Question

How do you conjugate French re verbs in the present tense ???

Answer 1

To form the present tense of an -re verb, drop the -re of the infinitive, like you do for -er and -ir verbs. When you do that, you're left with the stem for the conjugation of the present tense, and you can add the present tense endings specific to -re verbs: -s, -s, nothing, -ons, -ez, -ent.

Answer 2

Bonjour !!

The verbs in -re are verbs from the 3rd group.

Verbs in -dre or in -tre

the endings in present tense always are something like

? / -s/ ? /-ons / -ez / -ent ...some have an -s at the 1st person, some have nothing at the 3rd person sing.....

For "regular " verbs you just drop the infinitive ending which is -re

je => -s

tu => -s

il/elle => t or d

nous => -ons

vous => -ez

ils/elles => ent

example

entendre

j'entend-s

tu entend-s

il/elle/on entend

nous entend-ons

vous entend-ez

ils/elles entend-ent

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But for those verbs in -re, there are no real rules; they all are different

This is the most difficult verb group to learn

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Some of keep the -d or -t and you add only at the singular form

prendre

je pren-ds

tu pren-ds

il/elle pren-d

nous pren-ons

vous pren-ez

ils/elles pren-nent

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Mettre or paraître loose one -t at the singular form

je mets

tu mets

il/elle met

nous mettons

vous mettez

ils/elles mettent

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je parai-s

tu parai-s

il/elle paraî-t

nous parai-ssons

vous parai-ssez

ils/elles parai-ssent

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I could go on with verbs as "cuire" , "conduire" (cook, drive)

( je condui-s

tu condui-s

il/elle condui-t

nous condui-sons

vous condui-sez

ils/ elles condui-sent

OR

"écrire" (write)

j'écri-s

tu écri-s

il/elle écri-t

nous écri-vons

vous écri-vez

ils/elles écri-vent

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So just be patient....

We (French people) always say that "it is the exception which confirm the rule" ... !!! In fact, French grammar is made of exceptions !!!!

Hope this helps ☺☺☺