Conjugating regular –re verbs in French

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1 Conjugating regular –re verbs in French

2 “Conjugation” means that you are taking a verb and breaking it down into usable forms.

3 An unconjugated verb is called an “infinitive
An unconjugated verb is called an “infinitive.” This is the form of the verb that you will find in a dictionary.

4 There are three categories of regular verbs in French:
-er verbs -ir verbs -re verbs

5 -re verbs Now let’s look at the third type of regular verbs:
We have already studied the most common type of regular French verbs (–er verbs) and the second most common (–ir verbs). Now let’s look at the third type of regular verbs: -re verbs

6 Let’s take a really common –re verb:
perdre

7 perdre is the infinitive Step 1: drop the –re from the infinitive; this leaves you with the “stem” of the verb. perdre perd-

8 perdre is the infinitive Step 2: add specific endings onto the stem, based on the subject pronoun you are using -s -ons -s -ez - -ent

9 perdre – to lose Start with the stem!
perd- perd- perd- perd- perd- perd- nous vous ils/elles je tu il/elle Start with the stem!

10 perdre – to lose -s -s - nous vous ils/elles -ons -ez -ent je tu il/elle Add the proper endings.

11 perdre – to lose perd- -s perd- -s perd- - nous vous ils/elles
je tu il/elle perd- -ons perd- -ez perd- -ent

12 perdre – to lose perds perds perd nous vous ils/elles
perdons perdez perdent je tu il/elle

13 I would like you to learn 5 common French –re verbs:

14 perdre = to lose descendre = to go down vendre = to sell attendre = to wait (for) répondre = to respond

15 Here is what some of these verbs would look like when conjugated:

16 attendre – to wait (for)
attends attends attend nous vous ils/elles attendons attendez attendent j’ tu il/elle

17 répondre – to respond réponds réponds répond nous vous ils/elles
répondons répondez répondent je tu il/elle

18 Conjugating regular –re verbs in French