French Present Tense
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In French only one present tense is known, Le Présent. This covers the Present Simple and the Present Progressive (Continuous). The Present Perfect, however, would rather be translated as the Passé Composé, one of the Past tenses. The Présent is used whenever you want to express something happening in the present, no matter what kind of action, or at what specific present time.
It's conjugated as follows:
Note that the Présent has a lot of irregularities, of which the most important ones are (will be) added here: Irregular Verbs.
Regular Verbs
Ending on -er
| Conjugation | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| Je | -e | danse |
| Tu | -es | danses |
| Il/elle/on | -e | danse |
| Nous | -ons | dansons |
| Vous | -ez | dansez |
| Ils/elles | -ent | dansent |
Ending on -re
| Conjugation | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| Je | -s | perds |
| Tu | -s | perds |
| Il/elle/on | - *nothing* | perd |
| Nous | -ons | perdons |
| Vous | -ez | perdez |
| Ils/elles | -ent | perdent |
Ending on -ir
| Conjugation | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| Je | -is | finis |
| Tu | -is | finis |
| Il/elle/on | -it | finit |
| Nous | -issons | finissons |
| Vous | -issez | finissez |
| Ils/elles | -issent | finissent |
