Leçon 5: PRESENT TENSE OF REGULAR -RE VERBS

entendre, to hear

AFFIRMATIVE:

I hear, I am hearing, I do hear

j'entends
tu entends
il entend
elle entend
on entend

nous entendons
vous entendez
ils entendent
elles entendent

INTERROGATIVE:

am I hearing? do I hear? I hear?

est-ce que j'entends?
entends-tu?
entend-il?
entend-elle?
entend-on?

entendons-nous?
entendez-vous?
entendent-ils?
entendent-elles?

NOTE:

1. The personal endings of the present tense of -re verbs are: -s, -s, -, -ons, -ez, -ent.

2. These verbs form their negative and negative interrogative in the same manner as -er and -ir verbs. For examle:

NEGATIVE:

je n'entends pas
nous n'entendons pas

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE:

est-ce que je n'entends pas?
n'entendons-nous pas?

COMMON -RE VERBS:

attendre, to wait (for)
défendre, to defend
descendre, to go (come) down
entendre, to hear
perdre, to lose
rendre, to give back, return
répondre (à), to answer
vendre, to sell

OK, I have a big "exam" ready for you when you know all the -er, -ir, -re verbs I've sent you! If you have them all in your working vocabulary, you will have a GOOD foundation on verbs. You can let me know when you are ready for this exam or I can give you the IMPERATIVE/COMMANDS first. These will only be regular verbs. Then we will move on to the Present Tense of Irregular Verbs!

Thank you for sharing the lessons on the present tense of regular -re verbs. It seems like you have been learning about conjugating the verb "entendre" (to hear) in the present tense.

To form the present tense affirmative conjugations of "entendre," you take the root of the verb "entend" and add the appropriate endings, depending on the subject. Here are the conjugations you provided:

j'entends
tu entends
il entend
elle entend
on entend
nous entendons
vous entendez
ils entendent
elles entendent

To form the present tense interrogative conjugations, you can use the following structure: "est-ce que" + subject pronoun + verb conjugation. Here are the conjugations you provided:

est-ce que j'entends?
entends-tu?
entend-il?
entend-elle?
entend-on?
entendons-nous?
entendez-vous?
entendent-ils?
entendent-elles?

You also mentioned a couple of important notes:

1. The personal endings of the present tense of -re verbs are: -s, -s, -, -ons, -ez, -ent.

2. -re verbs form their negative and negative interrogative forms in the same way as -er and -ir verbs. For example:

Negative: je n'entends pas, nous n'entendons pas.
Negative interrogative: est-ce que je n'entends pas?, n'entendons-nous pas?

Lastly, you mentioned some common -re verbs, including "attendre" (to wait for), "défendre" (to defend), "descendre" (to go down), "perdre" (to lose), "rendre" (to give back, return), "répondre (à)" (to answer), and "vendre" (to sell).

It sounds like you are progressing well with your verb conjugation studies! Please let me know if you have any specific questions or if you would like to continue with the imperative/commands or the present tense of irregular verbs.