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French · Chapter 6 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer

Conjugating ir verbs present

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The short version

The nous form tells you which -ir verb you have

French -ir verbs split into camps, and the nous form gives the game away. If it carries -iss- (nous finissons, nous choisissons), the verb is textbook second group. Plain -ons after a short stem (nous partons, nous dormons) means the partir type, which drops a consonant in the singular.

Nous finissons le repas.

We finish the meal.

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