Present Tense

• To put a verb in a tense, you need to know its infinitive
• Je mange une pomme?

  I eat an apple / I am eating an apple
• Le lundi, je fais du jogging?

  I go jogging on Mondays
• To find the stem of a verb, remove the last two letters of the infinitive - For example, the stem of regarder would be regard , the stem of finir would be fin , and the stem of vendre would be vend
• There are three groups of verbs in French - verbs ending in -er , -ir and -re
• In the Present tense, what is the ENDING of '-er' verbs when you are saying "I"?

  e
• In the Present tense, what is the ENDING of '-er' verbs when you are saying "You"(singluar)?

  es
• In the Present tense, what is the ENDING of '-er' verbs when you are saying "he/she/it/one"
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  e
• In the Present tense, what is the ENDING of '-er' verbs when you are saying "We"?


  ons
• In the Present tense, what is the ENDING of '-er' verbs when you are saying "You"(plural)
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  ez
• In the Present tense, what is the ENDING of '-er' verbs when you are saying "they"(m/f)?

  ent
• How would you say I watch in French?

  Je regarde
• How would you say You (singular) watch in French?

  Tu regardes
• How would you say he watches in French?

  Il regarde
• How would you say We watch in French?

  Nous regardons
• How would you say You (plural) watch in French?

  Vous regardez
• How would you say They (feminine) watch in French?

  Elles regardent