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<span id="What_Are_Irregular_Verbs.3F"></span><h2>What Are Irregular Verbs?</h2> <p>Irregular verbs are simply verbs that don’t follow the normal rules of conjugation.</p> <p>For example, regular verbs ending in <strong><em>–</em>er</strong> all change their endings the same way when conjugated. Regular <em><strong>–</strong></em><strong>ir</strong> and <strong><em>–</em>re</strong> verbs follow their own sets of rules as well.</p> <p>Irregular verbs don’t follow these normal rules of conjugation and <strong>must be learned individually</strong>.</p> <p>Here is a <strong>trick to memorise irregular verbs</strong>. Learn the je, vous et ils forms. Why ? Simply, because</p> <ol> <li><strong>je, tu, il, elle</strong> et <strong>on</strong> form sound the same. Look at the list of irregular verbs below and you will notice this for most of the irregular verbs.</li> </ol> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="mt-color-993366">➤ vouloir > je veux, tu veux, il veut, elle veut, on veut </span></p> <ol> <li>Once you know the <strong>vous</strong> form you can figure out the <strong>nous</strong>, by simpply dropping the ending <strong>-ez</strong> for vous and replace it with the <strong>-ons</strong> and thus giving you the <strong>nous</strong> form</li> </ol> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="mt-color-993366">➤ vous voul<strong>ez</strong> > voul<del>ez</del> > nous voul<strong>ons</strong></span></p> <p>3. <strong>ils</strong> and <strong>elles</strong> are the same.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span class="mt-color-993366">➤ ils veulent, elles veulent</span></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=49" title="Verbes irréguliers à l'infinitif. LISTE & Audio 🧩🔊" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=177" title="Verbes irréguliers au présent. Liste." width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=98" title="Verbes irréguliers au présent - Écoutez" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p>
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