Conjugating French -ir Verbs: Regular and Irregular Forms, Summaries of French

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THE PRESENT TENSE OF - IR VERBS:

THE SECOND GROUP Seventh lesson – Septième leçon

SOMMAIRE

 1) Introduction

 2) Regular – ir verbs

 3) Irregular – ir verbs

 3.1) Verbs like dormir (to sleep)  3.2) Verbs like ouvrir (to open)  3.3) Completely irregular verbs

1. INTRODUCTION

 In the previous lesson, you learned about – er verbs.

1. INTRODUCTION

 This lesson covers the – ir verbs, the second group, composed of regular and irregular verbs.

2. REGULAR – IR VERBS

 For example, to conjugate finir ( to finish, to end ), remove the infinitive ending – ir to obtain the root fin- Finir → fin- and add the appropriate endings.

2. REGULAR – IR VERBS

 Finir- to finish, to end

Singular Plural

Je fin is Nous fin issons

Tu fin is Vous fin issez

Il/elle/on fin it Ils/elles fin issent

2. REGULAR – IR VERBS

 Note : these verbs are called « verbs in – issons », as their first person plural ending is always

- issons (ex.: nous fin issons ).

2. REGULAR – IR VERBS

 Do remember this rule as it will help you to distinguish between regular and irregular verbs in – ir.

3. IRREGULAR – IR VERBS

 There are three kinds of irregular – ir verbs:

 1) verbs like dormir (to sleep)

 2) verbs like ouvrir (to open)

 3) completely irregular verbs like pouvoir (can, to be able to), venir ( to come/ to come from)

3.1 VERBS LIKE DORMIR (TO SLEEP)

 The first group of irregular – ir verbs includes:

 dormir to sleep  mentir to lie  partir to leave  sentir to feel  sortir to go out

 and all of their derivations (ex.: partir – to leave → repartir- to leave again ).

3.1 VERBS LIKE DORMIR

 To conjugate verbs like dormir , there are two steps.

3.1 VERBS LIKE DORMIR

 For the three singular persons, remove the last syllable of the infinitive,

 dormir → dor-

 and add the appropriate endings.

3.1 VERBS LIKE DORMIR

 Dormir – to sleep

Singular Plural

Je dor s Nous dor mons

Tu dor s Vous dor mez

Il/elle/on dor t Ils/elles dor ment

3.2 VERBS LIKE OUVRIR (TO OPEN)

 The second group of irregular – ir verbs includes

 ouvrir to open  découvrir to discover  cueillir to gather/to pick/to pluck  offrir to offer  souffrir to suffer

 and their derivations (ex.: découvrir → redécouvrir – to rediscover ).