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Present Tense of Regular Verbs

The document discusses forming the present tense in French. There are three types of regular verbs: -er, -ir, and -re verbs. For regular verbs, the present tense endings are added to the verb stem. Some letters may change in the stem before adding endings, such as y changing to i. Irregular verbs do not follow a set pattern and must be memorized individually for the present tense. The present tense in French is used to express current actions, habitual actions, general truths, immediate future actions, and conditions.

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Present Tense of Regular Verbs

The document discusses forming the present tense in French. There are three types of regular verbs: -er, -ir, and -re verbs. For regular verbs, the present tense endings are added to the verb stem. Some letters may change in the stem before adding endings, such as y changing to i. Irregular verbs do not follow a set pattern and must be memorized individually for the present tense. The present tense in French is used to express current actions, habitual actions, general truths, immediate future actions, and conditions.

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Present tense

By Jeeviga and Thara

Forming the present tenseRegular Verbs

There are three types of regular verbs:


-er verbs, like parler (to talk)
-ir verbs, like choisir (to choose)
-re verbs, like vendre (to sell)

Regular Verb Table


ER VERBS
PARLER

IR VERBS
CHOISIR

RE VERBS
VENDRE

JE

parle

choisis

vends

TU

parles

choisis

vends

IL/ELLE/ON

parle

choisit

vend

NOUS

parlons

choisissons

vendons

VOUS

parlez

choisissez

vendez

ILS/ELLES

parlent

choisissent

vendent

In some cases before changing the stem some


letters may also change. For example y would
change into i in verbs ending in oyer and uyer
in the first, second and third person singular and
the third person plural.
Now try
another
example:
essuyer to
wipe

In other cases, if a verb ends in c the c needs to


be changed into in front of the letter o of the
first person plural. For example:

If a verb stem ends in g the g needs to be changed


into ge in front of the letter o of the first person.
For example:

-ER

regarder

couter

jouer

visiter

to watch

- to

Je / J (I)

Je regarde

Tu (you)

Tu regardes

Il / Elle (he/she)

Il / elle regarde

Nous (we)

Nous regardons

Vous (you)

Vous regardez

Ils / Elles (they)

Ils/Elles regardent

-IR

Finir

Russir

Rflchir

Choisir

to finish

- to

Je / J (I)

Je finis

Tu (you)

Tu finis

Il / Elle (he/she)

Il/Elle finit

Nous (we)

Nous finissons

Vous (you)

Vous finissez

Ils / Elles (they)

Ils/Elles finissent

-RE

Descendre

Rpondre

Vendre

Perdre

- to go down

- to

Je / J (I)

Je descends

Tu (you)

Tu descends

Il / Elle (he/she)

Il/Elle descend

Nous (we)

Nous descendons

Vous (you)

Vous descendez

Ils / Elles (they)

Ils/Elles descendent

Forming the present tense


Irregular verbs

In French, the present tense is used to express all of the following:


I. Current actions and situations
Je suis fatigu.
I am tired.

Nous allons au march.


We are going to the market.
II. Habitual actions
Il va l'cole tous les jours.
He goes to school every day.
Je visite des muses le samedi.
I visit museums on Saturdays.

III. Absolute and general truths


La terre est ronde.
The earth is round.
L'ducation est importante.
Education is important.

And also:
IV. Actions which will occur immediately
J'arrive !
I'll be right there!
Il part tout de suite.
He is leaving right away.

V. Conditions, such as in si clauses

Si je peux, j'irai avec toi.


If I can, I will go with you.
Si vous voulez.
If you like.

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