Conjugating Third Group Verbs: Regular and Irregular –re Verbs, Lecture notes of French

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THE PRESENT TENSE OF - RE VERBS: THE THIRD GROUP Eighth lesson – Huitième leçon

CONTENTS

 1) Introduction

 2) Regular – re verbs

 3) Irregular – re verbs

 3.1) Prendre (to take) its derivatives & verbs like comprendre (to understand)

 3.2) Battre (to beat) mettre (to put) & its derivatives

 3.3) Rompre (to break) & its derivatives

 3.4) Verbs ending in – aindre, -eindre, and – oindre

 3.5) Completely irregular verbs like faire (to do), connaître (to know, to be familiar with)

1. INTRODUCTION

 This lesson covers the – re verbs,

 the third group and the smallest category, composed of regular and irregular verbs.

 Ex. : connaître (to know), comprendre (to understand) …

2. REGULAR – RE VERBS

 To conjugate a – re verb, remove the infinitive ending

(-re) and then add the appropriate endings to the root:

Singular Plural

1 st^ person Je - s Nous - ons

2 nd^ person Tu - s Vous - ez

3 rd^ person Il/elle/on (nothing) Ils/elles - ent

2. REGULAR – RE VERBS

 Attendre – to wait

Singular Plural

J’attend s Nous attend ons

Tu attend s Vous attend ez

Il/elle/on attend Ils/elles attend ent

2. REGULAR – RE VERBS

 Other regular verbs like attendre

 Descendre to go/come down/to get out  Perdre to lose  Rendre to give back, to return  Répondre to answer  Vendre to sell

2. REGULAR – RE VERBS

 The verb forms of j’ attends , tu attends , il/elle attend are pronounced the same.

 In other words, the final – d and – s are silent.

 This rule applies to all of the above verbs and those similar to them.

3. IRREGULAR – RE VERBS

 There are five kinds of irregular – re verbs:

3.1 prendre ( to take ), its derivatives & verbs like comprendre 3.2 battre ( to beat ), mettre ( to put ) and its derivatives 3.3 rompre ( to break ) and its derivatives 3.4 verbs ending in – aindre, -eindre, and – oindre

3.5 completely irregular verbs like faire ( to do ), connaître ( to know, to be familiar with )

3.1 PRENDRE (TO TAKE) & VERBS LIKE COMPRENDRE

(TO UNDERSTAND)

 To conjugate these verbs,

 remove the infinitive ending – re ,

 drop the – d in the root of plural forms

 and double the – n in the 3rd person plural.

3.1 PRENDRE (TO TAKE) & VERBS LIKE COMPRENDRE

(TO UNDERSTAND)

 Prendre – to take

Singular Plural

Je prend s Nous pre nons

Tu prend s Vous pre nez

Il/elle/on prend Ils/elles pren nent

3.2 BATTRE (TO BEAT), METTRE (TO PUT) &

DERIVATES

 The endings of these verbs are as follows

Singular Plural

1 st^ person Je - s Nous - ons

2 nd^ person Tu - s Vous - ez

3 rd^ person Il/elle/on (nothing) Ils/elles - ent

3.2 BATTRE (TO BEAT), METTRE (TO PUT) &

DERIVATES

 To conjugate these verbs, remove the infinitive ending – re and drop a – t in the singular forms.

3.2 BATTRE (TO BEAT), METTRE (TO PUT) &

DERIVATES

 The verb forms of je mets , tu mets , il/elle met are pronounced the same.

 In other words, the final – t and – s are silent.

 This rule applies to the verb mettre and to verbs that are similar to it.

3.3 ROMPRE (TO BREAK) & ITS DERIVATIVES

 The third irregular group of verbs include

 rompre ( to break ) and its derivatives. The endings for these verbs are as follows:

Singular Plural

1 st^ person Je - s Nous - ons

2 nd^ person Tu - s Vous - ez

3 rd^ person Il/elle/on - t Ils/elles - ent