Conjugaisons du participe présent
The vast majority of French verbs use the nous form of the present tense as the root of their present participles: just drop –ons and add –ant.
Par exemple…
nous form | present participle | |||
-er verbs | donner (to give) | donnons | donnant | |
-ir verbs | choisir (to choose) | choisissons | choisissant | |
-re verbs | perdre (to lose) | perdons | perdant | |
stem-changing verbs | appeler (to call) | appelons | appelant | |
irregular verbs | voir (to see) | voyons | voyant |
There are only three exceptions:
verb | present participle |
avoir | ayant |
être | étant |
savoir | sachant |
Par exemple…
se souvenir | (to remember) | s’habiller | (to get dressed) | |
se souvenant | remembering | s’habillant | getting dressed | |
en me souvenant | upon remembering | en t’habillant | while you were getting dressed | |
en nous souvenant | en vous habillant |
Quiz: Present participles |
- Present participle as verb or gerund
- Present participle as adjective or noun
- Past participle
- Introduction to verbs

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