French Irregular -IR ending Verbs
Learn the Present tense of French Irregular -IR ending Verbs
Hey guys !
First, have you already learned how to conjugate regular -IR ending verbs in French ? No ? What a shame! Get that done now and then come back to this page. Already done ? Great, read on then ! It’s time for you to have a look at irregular -IR ending verbs. I’m sorry to say there are a few of them. But this is all good, just take it as yet another opportunity to enrich your vocabulary ! I have organized the verbs in groups according to their conjugations. You’ll see, that should ease your memory.
1st group of irregular -IR verbs: courir, dormir, partir, sortir etc.
In this first group of verb, notice the pattern in the endings of the conjugated verbs (-s, -s, -t, -ons, -ez, -ent)
COURIR (to run) DORMIR (to sleep)
Je cours Je dors
Tu cours Tu dors
Il/elle/on court Il/elle/on dort
Nous courons Nous dormons
Vous courez Vous dormez
Ils/elles courent Ils/elles dorment
PARTIR (to leave)
Je pars
Tu pars
Il/elle/on part
Nous partons
Vous partez
Ils/elles partent
SENTIR (to feel) SORTIR (to go out)
Je sens Je sors
Tu sens Tu sors
Il/elle/on sent Il/elle/on sort
Nous sentons Nous sortons
Vous sentez Vous sortez
Ils/elles sentent Ils/elles sortent
MOURIR (to die)
Je meurs
Tu meurs
Il/elle/on meurt
Nous mourons
Vous mourez
Ils/elles meurent
2nd Group of irregular -IR verbs: couvrir, offrir, ouvrir etc.
Onto the next group of irregular -IR ending verbs now. These new ones are actually conjugated like -ER ending verbs. Hope you know your -ER ending verbs lesson on the present tense…
Here’s the list : COUVRIR (to cover), DÉCOUVRIR (to discover), OFFRIR (to offer), OUVRIR (to open), SOUFFRIR (to suffer)
I’m just going to write out a couple of them here. That should be enough for you to get the hang of it.
OUVRIR (to open) OFFRIR (to offer)
J’ouvrE J’offrE
Tu ouvrES Tu offrES
Il/elle/on ouvrE Il/elle/on offrE
Nous ouvrONS Nous offrONS
Vous ouvrEZ Vous offrEZ
Ils/elles ouvrENT Ils/elles offrENT
3rd Group: Tenir & Venir in the present tense
This last group of -IR ending verbs has an extra irregularity in their « NOUS » and « VOUS » forms. They include the verbs TENIR (to hold) & VENIR (to come) along with their derivatives. The list includes: DEVENIR (to become), MAINTENIR (to maintain), RETENIR (to keep/retain), REVENIR (to come back).
TENIR (to hold) VENIR (to come)
Je tiens Je viens
Tu tiens Tu viens
Il/elle/on tient Il/elle/on vient
Nous tenons Nous venons
Vous tenez Vous venez
Ils/elles tiennent Ils/elles viennent
Good luck memorizing them all !
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