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2- Formation
3- Time indicators
There is only 1 form of the present
tense in French,
eg Je joue au tennis
whereas there are three in English...
A. The present tense is used to express a
repeated action, a habit or a general
truth.
i.e. What happens regularly.
Je joue au tennis.
I do play tennis.
FINIR
Je finis I finish
Tu finis you finish
he / she /one finishes
Il, Elle, On finit
Nous finissons we finish
Vous finissez you all finish
Ils, Elles finissent they finish
Regular Verbs
-RE verbs
VENDRE
Je vends I sell
Tu vends you sell
Il, Elle, On vend he/she/one sells
Nous vendons we sell
Vous vendez you all sell
Ils, Elles vendent they sell
Summary of Regular Verb Endings
To form the present tense take off the last
2 letters of the infinitive (ER, RE or IR)
and add the following endings.
ER RE IR
I Je -e -s -is
You Tu -es -s -is
He/She/We Il/Elle/On -e - -it
We Nous -ons -ons -issons
You all/You (f) Vous -ez -ez -issez
They Ils/Elles -ent -ent -issent
Verbs starting with a vowel or h: