French Verbs - Summary

Most French verbs are regular. This means the way they are used is the same for each of the three types of ending: -er, -ir and -re.

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e.g. The verb manger means "to eat". It is an -er verb. How do we write "I eat melons" and "We eat melons"? Je manges des melons. Nous mangons des melons.

Some very important verbs are irregular. Their endings are very different to the regular verbs and have to be learned carefully.

Use our tables of the irregular verbs to help you get to grips with them:

avoir être faire aller vouloir pouvoir

devoir sortir dire lire écrire boire

conduire recevoir venir mettre connaître envoyer

We will be bringing you some questions to test out your knowledge of verbs soon - watch this space!

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