avoir/etre
regular verbs
Irregular verbs
Translation
Grammatical terms
100

I have

J'ai

100

I listen (to)

J'écoute

100

He does

Il fait

100

Je fais du vélo avec mes amis. 

I go biking with my friends. 

100

What is an infinitive?

The WHOLE verb (ending in -er/-ir/-re)

200

We have

Nous avons

200

You swim

Tu nages

200

You (pl/for) go

Vous allez

200

De temps en temps, tu écoutes de la musique

From time to time, you listen to music

200

These are the 3 ways you can translate in English "elle travaille".

She is working, she works and she does work

300

They (masc/mixed) are

Ils sont

300

She gains weight 

Elle grossit

300

He goes

Il va

300

Maria hates going to school because her friends are stupid.

Maria déteste aller au college parce que ses amis sont stupides.

300

What does 'conjugation' mean?

Putting a verb into a tense

400

Sam and Sarah are

Sam et Sarah sont

400

We answer 

Nous répondons 

400

They do the dishes.

Ils/Elles font les vaisselles.

400

From time to time, we choose the French breakfast. 

De temps en temps, nous choisissons le petit déjeuner français. 

400

When there are 2 verbs in a sentence the ne and pas usually go around this verb.

What is "the first verb" or the conjugated verb.

500

You (pl/for) have

Vous avez

500

What are the endings for regular -ir verbs in the present tense?

-is   -is   -it    -issons   -issez   -issent 

500

The conjugation of faire in the present tense.

je fais, tu fais, il/elle/on fait

nous faisons, vous faites, ils/elles font


500

When I finish my homework, I draw. 

Quand je finis mes devoirs, je dessine.

500

What is the difference between an irregular and a regular verb?

A regular verb follows a set pattern for conjugation, but irregular verbs do not (eg - the stem may change, the endings may be different)