-RE VERBS

-RE verbs are regular verbs similar to the –er verbs that you have already learned.  They follow a pattern.  As long as you memorize the endings, there is a long list of verbs that you can conjugate.  The following are some examples of –re verbs.

Attendre = to wait for                                       Entendre = to hear

Perdre = to lose                                                Répondre (à) = to answer

Vendre = to sell                                                Rendre = to return

Rendre visite à = to visit (someone)

                                                            Attendre = to wait for

                                    J’       attends                            Nous           attendons

                                   Tu     attends                            Vous           attendez

                                  Il /Elle/ On   attend                              Ils/Elles        attendent

                                                   *Notice that in the third person singular form, you do not add an ending to the stem.