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Present tense: regular, irregular and reflexive verbs

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Regular model patterns

  • Parler: je parle, tu parles, il/elle parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils/elles parlent. Finir: je finis, tu finis, il/elle finit, nous finissons, vous finissez, ils/elles finissent.
  • Vendre: je vends, tu vends, il/elle vend, nous vendons, vous vendez, ils/elles vendent. These are model classes, not rules for every verb with the same final letters: partir and prendre differ; aller is irregular.

Present model patterns

Present model patternsSubjectParlerFinirVendrejeparlefinisvendstuparlesfinisvendsil/elleparlefinitvendnousparlonsfinissonsvendonsvousparlezfinissezvendezils/ellesparlentfinissentvendent

Key irregular verbs

  • Être: suis, es, est, sommes, êtes, sont. Avoir: ai, as, a, avons, avez, ont. Aller: vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont. Faire: fais, fais, fait, faisons, faites, font. Each list follows je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.
  • Prendre: je prends, nous prenons, ils prennent. Pouvoir: je peux, nous pouvons; vouloir: je veux, nous voulons; devoir: je dois, nous devons; savoir: je sais. Learn the subject with each form.

Irregular forms by subject

Irregular forms by subjectSubjectÊtreAvoirAllerFairejesuisai (j’ai)vaisfaistuesasvasfaisil/elleestavafaitnoussommesavonsallonsfaisonsvousêtesavezallezfaitesils/ellessontontvontfont

Modal-style infinitive constructions

  • Je peux aller, je veux lire and nous devons travailler keep the second verb in the infinitive. The first verb carries the conjugated present form matching the subject.
  • Je sais nager means I know how to swim. Savoir and connaître have different constructions; these examples do not imply every use of savoir, devoir or pouvoir must have a following infinitive.

Conjugated verb plus infinitive

Conjugated verb plus infinitiveFrenchMeaningJe peux aller.I can go.Nous devons travailler.We must work.Je veux lire.I want to read.Je sais nager.I know how to swim.

Reflexive and pronominal forms

  • Se lever gives je me lève, tu te lèves, il/elle se lève, nous nous levons, vous vous levez, ils/elles se lèvent. Both the pronoun and verb match the subject; the stem vowel changes in the indicated forms.
  • Je m’appelle elides me before appelle. Pronominal constructions are not always translated literally as doing something to oneself: s’appeler naturally supplies a name.

Match pronoun and verb

Match pronoun and verbSubjectSe leverjeme lèvetute lèvesil/ellese lèvenousnous levonsvousvous levezils/ellesse lèvent

Standard written negatives

  • Je ne parle pas means I do not speak / I am not speaking; je ne mange jamais de viande means I never eat meat; je ne vois rien means I see nothing; je ne joue plus means I no longer play.
  • In je ne me lève pas, ne comes before the reflexive pronoun and pas after the conjugated verb. Spoken French often omits ne; the complete written forms are practised here.

Standard negative statements

Standard negative statementsFrenchMeaningJe ne parle pas.I do not speak.Je ne mange jamais de viande.I never eat meat.Je ne vois rien.I see nothing.Je ne joue plus.I no longer play.Je ne me lève pas tôt.I do not get up early.

Question construction and address

  • Où habites-tu ? uses inversion and a hyphen; Où est-ce que tu habites ? uses est-ce que. Tu addresses one person familiarly, while vous may address a group or one person formally.
  • Tu habites où ? is common in familiar speech. Inversion itself is a standard construction rather than an inherently informal register. Learn où/where, quand/when, comment/how, pourquoi/why, qui/who and combien/how much or many.

Ask where someone lives

Ask where someone livesConstructionExampleInversion, singular tuOù habites-tu ?Est-ce que, singular tuOù est-ce que tu habites ?Familiar spoken questionTu habites où ?

Present and continuing duration

  • Je mange can express I eat or I am eating. J’habite ici depuis cinq ans means I have lived here for five years and still do: this continuing situation uses present habite.
  • Depuis cinq ans introduces a duration (for five years); depuis 2021 a starting point (since 2021). Depuis does not always require the present: a different past reference frame can use the imperfect.

Read the time context

Read the time contextFrenchEnglishJe mange.I eat / I am eating.J’habite ici depuis cinqans.I have lived here for fiveyears.J’habite ici depuis 2021.I have lived here since 2021.

Recent past or place of origin

  • Present venir plus de/d’ plus an infinitive expresses recent past: je viens de manger, il vient d’arriver. The conjugated verb is present but the whole construction describes something just completed.
  • Je viens de Paris instead gives a place of origin. Check what follows de rather than assuming every occurrence of venir de expresses recent past.

What follows venir de?

What follows venir de?FrenchConstructionJe viens de manger.Recent past + infinitiveIl vient d’arriver.Recent past + infinitiveJe viens de Paris.Place of origin

Spelling and model limits

  • Manger takes nous mangeons, retaining e to preserve the soft g sound before ons. This is a spelling adjustment within the -er group; parler gives nous parlons.
  • Finir gives nous finissons while partir gives nous partons. Prendre has nous prenons and ils prennent. Endings and stems must follow the actual verb’s pattern, not just its last two infinitive letters.

Avoid invented universal patterns

Avoid invented universal patternsVerbPresent examplesmangernous mangeonsparlernous parlonsfinirnous finissonspartirnous partonsprendrenous prenons / ils prennent

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  1. 1.What is the je present-tense form of parler?

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    • Aje parle
    • Bje parles
    • Cje parlons
    • Dje parlez
  2. 2.What is the tu present-tense form of finir?

    Easy
    • Atu finit
    • Btu finissons
    • Ctu finissez
    • Dtu finis
  3. 3.What is the il present-tense form of vendre?

    Easy
    • Ail vendons
    • Bil vendent
    • Cil vend
    • Dil vends
  4. 4.What is the nous present-tense form of finir?

    Easy
    • Anous finissez
    • Bnous finissons
    • Cnous finons
    • Dnous finis
  5. 5.What is the vous present-tense form of être?

    Easy
    • Avous êtes
    • Bvous êtez
    • Cvous est
    • Dvous sommes
  6. 6.What is the nous present-tense form of aller?

    Easy
    • Anous allez
    • Bnous vons
    • Cnous vais
    • Dnous allons
  7. 7.What is the ils present-tense form of faire?

    Easy
    • Ails fais
    • Bils faites
    • Cils font
    • Dils faisent
  8. 8.What is the vous present-tense form of faire?

    Easy
    • Avous font
    • Bvous faites
    • Cvous faisez
    • Dvous faisons

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