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Verbes du troisième groupe*
There are several dozen regular French verbs that end in -re, sometimes called -dre verbs. To conjugate them, remove the infinitive ending and then add one of the following verb endings:
| je | -s | nous | -ons | |
| tu | -s | vous | -ez | |
| il | – | ils | -ent |
Par exemple…
perdre (to lose)
| je | perds | nous | perdons | |
| tu | perds | vous | perdez | |
| il/elle/on | perd | ils/elles | perdent |
Common regular -re verbs
| attendre | to wait (for) | |
| confondre | to confuse | |
| correspondre | to correspond | |
| défendre | to defend | |
| dépendre | to depend | |
| descendre | to descend | |
| entendre | to hear, to understand | |
| étendre | to stretch | |
| fondre | to melt | |
| mordre | to bite | |
| pendre | to hang, suspend | |
| perdre | to lose | |
| prétendre | to claim | |
| rendre | to give back, to return | |
| répandre | to spread, to scatter | |
| répondre | to answer | |
| suspendre | to suspend | |
| tordre | to twist | |
| vendre | to sell |
* According to French grammarians, there is no such thing as regular -re verbs. All verbs that end in
Related lessons
- Irregular -re verbs
- -RE verb conjugations – PwLF super list
- Irregular verbs
- Present tense
- Introduction to French verbs
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