4.3 (Irregular -ir verbs Flashcards
Attention! Se Sentir vs. Sentir
Sentir means to sense or to smell. The reflexive verb se sentir is used with an adverb to tell how a person feels.
Examples:
Cette fleur sent très bonne (This flower smells very good)
Je sens qu’il t’aime, même s’il ne le dit pas (I sense that he loves you, even if he doesn’t say it)
Tu es rentrée parce que tu ne te sentais pas bien (You went home because you didn’t feel good?)
Meaning:
Maintenir
to maintain
Past Participles:
Venir
Venu
Irregular IR verbs with similar present tense forms
(there are 5)
Courir (to run)
Dormir (to sleep)
Partir (to leave)
Sentir (to smell)
Sortir (to take (out))
Je cours ** Nous courtons**
Tu cours Vous courez
Il/Elle court Ils/Elles courent
Ir verbs which have different stems for nous and vous
Conjugation
je deviens
tu deviens
il/elle devient
Nous devenons
Vous devenez
Ils/Elles deviennent
IR verbs which take Être in the Passé Compossé and Plus Que Parfait
Sortir
Partir
Mourir
Devenir
Venir
Revenir
Conjugation of Couvrir, décourvrir, offrir, ouvrir, and souffrir
Je couvre
Tu couvres
Il/Elle couvre
Nous couvrons
Vous couvr**ez **
Ils/Elles couvrent
Reminder regarding verbs that use Être as the auxiliary
Remember that a past participle usually agrees with its subject in number and gender for verbs that take être as an auxiliary.
Meaning:
découvrir
to discover
Distinction between Sortir and Partir
Use Sortir to say that someone is leaving, as in exiting a building. Use Partir to say that someone is leaving, as in departing.
The proposition De often accompanies Sortir and the preposition pour often accompanies Partir
Examples:
Nous ne sortons jamais de la salle avant la sonnerie
(we never leave the room before the bell rings)
Le premier ministre part pour l’Espagne demain
(the Prime Minister leaves for Spain tomorrow)
Past Participles:
tenir
tenu
Past Participle:
Courir
couru
Meaning:
Souffrir
to suffer
Meaning:
Ouvrir
To open
Past Participle:
Sortir
Sorti
Meaning:
Devenir
to become
Past Participle:
Offrir
offert
Past Participle:
Dormir
Dormi
Past Participles:
revenir
revenu
Ir verbs which have different stems for nous and vous
(5)
devenir
maintenir
revenir
tenir
venir
Conjugation of Mourir
Je meurs
Tu meurs
Il/elle meurt
Nous mourons
Vous mourez
ils/elles meurent
Examples:
Il fait chaud et je meurs de soif!! (It’s hot and I’m dying of thirst!)
En quelle année la président est-elle morte? (In which year did the president die?)
Meaning:
revenir
to return
Past Participle:
Sentir
senti
Meaning: venir + de + infinitive
means to have just done something. Use it in the present or the imparfait to say something that happened in the very recent past
Examples:
les militants viennent de faire un discours à l’ONU (the activists just made a speech at the UN)
je venais juste de poser mon sac par terre quand le voleur l’a pris (I had just put my bag down on the ground when the thief took it)
Past Participles:
maintenir
maintenu
Past Participles:
Devenir
devenu
Past Participle:
Couvrir
couvert
Meaning:
Venir
to come
Past Participle:
Découvrir
Découvert
Past Participle:
Partir
Parti
Meaning:
Couvrir
to cover
Meaning:
tenir
To hold
Past Participle:
Mourir
Mort
Past Participle:
Souffrir
Souffert
Meaning:
Offrir
to offer
