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French Regular Verbs

Common French verb forms

Before we look at specifics, a couple of basic definitions:

Regular verbs

Most French verbs follow the pattern shown below for -ER verbs (verbs with infinitives ending in "ER"). In fact, there is only one truly irregular -ER verb: aller (to go). A few others like appeler, jeter etc have some spelling variations. The other "regular" types are the -IR verbs and -RE verbs. Notice that the future tense endings are always the same - eg "ai" with "je", etc, although the stem varies according to the verb type, based on its infinitive.

A note about pronouns, verbs and the tenses

Examples of the regular verb types

Infinitive Present tense - singular Present tense - plural Passé Future tense
An -ER verb: parler je parle
tu parles
il/elle parle
nous parlons
vous parlez
ils/elles parlent
j'ai parlé je parlerai
An -IR verb: finir je finis
tu finis
il/elle finit
nous finissons
vous finissez
ils/elles finissent
j'ai fini je finirai
An -RE verb: vendre je vends
tu vends
il/elle vend
nous vendons
vous vendez
ils/elles vendent
j'ai vendu je vendrai

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