Re verbs in french conjugation

The French language has five main kinds of verbs: regular -ER, -IR, -RE; stem-changing; and irregular. Once you've learned the conjugation rules for the first three kinds, you should have no problem conjugating regular verbs in the two other categories.

The verb form that ends in -RE is called the infinitive (in English, the infinitive is the verb preceded by the word "to"), and -RE is the infinitive ending.

The verb with the infinitive ending removed is called the stem or radical. To conjugate -RE verbs, remove the infinitive ending to find the stem and add the endings shown in the table below.

French Regular -RE Verb Conjugation

To conjugate an -RE verb in the present tense, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate endings.

For example, below are the present tense conjugations for the regular -RE verbs descendre (to descend), perdre (to lose), and vendre (to sell):