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Conjugating the Simple Tenses of Regular French Verbs If the infinitive of a regular French verb ends in – er, -ir, or – re, you can follow a fixed pattern in conjugating the verb. If you learn to conjugate one verb in each of the groups, you will know how to conjugate hundreds of others.

The following chart has the conjugation of the five simple tenses of three common regular verbs: parl er (to speak), fin ir (to finish), and vend re (to sell). Just take the appropriate stem for each tense and add the required ending. Imperative Forms of French Verbs In French, the imperative mood expresses an order, request, or directive and is created with regular verbs by using the verb directly and eliminating the subject pronoun. The imperative uses the present tense of most verbs and the conjugations of three subject pronouns: tu (when speaking to someone familiar), vous (when speaking to someone unfamiliar, older, a group, or a superior), and nous (when including yourself in the group).

French Verb Primer by Helene Gallier-Morgan Regular Verbs in the Present Indicative Irregular Verbs in thePresent Indicative (A-C) Irregular Verbs in thePresent.

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Regular – er, -ir, and – re verbs follow the same pattern in commands as shown in the following example, along with an example of a command using a pronominal verb and pronoun. Parler (to speak) Finir (to finish) Vendre (to sell) Se laver (to wash) Parle!

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