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Regular verb conjugation pattern for Present Tense.
Subject | Translation | –er Verbs 1e | "–ir"2 regular Verbs - 2e | -re regular Verbs one type of 3e |
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Je | I | -e | -is | -s |
Tu | You informal | -es | -is | -s |
Il Elle On | He She One / We colloquial | -e | -it | (just the verb stem no extra letters) |
Nous | We | -ons | -issons | -ons |
Vous | Formal / Plural | -ez | -issez | -ez |
Ils Elles | They | -ent | -issent | -ent |
2 Not all verbs ending in -ir follow this rule. For French speakers this is commonly refered to as the -issent group, due to gerund ending.
Note: for most verbs in the singular
"je, tu, il, elle, on" subject forms are pronounced exactly the same way.
Only the spelling differs!
Except for if the following word starts with a vowel or silent "h", where the 's' at the end of the verb is pronounced like a Z in liaison..
premier groupe. : 1er verbe groupe : "-er groupe". Since the 1990 spelling reforms they have a simpler sets of rules. They cover about 90% of all verbs, or about 1,000 individual verbs. Also most of of the new verbs entering the language use this pattern.
In the infinitive, they all end in -er, with only aller (to go) as the exception, that belongs in the 3em group of irregular verbs.
There is also a small group of 3e verbe -ir that follow the standard -er rules.
And with the exception for the useful key verb of aller : to go . Aller belongs in the third group, with a patten of its own.deuxième groupe : 2me verbe groupe. In French this 2me group is referred to as the "en ... -issons" groupe. For the 2em group, there are a number of expectations, that are classified in the 3e group
Several hundred verbs that end in –ir follow another regular pattern. Though there is about 100 verbs that end in -ir, and are high use and important to learn, that are irregular -ir, and are so in the 3me group.
troisième groupe : 3me verbe groupe : tous les autres verbes : all other verbs - while some can be grouped - there are quite a number of different spelling and pronunciation patterns.
Also note verb endings are the SAME between il & elle & on (he, she and 'indefinite/general'). Also they are usually the SAME between ils & elles (plural/multiple ' their ' - masculine, mixed or unknown / feminine )