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Intermediate

-IR and -RE Verbs

The other two regular groups

Regular -IR verbs (finir)

-is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent.

📊 finir / vendre
Pronoun finir vendre
je finis vends
tu finis vends
il finit vend
nous finissons vendons
vous finissez vendez
ils finissent vendent
💬 Examples
je finis
I finish
📝 finir → fin- + is
nous finissons
we finish
📝 -iss- appears in the plural forms
Regular -RE verbs (vendre)

-s, -s, –, -ons, -ez, -ent.

💬 Examples
je vends
I sell
📝 vendre → vend- + s
il vend
he sells
📝 No ending in the 3rd singular
Many -IR/-RE verbs are irregular

Common ones (faire, prendre, venir) break the pattern.

💬 Examples
je fais
I do / make
📝 faire is irregular
je prends
I take
📝 prendre is irregular