The 3 families of REGULAR VERBS in French

What are they?

the first category contains the verbs called “ER” verbs because their Infinitive form ends with ER.

For instance...JOUER / TO PLAY

REGARDER / TO WATCHThis is the biggest family by far as it contains thousands of

verbs.

The second category contains the verbs called “IR” verbs because their Infinitive form ends with IR.

For instance ...FINIR / TO FINISH

CHOISIR / TO CHOOSEThis is the second largest category as it contains a few

hundreds

The third category contains the verbs called “RE” verbs because their Infinitive form ends with RE.

For instance ...VENDRE / TO SELL

ENTENDRE / TO HEARThis is a very small category as it contains only a few

verbs

What is a regular verb then?

A regular verb is called that way because it always follows the same regular pattern when

you use the different tenses.

This is what is great about them. You only need to learn the patterns for each of the 3

categories and you can apply your knowledge to

thousands of verbs

So, does that mean that all the verbs ending in ER, IR or RE are always regular?

Unfortunately not. Some like ALLER / TO GO PARTIR / TO LEAVE/ TO DEPART BOIRE / TO DRINK and hundreds of others are IRREGULAR

To find out if a verb is regular or not, check in a

verb table or check out my lessons on irregular verbs

But for now, let’s just go to my next lesson on

STEM and VERB ENDING

Click on the bear to check your knowledge.

Task 1Multiple choice

Task 2Quiz