Regular -re Verbs
The third category of regular verbs is made up of -re’ verbs. To conjugate, drop the -re to find the “stem” or “root”. Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense, as demonstrated below for the present tense.
Formation
French Grammar • Art -re Verb Formation  Formation des verbes en -re | ||
|---|---|---|
| pronoun | ending | verb |
| je (j’) | -s | attends |
| tu | -s | attends |
| il/elle | – | attend |
| nous | -ons | attendons |
| vous | -ez | attendez |
| ils/elles | -ent | attendent |
Vendre
The verb vendre is a regular -re verb:
French Verb • Present Indicative vendre to sell | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||||
| first person | je vends | jeuh vahn | I sell | nous vendons | noo vahn dohn | we sell |
| second person | tu vends | too vahn | you sell | vous vendez | voo vahn day’ | you sell |
| third person | il vend | eel vahn | he sells | ils vendent | eel vahnde | they sell (masc. or mixed) |
| elle vend | ell vahn | she sells | ||||
| on vend | oh vahn | one sells | elles vendent | ell vahnde | they sell (fem.) | |
Common -re Verbs
Compared to -er verbs, -re verbs are not very common. You will however see the following verbs fairly often:
- prendre – to get, to take
- Irregular conjugation: je prends, tu prends, il/elle/on prend, nous prenons, vous prenez, ils/elles prennent
- mettre – to put, to place
- Irregular conjugation: je mets, tu mets, il/elle/on met, nous mettons, vous mettez, ils/elles mettent
- connaître – to know (Note: “savoir” may also mean to know)
- Irregular conjugation: je connais, tu connais, il/elle/on connaît, nous connaissons, vous connaissez, ils/elles connaissent
Music
| French Vocabulary • Art Music La musique | |
|---|---|
| écouter de la musique | to listen to music |
| des paroles | lyrics (la parole = word) |
| Composing | |
| le musicien | musician |
| le compositeur | composer |
| l’auteur (des paroles) | (lyrics) writer |
| Instruments | |
| l’instrument (m) | instrument |
| la clarinette | clarinet |
| le violon | violin |
| la harpe | harp |
| la guitare | guitar |
| le piano | piano |
| la flûte | flute |