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The bane of every French student, or so I hear. Here’re my notes on conjugation. (in progress)

Present

ER verbs

Drop ‘ER’, add ending:

SingularPlural
1st personje -enous -ons
2nd persontu -esvous -ez
3rd personil -eils -ent

Irregular ER verbs

  • Aller: je vais, tu vas, il va, nous allons, vous allez, ils vont
  • -CER verbs: for nous, change c to çcommencer → nous commençons, to avoid making a ‘c’ sound as in ‘cold’
  • -GER verbs: as for -CER verbs, we want to avoid making a hard sound, so add e after the g. manger → nous mangeons
  • Stem-changing verbs (later)

IR verbs

Drop ‘IR’, add ending:

SingularPlural
1st personje -isnous -issons
2nd persontu -isvous -issez
3rd personil -itils -issent

Irregular IR verbs

dormir, mentir, partir, sentir, servir, sortir:

SingularPlural
1st personje -snous -ons
2nd persontu -svous -ez
3rd personil -tils -ent

couvrir, cueillir, découvrir, offrir, ouvrir, souffrir (conjugated like -ER verbs):

SingularPlural
1st personje -enous -ons
2nd persontu -esvous -ez
3rd personil -eils -ent

Completely irregular:

RE verbs

Drop ‘RE’, add ending:

SingularPlural
1st personje -snous -ons
2nd persontu -svous -ez
3rd personil ils -ent

Irregular RE verbs

prendre, etc:

SingularPlural
1st personje prendsnous prenons
2nd persontu prendsvous prenez
3rd personil prendils prennent

battre, etc & mettre, etc:

SingularPlural
1st personje batsnous battons
2nd persontu batsvous battez
3rd personil batils battent

rompre etc:

SingularPlural
1st personje rompsnous rompons
2nd persontu rompsvous rompez
3rd personil romptils rompent

-aindre, -eindre, -oindre: (eg ‘peindre’)

SingularPlural
1st personje peinsnous peignons
2nd persontu peinsvous peignez
3rd personil peintils peignent

Completely irregular:

Futur (indicatif)

ER/IR verbs: Add ending to infinitive
RE verbs: Drop final E before adding ending

SingularPlural
1st personje -ainous -ons
2nd persontu -asvous -ez
3rd personil -ails -ont

Je parlerai
Nous parlerons
Tu parleras
Vous parlerez Il parlera
Ils parleront

Irregular verbs

Verb and future stem, to be used with above ending

  • être – ser-
  • avoir – aur-
  • faire – fer-
  • aller – ir-
  • voir – verr- (and revoir)
  • acheter – achèter- (and achever, amener, emmener, lever, promener)
  • appeler – appeller- (and épeler, jeter, projeter, rappeler)
  • devoir – devr-
  • envoyer – enverr-
  • essayer – essaier- (and employer, ennuyer, nettoyer, payer)
  • pleuvoir – pleuvr-
  • pouvoir – pourr-
  • savoir – saur-
  • venir – viendr- (and revenir, devenir, parvenier)
  • vouloir – voudr-

Je serai ici
Tu auras deux
Nous ferons une promenade

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One Response to French notes: Conjugation

  1. lauren says:

    Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!