Present tense of tre /t/ - to be I am You are He is She is One is je suis tu es il est elle est on est / si/ /ty

/ /il / /l / / n/ We are You are They are They are noussommes vous tes ils sont elles sont /nu sm/ /vu zt/ /il s/ /l s/

Present tense of avoir /avwa/ - to have I have You have He has She has One has j'ai tu as il a elle a on a /e/ /ty / /il / /l / / n/ We have You have They have They have Nous avons vous avez ils ont elles ont /nu z v/ /vu zave/ /il z/ /l z/

connatre-to know people /knt/ connais /kn/ connaissons /kns/ connais /kn/ connaissez /knse/ connat /kn/ connaissent /kns/

savoir-to know facts /savwa/ sais /s/ savons /s v/ sais /s/ savez /save/ sait /s/ savent /sav/

Faire - to do, make /f/ fais fais fait /f/ /f/ /f/ faisons /fz / faites font /ft/ /f /

Venir-to come /vni/ Present viens /v / viens /v / vient /v / venons venez viennent /vn / /vne/ /vi n/

Aller-to go /ale/ Present vais /v / allons / vas va /va/ allez /va/ vont /

/ale/ /v /

Other verbs that are conjugated like venir: tenir - to hold, devenir - to become, obtenir - to get, revenir - to come back. Sample Regular Verbs in the Present tense aimer - to like, love aime aimes aime /em/ aimons /em/ aimez /em/ aiment finir - to finish /em/ /eme/ /em/ vends vends vend vendre - to sell /v/ /v/ /v/ vendons vendez vendent /v / /v e/ /v /

partir - to leave

finis finis finit

/fini/ finissons /fini/ finissez /fini/ finissent

/ inis/ /finise/ /finis/

pars pars part

/p / partons /p / partez /p / partent

/p t/ /p te/ /p t/

Regular verbs -er aimer chanter chercher donner answer tudier fermer habiter manger montrer parler penser travailler trouver /eme/ to like, love / te/ to sing / e/ to look for /kmse/ / ne/ /etydje/ / me/ /abite/ /me/ /mte/ /p le/ /pse/ /t v je/ /tuve/ -er -e -es -e -ons -ez -ent to give to study to close to live finir to eat to show to speak to think to work to find -re -s -ons -s -ez -ent -is -is -it -re vendre attendre entendre to begin /v / / t / /t / to sell to wait for to hear to lose to /ep /

commencer

perdre

/p /

rpondre ()

descendre / s / 1st -ir btir /bti/ / ini/ to finish choisir / w zi/ to build

to go down

jouer /we/ to play

to choose to punish to fill to obey to succeed

punir /pyni/ remplir obir () russir

/pli/ /bei/ /eysi/

gurir /gei/ 1st -ir -issons -issez -issent

to cure, heal 2nd -ir* -s -ons -s -ez -t -ent

acheter-to buy /ate/ j'achte achtes achte / t/ achetons

esprer-to hope /spee/

/ t j'espre /sp/ esprons /spe/ / / t / t/ achetez espres /sp/ esprez /spee/ e/ / t / t/ achtent espre /sp/ esprent /sp/ /

manger-to eat /

e/

en er-to egin /

se/ /kms /

mang /m mangeo /m e / ns / mang /m /m mangez es / e/ mang /m mangen /m/ e / t

commenc /km commen e s/ ons

commenc /km commence /kms es s/ z e/ commenc /km commence /kms e s/ nt /

offrir-to offer / i/ j'offre offres offre / / / / / / offrons offrez offrent / / / e/ / /

Examples: ouvrir-to open /uvi/, couvrir-to cover /kuvi/, dcouvrir-to discover /dekuvi/ and souffrir-to suffer /sufi/

xamples: nettoyer-to clean /netwaje/, payer-to pay /peje/, and essayer-to try /eseje/
envoyer-to send / v j'envoie envoies envoie / v / v / v / / / envoyons envoyez envoient e/ / v / v / v / / e/

Some verbs, including jeter-to throw /te/, double the consonant in all forms except the nous and vous.
appeler-to call /aple/ j'appelle appelles appelle / p / / p / / p / appelons appelez appellent / p / /aple/ / p /

Pren re - to ta e eat or rin /p prends prends prend /p/ /p/ /p/ prenons prenez prennent

Boire - to rin / wa/ bois /bwa/ buvons /buv/ bois /bwa/ buvez /buve/ boit /bwa/ boivent /bwav/

/prn/ /prne/ /pn/

Other verbs that are conjugated like prendre: apprendre /apd/ - to learn, comprendre /kpd/ - to understand and surprendre /sypd/ - to surprise

vouloir /vulwa/ -to want and pouvoir /puvwa/ - to be able to, can

Present Imperfect veux veux veut /v/ /v/ /v/

Future

voulons /vul / voulez /vule/ veulent /vl/

peux peux peut

/p/ /p/ /p/

pouvons pouvez / peuvent

/puv /

Mettre / t/ - to put, to put on, wear

Present mets /m/ mettons /mt/ mets /m/ mettez met /mte/ /m/ mettent /mt/ /mt/

TO LIVE vivre - to live, be alive (vee-vruh)

vis vis vit Present vivons vivez vivent