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Present Tense & Basic Verbs

Present tense of -er verbs

Beginner

Most French verbswell over half of all verbs in the languageend in -er in the infinitive: parler (to speak), manger (to eat), aimer (to like/love). They're the most regular group: drop -er from the infinitive and add -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent.

Parler conjugates as je parle, tu parles, il/elle parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils/elles parlent. Note that the je, tu, il/elle, and ils/elles forms are all pronounced identically despite their different spellingsin speech, the subject pronoun is what actually carries the person, not the verb ending.