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How to Conjugate "Visiter" (to Visit) in French

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The French verb  visiter  means "to visit," and it's a relatively easy word to remember because it resembles its English counterpart. When you want to use it in the present, past, or future tenses, you will need to conjugate it. 

How to Conjugate Visiter ​

If you have studied many French verbs, you've likely come across a number that are  regular - er verbs  as this is a very common conjugation pattern.  Visiter  falls into this category, so you can apply the same endings you learned for similar verbs to this one.

The first step in any verb conjugation is identifying the verb stem. In this case, that is  visit- . As you work through the conjugations, various endings will be added to indicate which tense the verb is used in.

The indicative verb mood is used most often in French. You will use it for the basic conjugations of  visiter  in the present, future, and imperfect (past) tenses. All you need to do is study the chart and find the correct form that matches both the subject pronoun and the tense. For instance, "I am visiting" is  je visite  and "we will visit" is  nous visiterons .

Visiter  and the Present Participle

When you add the ending - ant to the stem of visiter you form the present participle . The result is the word visitant . It can become an adjective, gerund, or noun as well as a verb depending on the context of the sentence.

Visiter  in the Past Tense

Another common way to form the past tense of visiter is to use the passé composé . This requires a simple construction using the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle visité . For example, "I visited" is j'ai visité and "we visited" is nous avons visité.

More Conjugations of  Visiter

There are a few other conjugations of  visiter  that you may encounter as your French fluency increases. For instance, the subjunctive verb mood is used when the action of visiting is uncertain. Similarly, the conditional verb mood is used when the action is dependent on something else occurring.

It is likely that you'll only find the  passé simple and imperfect subjunctive forms in French writing. However, it's good to be able to at least recognize them.

When you want to use  visiter  in short sentences, the  imperative verb mood can be used. For this, you do not have to include the subject pronoun. Instead of  tu visite , you can use  visite .

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Conjugation verb visiter in French

Model : marcher

Auxiliary : avoir

Other forms: se visiter / ne pas visiter / ne pas se visiter

The regular verbs of the 1st group follow this conjugation model (verbs ending in -er). Verbs ending in -ayer follow at the same time this model (il balaye) and the model of balayer (il balaie)

• il/elle visite
• nous visitons
• vous visitez
• ils/elles visitent
• je visitais
• tu visitais
• il/elle visitait
• nous visitions
• vous visitiez
• ils/elles visitaient
• je visiterai
• tu visiteras
• il/elle visitera
• nous visiterons
• vous visiterez
• ils/elles visiteront

Passé simple

• il/elle visita
• nous visitâmes
• vous visitâtes
• ils/elles visitèrent

Passé composé

• j' ai visité
• tu as visité
• il/elle a visité
• nous avons visité
• vous avez visité
• ils/elles ont visité

Plus-que-parfait

• j' avais visité
• tu avais visité
• il/elle avait visité
• nous avions visité
• vous aviez visité
• ils/elles avaient visité

Passé antérieur

• j' eus visité
• tu eus visité
• il/elle eut visité
• nous eûmes visité
• vous eûtes visité
• ils/elles eurent visité

Futur antérieur

• j' aurai visité
• tu auras visité
• il/elle aura visité
• nous aurons visité
• vous aurez visité
• ils/elles auront visité
• que je visite
• que tu visites
• qu' il/elle visite
• que nous visitions
• que vous visitiez
• qu' ils/elles visitent
• que je visitasse
• que tu visitasses
• qu' il/elle visitât
• que nous visitassions
• que vous visitassiez
• qu' ils/elles visitassent
• que j' eusse visité
• que tu eusses visité
• qu' il/elle eût visité
• que nous eussions visité
• que vous eussiez visité
• qu' ils/elles eussent visité
• que j' aie visité
• que tu aies visité
• qu' il/elle ait visité
• que nous ayons visité
• que vous ayez visité
• qu' ils/elles aient visité

Conditionnel

• je visiterais
• tu visiterais
• il/elle visiterait
• nous visiterions
• vous visiteriez
• ils/elles visiteraient

Passé première forme

• j' aurais visité
• tu aurais visité
• il/elle aurait visité
• nous aurions visité
• vous auriez visité
• ils/elles auraient visité

Passé deuxième forme

• j' eusse visité
• tu eusses visité
• il/elle eût visité
• nous eussions visité
• vous eussiez visité
• ils/elles eussent visité
• ayant visité
• masc.sg.: visité
• masc.pl.: visités
• fém.sg.: visitée
• fém.pl.: visitées
• ayons visité
• ayez visité
• avoir visité

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visiter : Conjugation

The visiter conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb visiter according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of visiter , click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of visiter at the end of this page.

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller , être and naître have past participles ending in -é . 2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je b oi s vs nous b u vons . See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.

Visiter (to visit) conjugation

Conjugation of visiter, examples of visiter, more french verbs, similar but longer, other french verbs with the meaning similar to 'visit':, 'visit' in different languages.

Le présent: the present tense in French grammar

When to use le présent, how to conjugate the present tense in french, type 1 -ir verbs, type 2 -ir verbs, important irregular verbs: avoir, être, aller and faire.

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What is le présent ?

The present tense in French grammar (le présent) corresponds to the English simple present . It talks about facts, current situations and repeated actions in the present, as well as scheduled future actions. To conjugate a verb in the French present tense, we add specific endings to the infinitive of the verb depending on whether it ends in -er, -ir or -re.

Learn all about le présent in French grammar with Lingolia’s quick and easy examples, then put your knowledge to the test in the exercises.

Le garçon s’appelle Félix. Tous les mardis, il va à l’entraînement de football. Il joue au football depuis cinq ans.

Mardi prochain à 14 heures, son équipe a un match important.

We use the French present tense to express:

• facts and ongoing situations in the present
• actions that happen once, multiple times or never in the present
• a future action that is already planned or agreed upon (requires a specific future time indicator)
• the duration of actions that started in the past and are ongoing in the present. Note: French uses the present tense to express this idea, but English talks about duration using the present perfect simple or continuous tenses.

To conjugate French verbs in the present tense, we remove the infinitive ending (-er, -ir or -re) and add the following endings:

The table below shows the present tense conjugation of -er verbs:

Spelling Rules and Exceptions

• For verbs ending in -ger , we add an e before the letter o in the nous form in order to preserve the pronunciation of the g .
• For verbs ending in - cer , the c becomes ç before the letter o in the nous form in order to preserve pronunciation.
• For verbs ending in -yer , the y becomes an i in the singular forms as well as in the 3 rd person plural. (For verbs ending in - ayer , we can write either i or y .)
• For many verbs that end in - eler or - eter, the final consonant is doubled before a silent e . (Exceptions: acheter buy , déceler discover , geler freeze , haleter pant , harceler harass , modeler model , peler peel )
• If the final syllable of the word stem contains an e or é, we give it a grave accent ( accent grave ) in its conjugated forms (apart from the 1 st and 2 nd person plural).
• Remember: the verb aller is irregular .

The majority of -ir verbs belong to type 1, which means that the plural forms add -iss- before the present tense endings:

Many common verbs are conjugated in this way: applaudir applaud , choisir choose , divertir amuse , fleurir bloom , grandir grow , grossir put on weight , guérir cure , haïr hate , maigrir lose weight , nourrir nourish/feed , obéir obey , pâlir go pale , punir punish , ralentir slow down , remplir (re)fill , réjouir celebrate , réunir meet , réussir succeed , rougir blush , saisir grasp , vieillir to age , etc.

Type 2 -ir verbs can be divided into two kinds: verbs that are conjugated in the same way as -er verbs, and verbs that are conjugated with -s/-s/-t in the singular forms

*Other verbs that follow the same conjugation include: accueillir welcome , couvrir cover , cueillir gather , découvrir discover , ouvrir open , souffrir suffer , etc.

**Other verbs that follow the same conjugation include: courir run , fuir run away , mentir lie , partir leave , sentir feel , servir serve , sortir go out , etc.

Note: the verbs venir and tenir are completely irregular .

Regular -re verbs are conjugated as follows:

* The following verbs are conjugated in the same way as construire : conduire drive , cuire cook , déduire deduce , détruire destroy , instruire instruct , introduire introduce , nuire harm , produire produce , reproduire reproduce , réduire reduce , séduire seduce , traduire translate .

** The following verbs are conjugated in the same way as vivre: suivre follow , poursuivre chase , revivre relive , survivre survive .

Spelling Rules & Exceptions

• Verbs ending in -aître (traditional spelling) or -aitre (official spelling since 1990) such as connaître/connaitre know , paraître/paraitre appear , naître/naitre be born and their variations such as reconnaître/reconnaitre recognise , disparaître/disparaitre disappear , renaître/renaitre be reborn are conjugated as follows: Example: connaître know – je connais, tu connais, il/elle/on connaît, nous connai ss ons, vous connai ss ez, ils/elles connai ss ent

Many verbs that end in -ire (boire drink , croire believe , dire say , écrire write , faire do/make , lire read , plaire please , rire laugh ...) are irregular and change their stem in the plural forms. There is no general rule to learn the conjugations of these verbs, it’s best to learn them by heart.

Verbs that end in -dre and -tre

The verb prendre take and its related forms apprendre learn , comprendre understand , surprendre surprise , etc. lose the d in their plural forms. In addition, the n is doubled in the ils/elles form.

Verbs that end in -indre (atteindre wait , craindre fear , éteindre turn off , joindre combine , peindre paint , plaindre pity , teindre dye ...) lose the d in the singular and plural forms. In addition, we transform the n to gn in the plural forms.

Verbs that end in - oir such as recevoir receive , apercevoir glimpse , concevoir design , décevoir disappoint , percevoir perceive are conjugated as follows:

Note: the verbs avoir have , devoir must , mouvoir move , pouvoir be able to , savoir know , voir see und vouloir want are irregular and are not conjugated in the same way as recevoir . Check out their conjugations on our page on irregular verbs in French and practise in the exercises.

Le présent continu: the present progressive in French

The présent continu , also known as the présent progressif or the présent duratif , is the French equivalent of the present progressive in English (I am doing, he is going, etc.). Like its English counterpart, it demonstrates that an action or event is in progress at the moment of speaking.

The présent continu is formed as follows:

present tense conjugation of être + en train de + infinitive

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• Visiter Conjugation

Visiter to visit

Visiter - indicative, visiter - perfect, visiter - subjunctive, visiter - conditional, visiter - imperative (commands).

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Conjugation French verb visiter

Translation visiter, indicatif (indicative), présent (present), passé composé (present perfect), imparfait (imperfect), plus-que-parfait (pluperfect), passé simple (simple past), passé antérieur (past perfect), futur simple (future), futur antérieur (past future), conditionnel (conditional), passé (perfect), subjonctif (subjunctive), passé (past), impératif (imperative), infinitif (infinitive), participe (participle), gérondif (gerund), synonyms for the verb visiter.

Conjugation of the French verb visiter

Verb conjugation of "visiter" in French

Visiter vs Rendre Visite – To Visit in French

By: Author David Issokson

Posted on Published: January 1, 2024  - Last updated: January 22, 2024

The purpose of today’s lesson is to dispel some confusion over how to say “to visit” in French. Here’s the rule: The verb visiter is used for visiting places and rendre visite à is used for visiting people. For example, je visite Paris (I visit Paris) and je rends visite à mon ami (I visit my friend). This rule is set in stone and is a common mistake among students. Let’s jump right into the lesson!

visiter, rendre visite à

Visiter vs. Rendre Visite

Visiter – to visit a place.

Let’s start with visiter , which is specificially used for visiting places. Visiter is a regular ER verb, which means that its endings are the same as all other regular ER verbs when conjugated in the present tense. Here’s the present tense conjugation:

Je visite I visit Tu visites You visit Il, elle, on visite He, she one visits Nous visitons We visit Vous visitez You visit Ils, elles visitent They visit

In our first example, you’ll see that the definite article les (the preceding plural noun) precedes les Etats-Unis (the United States) . The rule for visiter is: visiter + definite article + country. For cities, the rule is visiter + city name.

Marie visite les États-Unis.

Marie visits the United States.

Je visite la France. Je visite Paris.

I visit France. I visit Paris.

Rendre visite

Our second verb for “to visit” is rendre visite . This is specifically used for visiting people. The grammatical construction is as followed: Rendre visite à + person.

Je rends visite à à I visit Tu rends visite à à You visit Il, elle, on rend visite à He, she, one visits Nous rendons visite à We visit Vous rendez visite à You visit Ils, elles rendent visite à They visit

This verb must be followed by the preposition à (meaning to or at) . Hence, what you’re really saying is “to render a visit to + person”. An Englsih equivalant is “to pay somebody a visit”.

For this construction, the verb rendre gets conjugated and visite is like a non moving part that does not get conjugated. Rendre is a regular RE verb.

Here are some example sentences using rendre visite .

Ils vont rendre visite à leurs beaux-parents demain .

They’re going to visit their in-laws tomorrow.

Pierre rend visite à ses copains en Suisse.

Pierre is visiting his friends in Switzerland.

Et voilà ! You know know how to say “to visit” in French and are clear on visiter vs. rendre visite . Now check out our lesson covering bosser (slang verb for to work) .

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French Tenses Made Simple

Do you get tense when looking at French conjugation tables? Handling verbs in French can seem quite overwhelming at first: There are distinct endings for each pronoun, six different moods, and soooo many tenses!

But of course, there’s a trick. Once you take a closer look, it’s not nearly as complicated as you might think. These verb endings follow rules, only a fraction of French tenses are used in real life, and even fewer are useful in spoken French.

In this article, you’ll find a quick overview of the general rules concerning French verb conjugation. Then, we’ll dive right into the list of French tenses: present, past, and future. Oh, and there will be lots of cats involved because they generally make grammar more interesting.

Elle embrasse un chaton. (“She’s kissing a kitten.”)

• French Conjugation in a Nutshell
• Present Tenses
• Future Tenses
• Common Past Tenses
• Literary Past Tenses

Le mot de la fin

1. french conjugation in a nutshell.

Before we get too far into the details, here’s some basic information about French tenses and conjugations you should know.

How Many Tenses Do You Really Need to Speak French?

Did you know that French has 17 tenses , 6 moods, and 2 voices? Wait, don’t run away!

You only need a fraction of that list to get by on a daily basis, and you’d be surprised how far you can get with only two tenses:

• Présent (Present)
• Passé composé (Compound past)

With the présent , you can describe anything happening right now as well as things that happen regularly—you can even use it to describe future events!

And with the passé composé , you can refer to any past event, unless you have a really complex chain of events to describe.

As you get more comfortable with the language, you’ll slowly add more tenses to the mix. However, for daily conversations, we rarely use more than five or six tenses. Many of the others are not used anymore, not even in literature. So, you can relax!

How to Set the Mood

When we talk about le mode ( the mood ) in French conjugation, it refers to the attitude of the speaker toward the action of the verb. Are they stating a fact? Is it hypothetical? Are they giving orders?

• L’indicatif (Indicative) is used to express facts and truth. This is the most common mood.
• Le subjonctif (Subjunctive) describes something possible or uncertain.
• Le conditionnel (Conditional) is used for conditions or possibilities.
• L’impératif (Imperative) is the tense we use for giving orders or instructions.

Simple Tenses vs. Compound Tenses

Most French tenses are “simple tenses.” This means the verb is conjugated according to the person, mood, and tense and its ending changes accordingly.

For example, the verb parler (to speak; to talk) could be conjugated as follows:

• Nous parlons (We speak)
• Je parlerai (I will talk)
• Ils parlaient (They were speaking)

Compound tenses , on the other hand, are formed using an auxiliary verb . It can be either être (to be) or avoir (to have). In the case of a compound tense, you need to conjugate the auxiliary:

• Nous avons parlé (“We have talked”)
• Je suis tombé / tombée (“I have fallen”) [Masculine / Feminine]

Relax, you don’t need more than two tenses to get started!

2. Present Tenses

The most important French tenses for beginners to learn are those that deal with the present. Here are the four present tenses you need to know:

[Indicatif] Présent (Present)

Le présent is the equivalent of the English present tense. In French, it can be used to talk about recurring actions, events in progress, and even the future in some cases. 

Here are a few examples of its various forms:

[Subjonctif] Présent (Present Subjunctive)

Le subjonctif présent is used to express something that’s possible or uncertain in the present.

[Impératif] Présent (Present Imperative)

L’impératif présent is used to give orders, advice, or instructions that are effective immediately.

This is by far the most common tense for the imperative mood.

[Conditionnel] Présent (Present Conditional)

Le conditionnel présent refers to a condition or a possibility set in the present.

Elle caresse son chien. (“She’s petting her dog.”)

3. Future Tenses

Need to talk about your future plans or coordinate a schedule with a native French speaker? No worries! Next on our French tenses list is the future tense and its different moods. 

[Indicatif] Futur Simple (Future)

Le futur simple is the French equivalent of the classic “will”-based future in English. We use it to make predictions and talk about what will happen later.

[Indicatif] Futur Proche (Near Future)

Le futur proche is used for something set in the near future. We’re about to do it, it’s coming soon. It’s very close to the English [“going to” + verb] and even has a similar structure.

Just like in English, we use the conjugated verb aller (to go) + infinitive.

[Indicatif] Futur Antérieur (Anterior Future)

Le futur antérieur is used to talk about two different moments in the past, one after the other. The first one , chronologically, will be in the futur antérieur .

It’s built around the auxiliary être or avoir , followed by the past participle of the verb. The participle agrees in gender and number, as you’ll see in these examples:

You should keep in mind that what matters is not the order of the events in the sentence, but their order in time.

• What happens first? My departure.
• What happens next? The end of the week.

If there is another verb describing the second event , it will be in futur simple .

Je vais finir mon verre. (“I will finish my drink.”)

4. Common Past Tenses

There are numerous past tenses in French, but luckily, very few of them are actually useful on a daily basis. In fact, many of them are either for literature or are downright outdated.

Let’s start with the most useful French past tenses :

[Indicatif] Passé Composé (Compound Past)

Le passé composé is the most common past tense in French. It’s the equivalent of the English simple past and it’s used to talk about a past event with a limited duration, that is now over.

[Indicatif] Imparfait (Imperfect)

L’imparfait is similar to the English past progressive. We use it to describe facts and actions from the past while focusing on their duration or repetition. 

This is what you’d use to talk about an action that was taking place (for a certain duration, or regularly) at some point in the past.

You can combine this tense with le passé composé when describing an action that was taking place in the past until another brief action happened (also in the past).

[Indicatif] Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect)

This equivalent of the English past perfect is used to describe actions that were taking place before a certain moment in the past.

[Subjonctif] Passé (Past Subjunctive)

Le subjonctif passé is used to express something possible or uncertain in the past.

It sounds pretty awkward once translated, because, in English, we would normally use the present in cases like that:

• “It’s important that I pet a cat before tomorrow.”

And the same goes for French. In most cases, and in any conversation, you would say: 

• Il est important que je caresse un chat avant demain. (Present subjunctive)

[Conditionnel] Passé (Past Conditional)

Le conditionnel passé refers to a condition or a possibility set in the past.

Je caressais un chaton. (“I was petting a kitten.”)

5. Literary Past Tenses

Now, let’s have a look at these marginal or literary tenses. You’re not likely to hear them in many conversations, but if you’re at an advanced level of French, it might be a good time to learn about them.

Otherwise, feel free to skip this section. You can always revisit it later at your leisure.

[Indicatif] Passé Simple (Past Simple)

Le passé simple describes actions set in the past, but unlike l’imparfait , these are one-time, completed, unrepeated actions. 

While the passé composé is mostly a spoken tense, the passé simple is its literary equivalent and is almost never used orally.

[Indicatif] Passé Antérieur (Anterior Past)

This is a purely written tense that is used to express what happened right before another event in the past.

[Subjonctif] Imparfait (Imperfect Subjunctive)

This tense started disappearing in the middle of the nineteenth century and is almost completely gone from today’s French. You can still find it in classic literature if you dig deep enough.

It’s used pretty much like the present subjunctive, but follows some of the most complicated past tenses. It expresses something possible or uncertain. Nowadays, we could simply replace it with subjonctif présent .

[Subjonctif] Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect Subjunctive)

A couple of centuries ago, the subjonctif plus-que-parfait would replace the subjonctif passé in a subordinate clause, when the main clause was conjugated in the past and the action of the subordinate clause was set before the action of the main clause.

Nowadays, nobody’s using it, even in writing.

[Impératif] Passé (Past Imperative)

This is a weird tense that has almost disappeared. Take the imperative (Pet this cat. / Finish your drink.) and put it in the past. 

You’re instructed to have done something in the past, which is a bit difficult to translate. It would be the equivalent of: “Make sure you have done that at this point in the future.”

Elle finit son verre. (“She’s finishing her drink.”)

In this guide, you’ve learned everything about French verb tenses: past, present, and future…simple vs. conditional…even the six different moods! Do you feel ready to impress your friends with your flawless pluperfect conditional?

If you’re a beginner, I really suggest that you first focus on the présent and passé composé . You’ll be amazed by how far they can take you! And if you have more good tricks to quickly learn tenses, make sure to share them in the comments below.

FrenchPod101 also has tons of vocabulary lists with audio recordings as well as free resources to boost your studies and keep your French learning fresh and entertaining!

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• THE PRESENT TENSE IN FRENCH (+ EXERCISE FOR PRACTICE)

THE PRESENT TENSE IN FRENCH

The present tense is not so difficult in French because it works like in English. You use it to express what you are doing right now. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not talking about the present continuous, but still, the way to use it is pretty similar!

🔹 ​ USE: the present tense is used to talk about something you do right now , or a habit you have on a daily basis.

🔹 GROUPS OF VERBS: in French, we have 3 groups of verbs.

1 st group = all the verbs ending with -ER

2 nd group = all the verbs ending with -IR

3 rd group = all the verbs ending with -OIRE/ -DRE/-OINDRE and some others

🔹 ENDINGS WITH THE PRESENT TENSE:

🔸​ With all the verbs ending with an infinitive form in -ER (1 st group) , the pattern for the conjugation ending will always remain the same for the regular verbs . The following one:

Je  -e

Tu  -es

Il / Elle / On    -e

Nous   -ons

Vous    -ez

Ils / Elles  -ent

🔸​ With all the verbs ending with an infinitive form in -IR (2 nd group) , the pattern for the conjugation ending will be the following one:

Je  -is

Tu  -is

Il / Elle / On    -it

🔸​ With all the verbs ending with an infinitive form in -OIR/-DRE/-OINDRE (3 rd group) , the pattern for the conjugation ending will be the following ones (it depends on the verb you use of course):

Je  -ois / -oins / -onds

Tu  -ois /-oins / -onds

Il / Elle / On    -oit/-oint/-ond

NOTE : in the 3rd group, it may varies because we have a lot of irregular verbs, so these endings are not exhaustive and may change.

✨​ Let’s see some regular verbs as examples: ✨​

All you have to do is to drop the ending of the infinitive, and modify it for the conjugation endings according to the right pronoun.

1 st GROUP (-ER) 

2 nd GROUP (-IR)

3 rd GROUP (-OIR/-OINDRE/-DRE and more verbs)

Now, let’s see some sample sentences:

1️⃣ Tu parles à maman = You talk to mom

2️⃣ Il demande de l’aide = He asks for help

3️⃣ Nous finissons la vaisselle = We finish the dishes

4️⃣ Vous salissez le tapis = You dirt the carpet

5️⃣​ Ils voient le docteur = They see the doctor

6️⃣​ Elles joignent leur cousine par téléphone = They reach their cousin on the phone

7️⃣ J’apprends le français = I learn french

✨​  Let’s see some irregular verbs now (the conjugation ending will be impacted, therefore different): ✨​  

Let’s see some sample sentences:

1️⃣ Je suis à la maison = I am home

2️⃣ Tu as mal à la tête = You have a headache

3️⃣ Il va à l'école = He goes to school

4️⃣ Elle vient tous les jeudis = She comes every thursday 

5️⃣​ On veut manger des fraises ! = We want to eat strawberries! 

6️⃣​ Nous pouvons attendre = We can wait

7️⃣ Vous faites le ménage toutes les semaines = You (do the) cleaning  every week

8️⃣​​ Ils disent des bêtises = They say nonsense

9️⃣​  Elles prennent l e train tous les matins = They take the train every morning

🔟  Je dois y aller = I have to go 

1️⃣​1️⃣​ Tu bois vite ! = You drink fast! 

🟢 🟢​ Let’s practice!  🟢 🟢 ​ ​

➡️​ You have sentences below, using the verbs we saw in this article. Conjugate the verb at the present tense. The answers are below. Good luck!

1️⃣  Emilie (joindre) son père au téléphone, mais ça ne marche pas.

2️⃣ Nous (finir) de corriger le document le plus vite possible, mais il y a encore beaucoup de fautes !

3️⃣  Tu (dire) que tu essaies, mais je ne vois aucun résultat pour le moment.

4️⃣  Les deux femmes (parler) depuis une heure dans ce café.

5️⃣​  Elle (aller) bien s’amuser à la fête d’anniversaire de sa cousine !

6️⃣  Vous (voir) quelque chose, là-bas ?

7️⃣  Lucile (apprendre) le français depuis le mois de septembre, mais elle aime aussi beaucoup le japonais.

​​​​​8️⃣  Je me (demander) à quel moment je vais pouvoir partir en voyage…

9️⃣​ Les enfants (salir) le tapis à chaque fois qu’ils jouent dessus !

💡​ Answers  ⤵️​

1️⃣  Emilie joint son père au téléphone, mais ça ne marche pas.

2️⃣  Nous finissons de corriger le document le plus vite possible, mais il y a encore beaucoup de fautes !

3️⃣  Tu dis que tu essaies mais je ne vois aucun résultat pour le moment.

4️⃣  Les deux femmes parlent depuis une heure dans ce café.

5️⃣  Elle va bien s’amuser à la fête d’anniversaire de sa cousine !

6️⃣  Vous voyez quelque chose, là-bas ?

7️⃣  Lucile apprend le français depuis le mois de septembre, mais elle aime aussi beaucoup le japonais.

​​​​​8️⃣  Je me demande à quel moment je vais pouvoir partir en voyage…

9️⃣  Les enfants salissent   le tapis à chaque fois qu’ils jouent dessus !

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