Sunday 6 March 2011

Regular -re verbs

Hi guys! You'll be pleased to know that this is pretty much the last main regular type of verb you need to know. We'll look at the example of attendre, which means to wait.

J'attends
Tu attends
Il / Elle / on attend_ (the underscore represents nothing there)

Nous attendons
Vous attendez
Ils / Elles attendent (silent -ent again. It's just attend, but pronounce the d.)

You take the stem, which is attendre minus the last 2 letters, so attend, and add the relevant ending. With the il / elle / on form, you don't actually add anything on the end. You just use the stem of attend. Here's another example. Vendre, which means to sell.

Je vends
Tu vend
Il / Elle / on vend_

Nous vendons
Vous vendez
Ils / Elles vendent

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