GCSE French Conjugation Present Tense Playlist | Lesson 5 of 7 | Irregular Verbs

A great many verbs — especially common verbs, like avoir, être, aller, vouloir, pouvoir, and faire are irregular in the present tense.

There are two types of verbs in French. The first type are called regular verbs. These verbs are regular because they follow a set pattern. These set patterns prevail not only in the present tense, but also in any additional tenses that a verb undergoes.

Primarily, regular verbs fall into one of three categories: verbs that end in -er, verbs that end in -ir or verbs that end in -re. To conjugate these verbs in the present tense, simply chop off the last two letters and add the appropriate endings determined by the subject.

Irregular verbs, on the other hand, do not follow a pattern. Their final letters do not determine what conjugated endings they will receive. As such, these verbs need to be memorized because even though there are far more regular verbs than irregular ones, irregular verbs encompass some of the most important and common verbs in the French language.

Irregular verbs are verbs that, when conjugated, don't follow the normal conjugation patterns that usually just change the ending of the verb. Instead, the entire verb may change completely or just a portion of it will be altered.

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