FRENCH VERBES CONJUGATE

नमस्कार

आज हम फ्रेंच verbs के बारे में चर्चा करते है. फ्रेंच वेर्ब्स कंजुगेशन सबसे महत्वपूर्ण है. lets cover the french infinitive verbs -present tense first. There are four categories of based on the verb root endings.

1. -ER ending
2. -IR ending
3. -RE ending
4. -OIR ending

-ER ending words are most numerous around 90% of the total verbs. They are the most dynamic verbs and almost all new verbs take an -ER ending.These -ER verbs are conjugated as:

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je -E	nous -ONS
II	tu -ES	vous -EZ
III	il/elle/on -E	ils/elles -ENT

-RE,-OIR,-IR ending words can be conjugated in several different ways
For the -RE ending words there are two conjugation endings
a) S-endings

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je -S	nous -ONS
II	tu -S	vous -EZ
III	il/elle/on -T	ils/elles -ENT

b) E-endings ( same conjugation as for ER verbs)

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je -E	nous -ONS
II	tu -ES	vous -EZ
III	il/elle/on -E	ils/elles -ENT

Many of the verbs use two-different stems one for singulars and plurals. some use three stems one for Singulars, one for first and second person plurals and third for the third person plural.

2 STEMS 
partir (to leave)

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je par-S	nous parT-ONS
II	tu par-S	vous parT-EZ
III	il/elle/on par-E	ils/elles parT-ENT

3 STEMS
boire(to drink)

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je boi-S	nous buv-ONS
II	tu boi-S	vous buv-EZ
III	il/elle/on boi-T	ils/elles boiv-ENT

Some verbs have extended stems by adding -i to singulars and -iss to plurals

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je fin-I-S	nous fin-ISS-ONS
II	tu fin-I-S	vous fin-ISS-EZ
III	il/elle/on fin-I-T	ils/elles fin-ISS-ENT

OVERALL SITUATION

Verb endings	-oir verbs	-re verbs	-ir verbs
S-ending(1,2,3 stems)	39	249	72
E-ending	0	0	16
Extended S-ending	0	2	308

Thus:

With two exceptions, -oir and -re verbs only use the basic -s endings. For the large majority of these verbs the stem is non-uniform.
Approximately 80 percent of -ir verbs use extended -s endings. Of the others, most use (basic) -s endings, while a relatively small number use -e endings.

The traditional breakdown of French verbs is as follows:
Class I         -er verbs other than aller (5,755)
Class II        verbs with extended -s endings (310)
Class III       all other verbs
(1) -s endings (360)
(2) -ir verbs with -e endings (16)
(3) être, avoir, aller (3)
être - to be

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je suis	nous sommes
II	tu es	vous êtes
III	il/elle/on est	ils/elles sont

avoir - to have

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je ai	nous avons
II	tu as	vous avez
III	il/elle/on a	ils/elles ont

aller - to go

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je vais	nous allons
II	tu vas	vous allez
III	il/elle/on va	ils/elles vont

	Prendre - to take	comprendre - to understand	apprendre-to learn
I S	Prends	Comprends	Apprends
II S	prends	comprends	apprends
III S	prend	comprend	apprend
I P	prenons	comprenons	apprenons
II P	Prenez	comprenez	apprenez
III P	prennent	comprennent	apprennent

	Dormir - to sleep	Partir - to leave	Sortir - to exit, go out	Servir - to servir	Sentir - to smell, feel	mentir - to lie
I S	dors	pars	sors	sers	sens	mens
II S	dors	pars	sors	sers	sens	mens
III S	dort	part	sort	sert	sent	mens
I P	dormons	partons	sortons	sertons	sentons	mentons
II P	dormez	partez	sortez	sertez	sentez	mentez
III P	dorment	partent	sortent	sertent	sentent	mentent

	Vouloir - to want(voo-lwar)	Pouvoir - to be able to(poo-vwar)
I S	veux(vuh)	peux(puh)
II S	veux(vuh)	peux(puh)
III S	veut(vuh)	peut(puh)
I P	voulons (voo-lohn)	pouvons(poo-vohn)
II P	voulez (voo-lay)	pouvez(poo-vay)
III P	veulent (vuhl)	peuvent(puhv)

Descendre - to get down, get off

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je descends	nous descendons
II	tu descends	vous descendez
III	il descend	ils descendent

Vendre - to sell

PERSON	SINGULIER	PLURIEL
I	je vends	nous vendons
II	tu vends	vous vendez
III	il vend	ils vendent