Les Verbes Réguliers au Temps Présent In French when a verb is found in the dictionary it is its infinitive form. This means that when we use verbs they need to be conjugated or simply changed into the required verb tense.To begin, we will look at notes that look at regular verbs conjugated in the present tense. Below is a step­by­step guide for allowing us to properly conjugate regular verbs in the present tense. Step 1​
: Identify the subject. This is who or what is doing the action in the sentence. The most common subjects are as follows: Singulier Pluriel Je (J’) I Nous We Tu You Vous You Il He (It) Ils They Elle She (It) Elles They Step 2​
: Find your verb in the dictionary. Remember that when we find the verb in the dictionary it is in its infinitive form. When we locate the verb, we will note that the verb will have one of the three common endings: ER (example: the verb “to like” ­ aim​
er​
) IR (example: the verb “to finish” ­ fin​
ir​
) RE (example: the verb “to lose” ­ perd​
re​
) Step 3​
: Drop the common ending and add the present tense ending that is associated with each subject. ER Verbs (example: parler ­ to speak) Subject Verb Drop the ending: Add the new ending: Je parler parl­ parl​
e Tu parler parl­ parl​
es Il parler parl­ parl​
e Elle parler parl­ parl​
e Nous parler parl­ parl​
ons Vous parler parl­ parl​
ez Ils parler parl­ parl​
ent Elles parler parl­ parl​
ent IR Verbs (example: choisir ­ to choose) Subject Verb Drop the ending: Add the new ending: Je choisir chois­ chois​
is Tu choisir chois­ chois​
is Il choisir chois­ chois​
it Elle choisir chois­ chois​
it Nous choisir chois­ chois​
issons Vous choisir chois­ chois​
issez Ils choisir chois­ chois​
issent Elles choisir chois­ chois​
issent RE Verbs (example: répondre ­ to answer) Subject Verb Drop the ending: Add the new ending: Je répondre répond­ répond​
s Tu répondre répond­ répond​
s Il répondre répond­ répond Elle répondre répond­ répond Nous répondre répond­ répond​
ons Vous répondre répond­ répond​
ez Ils répondre répond­ répond​
ent Elles répondre répond­ répond​
ent Note​
: With “RE Verbs” there is not a new ending to be added for “Il” or “Elle” but rather we drop the ending and leave the rest blank as in the example above.