Friday, September 11, 2009

12.2 Regular and irregular -re verbs p

Regular pattern of conjugation

ex;
attendre (to wait)
*to wait or to wait for (has the preposition included unlike English)

j'attends
tu attends
il/elle/attend

nous attendons
vous attendez
ils/elles attendent

Other Regular -re verbs;

Descendre - to go down, to take down
entendre - to hear
perdre (s0n temps) - to lose (one's time)
rendre (a with left slant accent) - to give back to return (t0)
rendre visite (a " ") - to visit someone
rendre visite (a "") - to respond, to answer (to)
vendre -to sell

Past Participle of -re verbs:

-re > u

Rendre visite a (left accent slant) to visit a person

-vs-
visiter -to visit a place

Irregular -re verbs:

conduire

conduis
conduis
conduit

conduisons
conduisez
conduisent


mettre (t0 put (on))

mets
mets
met

mettons
mettez
mettent


rire (to laugh)

ris
ris
rit

rions
riez
rient

Past participles of those:

mettre > mis
permettre > permis
promettre > promis

conduire > conduit
construire > construit
de(lsa)ruire > de(rsa)truit
produire > produit
r(rsa)uire > re(rsa)uit
traduire > traduit

rire > ri
sourire > souri

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