French verbs handout FRENCH VERBS the basics TYPES OF VERBS Regular verbs families grouped by endings I -er ex habiter regarder manger chanter danser the largest group II -ir iss ex ?nir rougir grossir but NOT sortir partir which are irregular III -re ex

FRENCH VERBS the basics TYPES OF VERBS Regular verbs families grouped by endings I -er ex habiter regarder manger chanter danser the largest group II -ir iss ex ?nir rougir grossir but NOT sortir partir which are irregular III -re ex vendre répondre entendre attendre but NOT prendre comprendre apprendre which are irregular Irregular verbs all the others Some fall into small ??families ? that have similar conjugations such as prendrecomprendre-apprendre Common irregular verbs aller avoir être faire prendre-comprendre-apprendre sortirpartir dire lire-écrire- conduire CONJUGATION To conjugate a verb means to run through all the correct forms in a speci ?ed tense with all the possible subject pronouns In French the subject pronouns are ? ? So when you conjugate the irregular verb je nous être in the present tense you write tu vous je suis nous sommes il elle on ils elles tu es vous êtes il elle on est ils elles sont TENSE The verb tense refers to the forms of the verb used for referring to di ?erent moments in time Present past and future are all verb tenses The verb dire conjugated in the present tense ? while in the past tense it looks like this looks like this ? je dis nous disons j ? ai dit nous avons dit tu dis vous dites tu as dit vous avez dit il elle on dit ils elles disent il elle on a dit ils elles ont dit TENSES IN FRENCH The ?rst few French verb tenses you learn are Future I will walk Present I walk I do walk I am walking Conditional I would walk Passé composé I walked Plus-que-parfait I had walked Imparfait I walked I was walking Subjunctive that I walk Present tense Replaces tenses in English I walk I do walk I am walking Conjugation regular verbs a ??er verbs drop the ??er ending and add ??e - es -e -ons -ez -ent b ??ir iss verbs drop the ??ir ending and add ??is -is -it - issons -issez -issent c ??re verbs drop the ??re ending and add ??s -s - -ons - ez -ent Conjugation irregular verbs ?? learn them individually Alison Murray Levine ??Page of CPassé composé Used for telling events in the past what happened next what happened at a speci ?c time or for a speci ?c length of time Conjugation auxiliary past participle agreement a auxiliary is avoir or être i avoir most verbs ii être verbs in the ??maison d ? être ? aller venir partir rentrer retourner monter descendre tomber intervenir na? tre mourir décéder sortir partir arriver rester devenir entrer and re exives b past participle regular verbs i ??er drop the ??er ending and add é ii ??ir iss drop the ??ir ending and add i iii ??re drop the ??re ending and add u c past participle irregular verbs ?? learn them individually Agreement a être verbs past participle agrees with the subject except for re exives b re exive verbs past

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