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French Verbs – Conjugation I Posted by on Mar 16, 2010 in Grammar

French verb conjugation can be tricky.  But it’s all about groups.  All you have to do is know what group the verb belongs to and conjugate it accordingly using the root of the verb and the correct conjugation suffix.  In today’s article, we’ll talk about the first group known as -er verbs.

And here is how you conjugate these regular verbs in this first group (using aimer as the example verb):
INDICATIVE
Present Tense

Je aim-e
Tu aim-es
Il/Elle/On aim-e
Nous aim-ons
Vous aim-ez
Ils/Elles aim-ent

Imperfect

Je aim-ais
Tu aim-ais
Il/Elle/On aim-ait
Nous aim-ions
Vous aim-iez
Ils/Elles aim-aient

Past Simple

Je aim-ai
Tu aim-as
Il/Elle/On aim-a
Nous aim-âmes
Vous aim-âtes
Ils/Elles aim-èrent

Future Simple

Je aim-erai
Tu aim-eras
Il/Elle/On aim-era
Nous aim-erons
Vous aim-erez
Ils/Elles aim-eront

CONDITIONAL
Present Tense

Je aim-erais
Tu aim-erais
Il/Elle/On aim-erait
Nous aim-erions
Vous aim-eriez
Ils/Elles aim-eraient

SUBJUNCTIVE
Present Tense

Je aim-e
Tu aim-es
Il/Elle/On aim-e
Nous aim-ions
Vous aim-iez
Ils/Elles aim-ent

Imperfect

Je aim-asse
Tu aim-asses
Il/Elle/On aim-ât
Nous aim-assions
Vous aim-assiez
Ils/Elles aim-assent

IMPERATIVE

Tu aim-e
Nous aim-ons
Vous aim-ez

Present PARTICIPLE
aim-ant

Past PARTICIPLE
aim-é

INFINITIVE
aim-er

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