Conjugating in French step by step

Learning patterns is a key to
mastering the conjugating of
French verbs.
Conjugating in French
step by step

Regular or irregular?
First, determine if the verb is irregular:
1) Know which are the irregulars.
2)They are usually common verbs.
3) They are unique (no pattern) & you have to study each one.
The good news about REGULAR verbs:
They only have one of three endings
They follow a pattern.

I
You
He, she, one
We
You
They masculine & feminine
Je
Tu
Il, elle,on
Nous
Vous
Ils,elles
Subject Pronouns
Doesn’t matter if the verb is regular or irregular:
The pronouns are always in the same order.

Regular verbs: the pattern explained
The infinitive of most verbs in French end in the letters ER.
Lesser numbers end in the letters IRand RE.
Most follow a regular pattern for each 'ending group‘ above.
Exceptions to this pattern are called irregular verbs.
So if you learn the regular patterns you will know the patterns for most verbs.
To conjugate each verb in the present tense, the last two letters (ER,
IR, RE) are dropped and a different ending is added for each
pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, you all, they).

What Regular verb families do we know so far?
Verbs of the ER family
je tu
il, elle
nous vous
ils
,
elles
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e
-
es
-
e
-
ons
-
ez
-
ent
parl
e
parl
es
parl
e
parl
ons
parl
ez
parl
ent