The document provides instructions for conjugating regular -IR verbs in French. It uses the verb "finir" (to finish) as an example to demonstrate how to conjugate -IR verbs in the present tense. The conjugation follows a set pattern of taking the infinitive verb, removing the "-ir", and adding specific endings to the verb stem for each personal pronoun. This produces the full conjugated present tense form of the verb for each pronoun, such as "je finis" for "I finish". Several other -IR verbs are provided as examples to practice conjugating.

1. LA CONJUGAISON DES VERBES EN –IR
CONJUGATION OF –IR VERBS
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4. LA CONJUGAISON DES VERBES EN –IR
To conjugate regular -IR verbs in the present tense, we need to follow the
pattern below using FINIR (To Finish) as a case study;
Write down horizontally all the 7 major personal pronouns;
o Je(I)
o Tu(You;singular/friendly form)
o Il(He)
o Elle(She)
o Nous(We)
o Vous(You; plural/ polite form)
o Ils(They; All masculine or a mixture of both genders)
o Elles(They/ All feminine)
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5. LA CONJUGAISON DES VERBES EN –IR
Add the Infinitive form of the verb to the personal pronouns listed and strike out
the -IR endings
o Je Finir
o Tu Finir
o Il Finir
o Elle Finir
o Nous Finir
o Vous Finir
o Ils Finir
o Elles Finir
Now what you have is “FIN” after each pronoun;
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6. LA CONJUGAISON DES VERBES EN –IR
Then add the endings or “terminaisons” -is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -
issent to the verb of each pronoun respectively as written out.
o Je Finis (I finish/ I am finishing)
o Tu Finis(You finish/You are finishing)
o Il Finit (He finishes/He is finishing)
o Elle Finit (She finishes/She is finishing)
o Nous Finissons (We finish/We are finishing)
o Vous Finissez (You finish/You are finishing)
o Ils Finissent (They finish/They are finishing)
o Elles Finissent (They finish/They are finishing)
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7. LA CONJUGAISON DES VERBES EN –IR
These endings should never be mixed up as the sentence would end
up being grammatically incorrect;
The aforementioned pattern applies ONLY to regular verbs that end
in –IR;
Below are some French verbs that ends with –IR, use them to practice
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o Blêmir (to make pale)
o Maigrir (To lose weight)
o Grossir (To make bigger)
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