French · Chapter 6 · Lesson 12 · Grammar primer
Conjugating re verbs present
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The short version
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.
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