Verbes du troisième groupe (I)

Salut

Today we are going to start studying the verbs of the Third group, also known as the irregular verbs.

Although the third group reunites different verbs that have their own way to be conjugated and there are a lot of rules to understand how to conjugate them, you can learn the most representative verbs of this groups to know how conjugate other similar verbs.

Verbs of the third group can end on: 

·         Ir

·         Oir

·         Re

In this lesson we are going to start working on the verbs ending on ir.  These verbs that doesn’t make part of the second group have a completely different way to be conjugated

Let’s see how we conjugate some verbs ending in –ir of the third group:

Subject	Courir (To Run)	Tenir (To Take)	Offrir (To Offer)	Mentir (To Lie)
Je	Cours	Tiens	Offrir	Mens
Tu	Cours	Tiens	Offres	Mens
Il/Elle	Court	Tient	Offre	Ment
Nous	Courons	Tenons	Offrons	Mentons
Vous	Courez	Tenez	Offrez	Mentez
Ils/Elles	Courent	Tiennent	Offrent	Mentent

As you can see, even if the verbs ending on Ir of the third group have some similarities, they are not conjugated the same.

However, you can use these examples to help you conjugate verbs that has the same root:

For example the verb Retenir (To Hold) is conjugated in a similar way as the verb tenir (je retiens, tu retiens, il reticent…).

You can find other French verbs ending on ir that has a similar root to apply the conjugation rule.

Good Luck  

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