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French Greetings3 Topics -
Subject Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to be"4 Topics
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The Verb "to have"3 Topics
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Negative Sentences3 Topics
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The Definite Article3 Topics
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The Indefinite Article3 Topics
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Zero Article3 Topics
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Partitive Articles3 Topics
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Adjectives4 Topics
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The Order of Adjectives3 Topics
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-ER Verbs (present)3 Topics
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Possessive Adjectives3 Topics
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Interrogatives4 Topics
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-IR Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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-RE Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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Possession3 Topics
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The Verb "to make" "to do"3 Topics
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Weather Expressions4 Topics
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Numbers 1-1004 Topics
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The Date3 Topics
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Telling Time3 Topics
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The Expression "there is" "there are"3 Topics
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The Verb "to go"2 Topics
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The Near Future3 Topics
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The Expression "it is necessary"3 Topics
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Demonstrative Adjectives3 Topics
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Possessive Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to put"3 Topics
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Lesson 16,
Topic 1
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Lesson-French-RE Verbs (present tense)
Stephen Sovenyhazy March 18, 2024
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Just like in Module 1, we will continue to study groups of regular French verbs. We will now go over how to conjugate regular -RE verbs, or verbs that end with the letters -re. To review, the first steps of conjugating any regular verb are:
- First choose the verb that makes the most sense for the context of your sentence
- Take off the ending.
In this lesson, the ending we are removing from the infinitive is -re. Finally,
- Add the new ending to the verb’s stem that corresponds with the subject of the sentence or phrase.
Take a look at the following verb chart and example sentences with the -RE verb attendre, meaning “to wait for.”
Attendre → Attend…
| Subject Pronoun | Ending | Stem + Ending | Example | Translation |
| Je | -s | attends | J’attends le train. | I wait for the train. I am waiting for the train. |
| Tu | -s | attends | Tu attends ta mère. | You wait for your mother. You are waiting for your mother. |
| Il/Elle/On | * | attend_ | On attend les vols à l’aéroport. | One waits for the flights at the airport. One is waiting for the flights at the airport. |
| Nous | -ons | attendons | Nous attendons l’addition. | We wait for the bill. We are waiting for the bill. |
| Vous | -ez | attendez | Vous attendez les autres personnes. | You wait for the other people. You are waiting for the other people. |
| Ils/Elles | -ent | attendent | Elles attendent les résultats. | They wait for the results. They are waiting for the results. |
Notes :
- The absence of an -RE verb ending for the third person singular form (Il/Elle/On) is intentional. Adding no ending to the stem of the -RE verb for the third person singular voice is a rule in the regular -RE verb conjugation pattern.
- There will always be some exceptions to grammatical language rules. You may learn verbs that end in -er, -ir, or -re that do not follow this exact pattern. However, knowing the general rule and practicing these verbs are the most important steps for any beginner language learner.
See the Reading link for some of the most common -RE verbs used in French.