Le présent des verbes en -re en Français
For regular -re verbs, remove the -re ending and follow the pattern below.
vendre
to sell
je vends I sell
nous
vendons we sell
tu vends you sell
vous
vendez you sell
il/elle vend he/she sells
ils/elles vendent they sell
Here
are other verbs that are conjugated in the same way:
attendre
to
wait j’attends I wait
défendre
to
defend, to forbid je défends I defend, I
forbid
descendre
to
go down je descends I go down
détendre
to
release, to relax je détends I release, I
relax
entendre
to
hear j’entends I hear
étendre to spread
out, to extend j’étends I spread
out, I extend
mordre to bite je mords
I
bite
perdre to lose je perds
I
lose
prétendre
to
claim je prétends I claim
rendre to give
back, to return je rends I give back,
I return
répandre
to
spread, to spill je répands I spread, I
spill
répondre
to
answer je réponds I answer
tendre to stretch,
to hold out je tends I stretch, I hold out
tordre to twist je tords
I
twist
Irregular
-re verbs
Some
fairly common -re verbs
are irregular. Let’s look at prendre (to take):
je prends I take nous
prenons
we
take
tu prends you take vous
prenez
you
take
il/elle prend he/she takes
ils/elles prennent they take
And
its variations:
apprendre
to
learn j’apprends I learn
comprendre
to
understand je comprends I understand
entreprendre
to
undertake j’entreprends I undertake
surprendre to surprise, to discover je
surprends I surprise, I discover
