Bonjour mes amis, Do you know what these words mean? réussis réussit réussissons réussissez réussissent Can you belive they all mean to succeed? The reason for this is easy. French verbs change forms once they are conjugated. This lesson is on regular IR verbs. We will concentrate on regular (as opposed to irregular) verbs ending in IR. In order to conjugate verbs ending in IR, we must do the following two steps: 1) Drop the IR ending to create a stem 2) Add the endings to the stem as per the following table. IR Je is Je réussis Tu is Tu réussis Il/Elle it Il/Elle réussit Nous issons Nous réussissons Vous issez Vous réussissez Ils/Elles issent Ils/Elles réussissent AND, Do you know what these words mean? fend fends fendons fendez fendent Can you belive they all mean to split or crack? In order to conjugate verbs ending in RE, we must do the following two steps: 1) Drop the RE ending to create a stem 2) Add the endings to the stem as per the following table. RE Je s Je fends Tu s Tu fends Il/Elle - Il fend Nous ons Nous fendons Vous ez Vous fendez Ils/Elles ent Ils/Elles fendent Once you feel comfortable with your memorization of the stems and endings, try the activities below, by clicking on the highlighted link, to check your knowledge. To return to the assignment page or to my schoolpage, click on the link below.
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