Week 5, Day 1: Irregular Verbs with “-ir” Endings Copy

Frederic

Today’s lesson will focus on the most commonly used subgroup of irregular verbs in the French language: verbs ending “-ir.” It may initially seem that this group of verbs is the same as the ones which you learned in lesson sixteen, but it is important to understand that some verbs that end with “-ir” can also be irregular verbs, as you will learn today.

There are three groups of irregular verbs that end with “-ir” within this subgroup and they are sorted in accordance with their conjugation rules, which can be seen below:

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Speaking Practice 1

An irregular verb may not always seem obvious, so we will conjugate them step-by-step in the table below, focusing on the first and second subgroups because their conjugation rules are very similar in the present tense:

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Verb (infinitive)	Verb – ir (radical)	Pronoun	Present tense (subgroup 1)	Present tense (subgroup 2)
partir / offrir	part / offr	Je	pars	offre
partir / offrir	part / offr	Tu	pars	offres
partir / offrir	part / offr	Il / Elle	part	offre
partir / offrir	part / offr	Nous	partons	offrons
partir / offrir	part / offr	Vous	partez	offrez
partir / offrir	part / offr	Ils / Elles	partent	offrent

Verb (infinitive)	Pronoun	Present tense (subgroup 3)	Present tense (subgroup 3)
venir / tenir	Je	viens	tiens
venir / tenir	Tu	viens	tiens
venir / tenir	Il / Elle	vient	tient
venir / tenir	Nous	venons	tenons
venir / tenir	Vous	venez	tenez
venir / tenir	Ils / Elles	viennent	tiennent

Now, read and listen to the dialogue below:

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A Quick Recap of this Lesson

The lesson discussed today highlighted the irregular verbs that end in "–ir."
There are three subgroups for this category, and each subgroup has its own conjugation rules.
The subgroups discussed are:

Subgroup 1:

Partir (to leave), sortir (to go out), dormir (to sleep), mentir (to lie), sentir (to feel), servir (to serve)…