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- ir verbs
Regular – ir verbs in the Present, Past, and Future
Tenses
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- ir verbs: Present Tense
The majority of all –ir verbs in French, in the Present Tense, have the same endings for je, tu, il (elle, on), nous, vous, ils (elles).
Je -isTu -isIl -itNous -issonsVous -issezIls -issent
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- ir verbs: Present Tense
To form your verb (to conjugate the verb) in the Present Tense, take off the –ir for je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, and Ils/elles and simply add those endings.
Je finis (I finish/am finished)Tu finis (You finish/are finished)Il finit (He finishes/is finished)Nous finissons (We finish/are finished)Vous finissez (They/You finish/are
finished)Ils finissent (They are finished)
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Verbs that are similar in their conjugationChoisir (to choose), établir (to establish) grandir (to grow/grow up),
grossir (to gain weight), maigrir (to lose weight), mincir (to get slimmer), obéir (to obey),
réagir (to react), réussir (à), (to succeed)
- ir verbs: Present TenseThere are some commonly used verbs in the French language, however, that are exceptions to this rule…
Ouvrir Partir SortirDormir
Je/J’ ouvre pars sors dorsTu ouvres pars sors dorsIl/Elle ouvre part sort dortNous ouvrons partons sortons dormonsVous ouvrez partez sortez
dormezIls/Elles ouvrent partent sortent dorment
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Verbs that are similar in their conjugation (like –er verbs)
Ouvrir: Couvrir (to cover), découvrir (to discover), offrir (to offer), souffrir (to suffer)
- ir verbs: Present Tense
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How is the Past Indefinite (Passé Composé in French) tense formed?
The Past Indefinite tense (Passé Composé in French) is a compound tense of verb.This means that there will be two parts to the verbs, or a mix of two different verbs.If you know the Present (le Présent in French) tense of the verbs avoir (to have) and être (to be), you are half way there
Just in case you need a reminder, here are the verbs avoir and être in their Present tense.
avoir (to have) être (to be)J’ai Je suisTu as Tu esIl a Elle estNous avons Nous sommesVous avez Vous êtesIls ont Ils sont
Please note:The verb être, when used as the helping verb for
the Past Indefinite,translates as ‘to have’.
Example:Je suis allé(e)…I have gone…
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As mentioned, the Past Indefinite (le Passé Composé) is a compound tense…so you need to add something to either the verb avoir or the verb être to complete the formation of the Past Indefinite tense.What is added is known as the Past Participle (le participe passé in French).The past participle is used for every subject pronoun for the verb in question (je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles). For all verbs that use avoir as the helping verb, the past participle never changes.
Here is an example: the verb Finir (to finish) in the Past Indefinite tense would be…
J’ai fini I finished Tu as fini You finished
Il a fini He finished Nous avons fini We finished Vous avez fini They/you finished Ils ont fini They finished
How is the Past Indefinite (Passé Composé in French) tense formed?
The verb Finir is one of the 99.9%of verbs that are
conjugated with theverb Avoir, which
you’ll see on the right.
To form the Past Participle for –ir verbs
…drop the -er, and add –i
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How is the Past Indefinite (Passé Composé in French) tense formed?
So you now know that there are two verbs that team up to form the Past Indefinite (le Passé Composé) tense of each verb in French.But now you need to know which –ir verbs will use être.
Verb Past Participle
Devenir *devenu (e) Revenir *revenu (e)Sortir sorti (e)Venir *venu (e)Mourir *mort (e)Partir parti (e)
* exception to the rule for Past Participle
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How is the Past Indefinite (Passé Composé in French) tense formed?
We will use the verb Venir (to come) as an example, as it one of the verbs that is conjugated with the helping verb être…
VenirJe suis venu (e)Tu es venu (e)Il est venu Elle est venu (e)Nous sommes venu(e)sVous êtes venu(e)(s)Ils sont venusElles sont venus
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- ir verbs: Past Tense
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- Er verbs: Future TenseThe Future Tense (le Futur Proche) is a compound tense…and the helping verb is always the verb Aller (to go) in the Present Tense.All you do, to indicate an action in the future, is use the Present Tense of the verb Aller and the immediately add the verb for the action you wish to express in the future. Take a look at this example, using the verb Parler (to talk):
Mourir (to die)
Aller + Verb
Je vais mourir (I am going to talk)Tu vas mourir (You are going to talk)Il va mourir (He is going to talk)Nous allons mourir (We are going to talk)Vous allez mourir (They/You are going to
talk)Ils vont mourir (They are going to talk)
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- ir verbs: Past Tense
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