de panser
Theyhave just dressed

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai pansé
Ihave dressed
Tuas pansé
Youhave dressed
Ila pansé
Hehas dressed
Nousavons pansé
Wehave dressed
Vousavez pansé
Youhave dressed
Ilsont pansé
Theyhave dressed

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

Jepanserais
Iwould dress
Tupanserais
Youwould dress
Ilpanserait
Hewould dress
Nouspanserions
Wewould dress
Vouspanseriez
Youwould dress
Ilspanseraient
Theywould dress

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

Jepanserai
Iwill dress
Tupanseras
Youwill dress
Ilpansera
Hewill dress
Nouspanserons
Wewill dress
Vouspanserez
Youwill dress
Ilspanseront
Theywill dress

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

Jepansais
Iwas dressing
Tupansais
Youwere dressing
Ilpansait
Hewas dressing
Nouspansions
Were dressing
Vouspansiez
Youwere dressing
Ilspansaient
Theywere dressing

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)panse
Youdress
(Nous)pansons
Wedress
(Vous)pansez
Youdress

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

pansant
dressing

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en pansant
dressing

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