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French verb group
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Have you heard of the French verb group? What group is my French verb?
Somehow, I’m not into ‘verb groups’. I find French verbs to be so out there, that it doesn’t make sense to try to make sense out of them. However, a lot of grammar books talk about the group of a French verb, so here it’s how it works.
In English, the infinitive form in English always uses ‘to’: to speak.
In French, it is at the end of the verb that you see the mark of the infinitive form. It has one of the following endings.
To know the group of a French verb, you need to look at its ending and to know how it’s conjugated – in the case of an –IR verb.
| verbes du 1ier groupe | verbes du 2ième groupe | verbes du 3ième groupe |
| –ER verbs, except for ALLER | –IR verbs, those –IR verbs that happen to have a past participle in -I and a present participle in -ISSANT | -IR verbs, those –IR verbs that do NOT happen to have a past participle in –I and a present participle in –ISSANT |
| –OIR verbs, | ||
| –RE verbs, and ALLER | ||
| ALLER | ||
| AIMER | FINIR | PARTIR -- S’ASSEOIR – PRENDRE -- ALLER |
Quelques verbes en exemple
| verbes du 1ier groupe | verbes du 2ième groupe | verbes du 3ième groupe |
| acheter – to buy | agir – to act | accueillir – to welcome |
| aimer – to like/love | arrondir – to round | admettre – to admit |
| chanter – to sing | blanchir – to blanch | apprendre – to learn |
| commencer – to start | chérir – to cherish | asseoir – to sit |
| donner – to give | compatir – to sympathize | avoir – to have |
| envoyer – to send | divertir – to entertain | cueillir – to pick |
| espérer – to hope | établir – to establish | écrire – to write |
| essayer – to try | farcir – to stuff | être – to be |
| jeter – to throw | garnir – to fill, to decorate | faire – to make, to do |
| manger – to eat | nourrir – to feed | offrir – to offer |
| mener – to lead | rafraîchir – to refresh | ouvrir – to open |
| parler – to speak | refroidir – to cool | prendre – to take |
| payer – to pay | réunir – to gather | produire – to produce |
| préférer – to prefer | saisir – to grasp | tenir – to hold |
| rouler – to drive, to roll | unir – to unit, to join | vendre – to sell |
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