Verb

Indicative tenses: présent

It is present tense. Formation:

Conjugation I (parler):

Minor changes to the stem of verbs of the 1st conjugation:

In 1,2 and 3rd person singular and 3rd person plural:

• verbs ending in the infinitive in -eler double l: appeler: appelle, appelles, appellent

exceptions: celer, ciseler, congeler, geler, peler, déceler, démanteler, écarteler, marteler, modeler, turn e into è: cèle, cèles, cèlent

• verbs ending in the infinitive to -eter also double t: jeter: jette, jettes, jette

exceptions: acheter, corseter, crocheter, fureter, haleter, racheter change e into è: achète, achètes, achètent

• verbs ending in -oyer, -uyer change y into i in these forms: nettoyer: nettoie, nettoies, nettoient
  
  
• verbs to -ayer can (but do not have to) change y w i: so e.g. for payer the correct forms are: paye and paie, payes and paies, payent and paient
  
  
• verbs ending in e + single consonant + er (-eder, -eger, -emer, -eler, -ener, -eser, -erer, -ever etc.) turn e into è: semer: sème , sèmes, sèment
  
  
• finally verbs ending in -éder, -éger, -émer, -éler, -éner, -érer, -éser, -ézer, -éver turn é into è: révéler: révèle, révèles, révèlent .

Changes only in the 1st person plural:

• verbs ending in -cer, -ger have the form: -çons, -geons: placer: plaçons, nager: nageons.

Conjugation II (finir):

In conjugation III, it is formed irregularly.