) are irregular and change their stem in the plural forms. Many verbs that end in -ire (boire drink, croire believe, dire say, écrire write, faire do/make, lire read, plaire please, rire laugh. Verbs ending in -aître (traditional spelling) or -aitre (official spelling since 1990) such as connaître/connaitre know, paraître/paraitre appear, naître/naitre be born and their variations such as reconnaître/reconnaitre recognise, disparaître/disparaitre disappear, renaître/renaitre be reborn are conjugated as follows:Įxample: connaître know – je connais, tu connais, il/elle/on connaît, nous connai ssons, vous connai ssez, ils/elles connai ssent.** The following verbs are conjugated in the same way as vivre: suivre follow, poursuivre chase, revivre relive, survivre survive. * The following verbs are conjugated in the same way as construire : conduire drive, cuire cook, déduire deduce, détruire destroy, instruire instruct, introduire introduce, nuire harm, produire produce, reproduire reproduce, réduire reduce, séduire seduce, traduire translate.
If the final syllable of the word stem contains an e or é, we give it a grave accent ( accent grave) in its conjugated forms (apart from the 1 st and 2 nd person plural).Įxample: peser weigh - je p èse, tu p èses, il/elle/on p èse, nous pesons, vous pesez, ils/elles p èsent acheter buy - j'ach ète, tu ach ètes, il/elle/on ach ète, nous achetons, vous achetez, ils/elles ach ètent céder give in - je cède, tu cèdes, il/elle/on cède, nous cédons, vous cédez, ils/elles cèdentĮxample: aller go - je vais, tu vas, il/elle/on va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont.(Exceptions: acheter buy, déceler discover, geler freeze, haleter pant, harceler harass, modeler model, peler peel)Įxamples: jeter throw away – il je tte appeler call – il appe lle ( but: acheter - j'achète) For many verbs that end in - eler or - eter, the final consonant is doubled before a silent e.(For verbs ending in - ayer, we can write either i or y.)Įxamples: envoyer send - j'envo ie, tu envo ies, il envo ie, nous envoyons, vous envoyez, ils/elles envo ient payer pay - je pa ye/pa ie For verbs ending in -yer, the y becomes an i in the singular forms as well as in the 3 rd person plural.For verbs ending in - cer, the c becomes ç before the letter o in the nous form in order to preserve pronunciation.Įxample: lancer throw - je lance, tu lances, il/elle/on lance, nous lan çons, vous lancez, ils/elles lancent.For verbs ending in -ger, we add an e before the letter o in the nous form in order to preserve the pronunciation of the g.Įxample: manger eat - je mange, tu manges, il/elle/on mange, nous mang eons, vous mangez, ils/elles mangent.
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