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French · Chapter 3 · Lesson 6 · Grammar primer

Conjugating -re verbs

Present-tense conjugation for the verbs you just learned, with a worksheet to drill the endings.

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Il attend takes no ending at all

The regular -re verbs are the only common French pattern where the third-person singular adds nothing: il attend, il perd, il vend, il répond. Every other group bolts on a -t or an -e there, so the bare stem feels wrong for weeks. It is not wrong; il attendt does not exist.

Il perd ses clés.

He is losing his keys.

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