Then add the six present tense endings specific to -er verbs : -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent. To conjugate a regular -er verb, drop the -er of the infinitive to get the stem ( le radical in French). It’s great for you, because after you know their pattern of conjugation in the present tense, you can pretty much conjugate 80 percent of French verbs !
More than 80 percent of French verbs are -er verbs. In this lesson you will learn how to recognize the verb groups using infinitives, and their pattern of conjugation in the present tense.
Think of all the things you can possibly do in one day, that’s also a lot of verbs to conjugate ! To simplify things, French has classified regular verbs into three groups, based on the ending of their infinitives : -er ( mang er to eat), -ir ( fin ir to finish), -re ( attend re to wait). Each verb groups follows a pattern of conjugation for every tense.
