French Conjugation Rules

Question 1

What are the 3 groups of verbs in French

Answer 1

1. -er verbs
2. -ir verbs
3. irregular verbs with different endings (-ir, -dre, -oir, etc.)

Question 2

The present indicative or présent de l’indicatif in french, is a _________. This tense is not formed with an auxiliary.

Answer 2

simple tense

Question 3

For the first group (verbs ending in -ER) what is the usual rule when it comes to conjugating them?

Answer 3

Je and Il/Elle are both the same, they both end with the letter -e. Tu on the other hand ends with -es, while nous ends with -ons, vous ends with -ez, and ils/elles ends with -ent

Question 4

For the second group (verbs ending in -IR) what is the usual rule when it comes to conjugating them?

Answer 4

Je and Tu are both the same, they both end in -is. Il/Elle ends with -it, nous ends with -issons, vous ends with issez, while ils/elles ends with -issont.

Question 5

For the 3rd group (the general case but verbs ending in -RE ends here) what is the usual rule when it comes to conjugating them?

Answer 5

Just like the second group, the 3rd group have similar rules.

Both Je and Tu ends with -s. Il/Elle ends with -t, nous ends with -ons, vous ends with -ez, ils/elles ends with -ent.

Question 6

For verbs in -dre, what is the usual rule when it comes to conjugating them?

Answer 6

Je and Tu ends with -ds, il/elle ends with -d, nous ends with -ons, vous ends with -ez, and ils/elles ends with -ent

Question 7

For verbs in -dre, what is the usual rule when it comes to conjugating them?

Answer 7

Je and Tu ends with -x, Il/Elle ends with -t, nous ends with -ons, vous ends with -ez, ils/elles ends with -ent