Hey, today we’ll have a look at one of the conjugation patterns in French, and in particular at regular verbs whose infinitives end in -re. Here belong verbs like perdre, attendre or répondre, to mention just a few. We’re going to focus on the Present Tense.
Conjugation
Without further ado, let’s jump right into the conjugation of these verbs. As an example, let’s use the verb attendre (to wait):
| attendre – to wait | |||
| j’ | attends | I | wait |
| tu | attends | you | wait |
| il | attend | he | waits |
| nous | attendons | we | wait |
| vous | attendez | you (all) | wait |
| ils | attendent | they | wait |
Examples
This group of verbs is not as large as the group of verbs with infinitives ending in –er, but some common verbs belong here. Let’s have a look at some examples:
| vendre | Elle vend sa maison. | She’s selling her house. |
| entendre | J’entends la musique. | I can hear the music. |
| perdre | Tu perds toujours les clés. | You always lose the keys. |
| descendre | Nous descendons de l’autobus. | We get off the bus. |
| répondre | Vous répondez à mes questions. | You answer my questions. |
| défendre | Ils défendent leur voisin. | They defend their neighbor. |
| étendre | J’étends une nappe sur la table. | I’m spreading a cloth on the table. |
| prétendre | Il prétend qu’il ne la connaît pas. | He claims he doesn’t know her. |
| pendre | Nous pendons le tableau au mur. | We’re hanging the picture on the wall. |
| fondre | La neige fond. | The snow is melting. |
| rendre | Il rend les livres à la bibliothèque. | He’s taking the books back to the library. |
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