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Episode 13 – “IR” Verbs
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We continue with “regular” verbs – these are the verbs that end in –ER, -IR or –RE. There’s a process for these that we will look at with some example words. In this episode, “IR” verbs.
There are a few grammatical terms that I didn’t cover in the podcast episode. You don’t really need to know the names for these but the ideas behind them will help you when you’re working with French verbs.
The infinitive of a verb is the version you’ll find in the dictionary. In French, these all end in the letters –er, -ir, or –re. This is the natural form of the verb that we’ll need to change in order to make it agree with the person we’re talking about.
The stem of a verb is what we get when we take off that ending. Here’s some examples:
- The radical of the verb “danser” (to dance) is “dans-“.
- The radical of the verb “finir” (to finish) is “fin-“
- The radical of the verb “prendre” (to take) is “prend-“
When we add the right ending to the verb’s stem, we get a conjugation. This is the finished product, and the word that you’ll use in your sentence.
For verbs ending in –IR, you take off the –IR and then add the following endings:
| Je | -is (silent “s”) | Nous | -issons (silent “s”) |
| Tu | -is (silent “s”) | Vous | -issez (silent “z”) |
| Il/elle/on | -it (silent “s”) | Ils/elles | -issent (silent “ent”) |
That’s all there is to it! It can be a bit daunting at first because it looks like a complicated process, but with practice you’ll remember these endings and you’ll be able to more naturally use them while speaking.
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