Leçon 4 = PRESENT TENSE OF REGULAR -IR VERBS

Question

BATIR = to build

AFFIRMATIVE

I build, I am building, I do build

je bâtis 
tu bâtis 
il bâ 
elle bâ 
on bâ

nous bâtissons 
vous bâtissons 
ils bâtissent 
elles bâtissent

INTERROGATIVE:

am I building? do I build?

est-ce que je bâtis? 
bâtis-tu? 
bâ-il? 
bâ-elle? 
bâ-on?

bâtissons-nous? 
bâtissez-vous? 
bâtissent-ils? 
bâtissent-elles?

NEGATIVE:

I am not building, I do not build

Je ne bâtis pas 
tu ne bâtis pas 
il ne bâ pas 
elle ne bâ pas 
on ne bâ pas

nous ne bâtissons pas 
vous ne bâtissez pas 
ils ne bátissent pas 
elles ne bâtissent pas

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE:

am I not building? do I not build?

est-ce que je ne bâtis pas? 
ne bâtis-tu pas? 
ne bâ-il pas? 
ne bâ-elle pas? 
ne bâ-on pas?

ne bâtissons-nous pas? 
ne bâtissez-vous pas? 
ne bâtissent-ils pas? 
ne bâtissent-elles pas?

NOTE:

1. The personal wendings of the present tense of -ir verbs are: -is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent

2. Est-ce que (qu') may be used in all interrogaive forms.

COMMON -IR VERBS:

bâtir, to build 
choisir, to choose 
finir, to finish 
guérir, to cure 
obéir (à), to obey 
punir, to punish 
remplir, to fill 
réussir, to succeed

Now, choose a few of these to conjugate in: Affirmative, Interrogative, Negative and Negative Interrogative, to be sure you have the pattern!

Wow! Thanks I never learned batir, guerir, or reussir. Could you tell me how to type the accent marks because it looks like I spell things wrong all the time without them?

If you have a MAC computer (which I do) making accent marks is a "snap." If, however, you have a PC, it is very much harder! So, first of all, let me know which kind of computer you have. Hopefully, you WILL get some conjugated verbs back to me? The next lesson will be the -re verbs. Notice, that if you have to guess about an infinitive, there are so many MORE -er verbs!

Also, I'd have to know if you have Windows, Microsoft Word, etc. Here are 2 sites to try:

http://faculty.weber.edu/cmhansen/accent.htm

http://faculty.weber.edu/tmathews/grammar/Compmark.html

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