French Verbs ending in -IR in the Present tense
REGULAR -IR ENDING VERBS
How to conjugate regular French -Ir verbs
Learn how to conjugate regular French -ir ending verbs in the present tense.
VERBES DU 2EME GROUPE (2nd group verbs)
Watch this “Oh La La, I Speak French!” video lesson on how to conjugate regular French -IR ending verbs & practice what you’ve learned using the exercise sheet below.
EXERCISES ON -IR ENDING VERBS (Pdf)
TRANSCRIPT OF THIS VIDEO LESSON ON -IR ENDING VERBS
Here’s a list of regular -IR ending verbs – said to belong to be “des verbes du deuxième groupe” – that are going to be conjugated in the same way.
VERBES DU DEUXIEME GROUPE QUI SE TERMINENT EN –IR:
- CHOISIR (to choose)
- PÂLIR (to get pale)
- APPLAUDIR (to applaude)
- ÉBLOUIR (to blind)
- OBÉIR (to obey)
- FRÉMIR (to shiver)
- ROUGIR (to blush)
- RÉUSSIR (to succeed/manage)
Please be aware that there are other verbs ending with –IR that belong to what we call “les verbes du troisième groupe” – what I personally call “le groupe poubelle”, the trash can of verbs
LET’S CONJUGATE “FINIR”:
CONJUGATION OF FRENCH VERB FINIR IN THE PRESENT TENSE
JE FINIS
TU FINIS
IL/ELLE/ON FINIT
NOUS FINISSONS
VOUS FINISSEZ
ILS/ELLES FINISSENT
CONJUGATION OF FINIR IN THE PRESENT, NEGATIVE FORM
JE NE FINIS PAS
TU NE FINIS PAS
IL/ELLE/ON NE FINIT PAS
NOUS NE FINISSONS PAS
VOUS NE FINISSEZ PAS
ILS/ELLES NE FINISSENT PAS
How to conjugate a regular -IR ending verb in the present tense
Take the infinitive of your regular -ir ending verb, here FINIR. Drop the -ir ending and add the following endings: -IS, -IS, -IT, -ISSONS, -ISSEZ, -ISSENT.
FRENCH CONVERSATION WITH REGULAR -IR ENDING VERBS
LILI: Soso!
SOSO: Attends je finis.
LILI: Tu finis quoi?
SOSO: Un truc.
LILI: Mais… Soso!
SOSO: Quoi?
LILI: Oh la la… il rougit quand il me voit alors moi je palis… Et on finit par obéir au désir de s’embrasser
SOSO: Oh la la la la… Et ben dis donc.
Lili: Quoi?
Soso: On réfléchit les amis. Lili éblouit le garcon, il rougit, elle palit… bref, ils réussissent à se sentir gênés… Oh tout s’éclaircit!
Lili: Ah bon, comment ça?
Soso: Tu ne saisis pas Lili?
Lili: Euh… Je réfléchis…
Soso: Nous réfléchissons pour toi, (to the camera) hein, ouais… on est bien d’accord. Nous choisissons…
Lili: Vous choisissez quoi?
Soso: Ton petit chaton plutôt que le garçon!
Reaction Shot : Jacques 1 et Soso bursting into laughter.
Jacques 1: On applaudit, bravo! Lili, tu obéis et tu choisis le petit chaton !
Back to Lili obviously very confused.
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