BASIC VERB CONJUGATIONS (PRESENT TENSE- REGULAR) Common Regular -Er Verbs in French Here are the endings for regular -er verbs in French: Je – e Tu – es Il/Elle – e Nous – ons Vous – ez Ils/Elles – ent Past Participle – é EG: Je parle (I talk) Tu parles (you talk) Il/elle parle (he/she talks) Nous Parlons (we talk) Vous parlez (you all talk) Ils/elles parelnt (they talk) To conjugate these verbs, remove the -er ending and add the appropriate ending for the subject of your sentence. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • accepter – to accept adorer – to adore aimer – to like annuler – to cancel apporter – to bring attraper – to catch bavarder – to chat casser – to break chanter – to sing chercher – to look for commander – to order commencer – to begin couper – to cut danser – to dance demander – to ask dessiner – to draw • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • détester – to hate, to detest donner – to give écouter – to listen to emprunter – to borrow enlever – to remove étudier – to study exprimer – to express fermer – to close gagner – to win, to earn garder – to keep goûter – to taste habiter – to live jouer – to play laver – to wash montrer – to show oublier – to forget parler – to speak, to talk penser – to think porter – to wear, to carry présenter – to introduce prêter – to lend refuser – to refuse regarder – to watch rencontrer – to meet by chance rester – to stay, to remain rêver – to dream saluer – to greet sauter – to jump sembler – to seem skier – to ski téléphoner – to telephone tomber – to fall travailler – to work trouver – to find utiliser – to use visiter – to visit a place voler – to fly Common Regular -Ir Verbs in French Here are the endings for regular -ir verbs in French: Je – is Tu – is Il/Elle – it Nous – issons Vous – issez Ils/Elles – issent Past Participle – I EG: FINIR ( TO FINISH) Je finis Tu finis Il/elle finit Nous finissons Vous finissez Ils/elles finissent To conjugate these regular -ir verbs, just remove the -ir ending and add the ending that fits the subject of your sentence. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • abolir – to abolish acceuillir – to welcome accomplir – to accomplish affaiblir – to weaken agir – to act avertir – to warn bâtir – to build bénir – to bless choisir – to choose embellir – to make beautiful envahir – to invade établir – to establish étourdir – to stun finir – to finish franchir – to clear an obstacle grandir – to grow up grossir – to gain weight guérir – to cure investir – to invest maigrir – to lose weight nourrir – to feed obéir – to obey punir – to punish ralentir – to slow down réfléchir – to reflect remplir – to fill réunir – to reunite réussir – to succeed • • • rougir – to blush saisir – to seize vieillir – to grow old Common Regular -Re Verbs in French Here are the endings for regular -re verbs in French: Je – s Tu – s Il/Elle – Nous – ons Vous – ez Ils/Elles – ent Past Participle – u Eg: descendre ( to come down) Je descends Tu descends Il/elle descend Nous descendons Vous descendez Ils/elles descendent These verbs are conjugated by removing the -re ending and adding the correct ending from the list above. Please note that the il/elle forms of regular -re verbs don’t take an ending. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • attendre – to wait for défendre – to defend dépendre – to depend on descendre – to descend détendre – to relax entendre – to hear étendre – to stretch fendre – to split fondre – to melt mordre – to bite pendre – to hang, to suspend perdre – to lose prétendre – to claim rendre – to give back répandre – to spread, to scatter répondre – to answer tendre – to tighten • vendre – to sell The best way to learn and master these French verbs is to practice them every day. Try keeping a journal in French about your day. You can also work on learning one new French verb each day and practice writing sentences with it. Bonne chance!