Conjugation
French has three groups of verbs.
Firstly the "E" team. These verbs are sociable, friendly and easy to get along with. They do things like talk (parler) and sing (chanter). They love (aimer) to eat (manger), to lunch (déjeuner) and to dine (diner). Now and again you have to be careful with their spelling, but they are a nice bunch. Most French verbs are in the "E" team.
Then there is the "I" team. These are slightly more complicated characters, but still very conformist. They like to get the job done (finir, accomplir) and to praise a good job (applaudir)
The third group is all the kids who didn’t get picked for either the "E" team or the "I" team. They are left at the side of the pitch doing their own thing. Some of them form little gangs and agree to play the same way, but to call this rag, tag and bobtail collection a group is imaginative to say the least. Sadly, you can’t live (vivre) without this bunch: you can’t laugh (rire) or read (lire), you can’t follow (suivre) or run away (fuir), you can’t even die (mourir) without picking some verb from the sidelines.
French people say that their verb system is complicated and difficult. All supermarkets sell books of conjugation and most dictionaries have verb tables in the back.
Firstly the "E" team. These verbs are sociable, friendly and easy to get along with. They do things like talk (parler) and sing (chanter). They love (aimer) to eat (manger), to lunch (déjeuner) and to dine (diner). Now and again you have to be careful with their spelling, but they are a nice bunch. Most French verbs are in the "E" team.
Then there is the "I" team. These are slightly more complicated characters, but still very conformist. They like to get the job done (finir, accomplir) and to praise a good job (applaudir)
The third group is all the kids who didn’t get picked for either the "E" team or the "I" team. They are left at the side of the pitch doing their own thing. Some of them form little gangs and agree to play the same way, but to call this rag, tag and bobtail collection a group is imaginative to say the least. Sadly, you can’t live (vivre) without this bunch: you can’t laugh (rire) or read (lire), you can’t follow (suivre) or run away (fuir), you can’t even die (mourir) without picking some verb from the sidelines.
French people say that their verb system is complicated and difficult. All supermarkets sell books of conjugation and most dictionaries have verb tables in the back.
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