present-tense-all-regular-verbs

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The present tense

• 1- Use
• 2- Formation
• 3- Time indicators

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1- Use

• There is only 1 form of the present tense in
  French,
• eg Je joue au tennis
• whereas there are three in English...

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• The present tense is used to express a repeated
  action, a habit or a general truth.
• i.e. What happens regularly.
• eg Tous les samedis, je joue au foot.
• (Every Saturday, I play football).

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• To express an action taking place at the time of
  speaking or in the immediate future.
• i.e. What is happening right now.
• eg Je regarde Eastenders maintenant.
• (I am watching Eastenders now).

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To express a contrast, an emphasis or a
negative.i.e. To emphasise what is
happening.eg Je suis daccord. I do
agree. Je joue au tennis. I do play
tennis. Je ne joue pas au tennis. I dont
play tennis.

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1- Use

• Also use the present tense in French...
• To tell a story that happened in the past, to
  make it more lively.
• With expressions of time such as depuis, ça fait
  to express has/have been doing.
• With si to express a hypothesis or condition.

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• The present tense is used with the expressions
  depuis and ça fait when the action is still
  going on.
• eg Japprends le français depuis cinq ans.
• (Ive been learning French for five years).

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2-Formation
REGULAR VERBS

As 90 of all French verbs are regular ER verbs
it is essential that you know the verb endings
off by heart.
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• Regular verbs
• -ER verbs
• JOUER (to play)
• Je joue
• Tu joues
• Il, Elle, On joue
• Nous jouons
• Vous jouez
• Ils, Elles jouent

I play you play he / she /one plays we play you
all play they play
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Regular Verbs-IR verbs

• FINIR
• Je finis
• Tu finis
• Il, Elle, On finit
• Nous finissons
• Vous finissez
• Ils, Elles finissent

I finish you finish he / she /one finishes we
finish you all finish they finish
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Regular Verbs-RE verbs

• VENDRE
• Je vends
• Tu vends
• Il, Elle, On vend
• Nous vendons
• Vous vendez
• Ils, Elles vendent

I sell you sell he/she/one sells we sell you all
sell they sell
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Summary of Regular Verb EndingsTo form the
present tense take off the last 2 letters of the
infinitive (ER, RE or IR) and add the following
endings.
ER RE IR
I Je -e -s -is
You Tu -es -s -is
He/She/We Il/Elle/On -e - -it
We Nous -ons -ons -issons
You all/You (f) Vous -ez -ez -issez
They Ils/Elles -ent -ent -issent
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Verbs starting with a vowel or h

• When a verb starts with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U,
  Y) or a silent h, the pronoun Je becomes J
  .
• eg Je aime ? Jaime.
• Je habite ? Jhabite.
• It is the same when a verb is preceded by a
  reflexive pronoun.
• eg sappeler Je me appelle ? Je mappelle.
• shabiller Tu te habilles ? Tu
  thabilles.
• sendormir Elle se endort ? Elle sendort.

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Slightly Irregular Regular Verbs

• Some regular verbs have spelling changes for
  je, tu, il and ils.
• i.e. before a silent syllable.
• It is important that you are at least aware of
  these so that you will recognise these verbs.

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In verbs that end in -eler or -eter the final
consonant is doubled up in all but the nous and
vous forms.

• jeter (to throw)
• Je jette
• Tu jettes
• Il jette
• Nous jetons
• Vous jetez
• Ils jettent.

Another common verb belonging to this group
is appeler (to call) Exception to this
rule acheter
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Verbs with é or e in second last syllable in
the infinitive

• Some stems with -e change to -è
• Stems with é change to -è
• in all forms except the nous and vous forms
• préférer
• Je préfère
• Tu préfères
• Il préfère
• Nous préférons
• Vous préférez
• Ils préfèrent.

acheter Jachète Tu achètes Il
achète Nous achetons Vous achetez Ils
achètent.
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Verbs that end in ayer, -oyer, -uyer change y
to i

• nettoyer (to clean)
• Je nettoie
• Tu nettoies
• Il nettoie
• Nous nettoyons
• Vous nettoyez
• Ils nettoient.

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Verbs with spelling changes in the NOUS form

• Verbs ending in cer become çons
• commencer (to begin)
• Je commence
• Tu commences
• Il commence
• Nous commençons
• Vous commencez
• Ils commencent.

• Verbs ending in ger become eons
• manger (to eat)
• Je mange
• Tu manges
• Il mange
• Nous mangeons
• Vous mangez
• Ils mangent

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Reflexive verbs

• Many of these verbs are used to talk about your
  daily routine. They mean that you do something to
  yourself (eg to wash oneself, to brush ones
  teeth, to wake up, to go to bed).
• You conjugate them in the exact same way as
  regular verbs but they also need a reflexive
  pronoun in between the subject pronoun and the
  verb

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Reflexive verbs

• Je me
• Tu te
• Il se
• Elle se
• On se
• Nous nous
• Vous vous
• Ils se
• Elles se

eg SE LEVER (to get up) Je me lève Tu te
lèves Il se lève Elle se lève On se lève Nous
nous levons Vous vous levez Ils se
lèvent Elles se lèvent
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3- Time indicators

• Maintenant Now
• En ce moment At the moment
• Aujourdhui Today
• Ce matin This morning
• Cet après-midi This afternoon
• Ce soir This evening