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Chapter 4 - Conjugation: le présent
French verbs groups

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French verbs are classified into 3 groups; each of them has different endings in the present tense:

Group	Infinitive ending	Notes
group I	er	those verbs are regular and easy to conjugate ex: manger (to eat)
group II	ir	end with -issons in the first person plural ex: finir (to end)
group III	ir indre oir ettre	hard to conjugate ex: partir (to leave), atteindre (to reach), pouvoir (to be able to), mettre (to put)