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Conjugating
Regular Verbs in the Present Indicative Tense
Verbs in French end in
-er, -re, or -ir. The verb before
it is conjugated is called the infinitive.
Removing the last two letters
leaves you with the stem (aimer
is the infinitive, aim-
is the stem.) The present indicative
tense indicates an ongoing action,
general state, or habitual activity.
Besides the simple present tense
(I write, I run, I see); there
are two other forms of the present
tense in English: the progressive
(I am writing, I am running, etc.)
and the emphatic (I do write, I do
run, etc.) However, these three
English present tenses are all translated
by the present indicative tense in
French.
To conjugate verbs in
the present tense, use the stem and
add the following endings.
| -er |
|
-re |
|
1st -ir |
|
2nd -ir* |
| -e |
-ons |
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-s |
-ons |
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-is |
-issons |
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-s |
-ons |
| -es |
-ez |
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-s |
-ez |
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-is |
-issez |
|
-s |
-ez |
| -e |
-ent |
|
- |
-ent |
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-it |
-issent |
|
-t |
-ent |
Sample Regular Verbs
| aimer -to like,
love |
|
vendre - to
sell |
| j'aime |
zhem |
aimons |
em-ohn |
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vends |
vawn |
vendons |
vawn-dohn |
| aimes |
em |
aimez |
em-ay |
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vends |
vawn |
vendez |
vawn-day |
| aime |
em |
aiment |
em |
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vend |
vawn |
vendent |
vawn |
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| finir - to finish |
|
partir - to leave |
| finis |
fee-nee |
finissons |
fee-nee |
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pars |
pahr |
partons |
pahr-tohn |
| finis |
fee-nee |
finissez |
fee-nee |
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pars |
pahr |
partez |
pahr-tay |
| finit |
fee-nee |
finissent |
fee-neess |
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part |
pahr |
partent |
pahrt |
Regular verbs
| -er |
|
-re |
| aimer |
em-ay |
to like, love |
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vendre |
vawn-druh |
to sell |
| chanter |
shahn-tay |
to sing |
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attendre |
ah-tawn-druh |
to wait for |
| chercher |
share-shay |
to look for |
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entendre |
awn-tawn-druh |
to listen |
| commencer |
koh-mawn-say |
to begin |
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perdre |
pair-druh |
to lose |
| donner |
dohn-nay |
to give |
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répondre (à) |
ray-pohn-druh
(ah) |
to answer |
| étudier |
ay-too-dee-ay |
to study |
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descendre |
deh-sawn-druh |
to go down |
| fermer |
fehr-may |
to close |
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1st -ir |
| habiter |
ah-bee-tay |
to live |
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bâtir |
bah-teer |
to build |
| jouer |
zhoo-ay |
to play |
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finir |
fee-neer |
to finish |
| manger |
mawn-zhay |
to eat |
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choisir |
shwa-zeer |
to choose |
| montrer |
mohn-tray |
to show |
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punir |
poo-neer |
to punish |
| parler |
par-lay |
to speak |
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remplir |
rawn-pleer |
to fill |
| penser |
pawn-say |
to think |
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obéir (à) |
oh-bay-eer (ah) |
to obey |
| travailler |
trah-vy-yay |
to work |
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réussir |
ray-oo-seer |
to succeed |
| trouver |
troo-vay |
to find |
|
guérir |
gay-reer |
to cure, heal |
Note: If
a verb is followed by à (like
répondre) you have to use the à and
any contractions after the conjugated
verb. Ex: Je réponds
au téléphone.
* The 2nd -ir verbs are
considered irregular sometimes because
there are only a few verbs which follow
that pattern. Other verbs like
partir are sortir (to go out),
dormir (to sleep), mentir
(to lie), sentir (to smell,
feel) and servir (to serve.)
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