Regular verbs in the subjunctive
For all regular verbs (-ER, -IR, and -RE), take the 3rd person plural form (ils) of the present tense of the verb, drop the -ent ending to find the stem, and add the subjunctive endings as follows: parler choisir rendre Ils parlent choisissent rendent stem parl choisiss rend Subjunctive endings ... que je -e parle choisisse rende ... que tu -es parles choisisses rendes ... qu' il/elle/on -e parle choisisse rende ... que nous -ions parlions choisissions rendions ... que vous -iez parliez choisissiez rendiez ... qu' ils/elles -ent parlent choisissent rendent Note that -IR verbs like sortir and partir and -RE verbs like mettre which are irregular in the present tense are regular in the subjunctive. partir mettre ... que je parte mette ... que tu partes mettes ... qu' il/elle/on parte mette ... que nous partions mettions ... que vous partiez mettiez ... qu' ils/elles partent mettent
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