how do you learn how to congicate french verbs? its so confusing!?

Question

i am in Frnch Academic, and i am having problems in congicating french verbs in to passe compose, espcially the irregular verbs. does anyone have a qucik and fast rule on how to congicate verbs like disparait souffrir and etc. I NEED HELP! MID-TERMS ARE STARTING! AAAAAAAA! :s:s:s:s

i am in Frnch Academic, and i am having problems in congicating french verbs in to passe compose, espcially the irregular verbs. does anyone have a qucik and fast rule on how to congicate verbs like disparait souffrir and etc. I NEED HELP! MID-TERMS ARE STARTING! AAAAAAAA! :s:s:s:s AND I DON'T CARE IF I SPELT IT WRONG, WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME ITS WRONG. JUST TELL ME AN EASIER WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT. I DO NOT NEED YOUR UNNECESSARY CORRECTIONS!

Answer 1

Well, i just had a unit on this in my french class. Basically, there are the sixteen verbs of Etre. I would list them, but it would take to long For the sixteen verbs of etre, all you need to do is take off the last two letters first. Then, if it ends in -er, then you replace those two letters with an e and an accent aigue on top. For the verbs ending in -ir, take off the ir, and put an i, except for mourir, in which you take off the ir for an e. For Naitre, take off everything and make it ne with an accent aigue on the e. I dont remember the others at the moment. Also, for nous, vous, and ils/elles, you need to remember gender and number. If it is plural, you add an s on the end of the conjigated form. If its a feminine form, you add an e. Also, for irregulars, they are as follows
Dire- Dit
Ecrire- Ecrit
mettre- mis
permettre- permis
prendre- pris
apprendre- appris
comprendre- compris
avoir- eu
croire- cru
voir- vu
boire- bu
devoir- du with an accent circumflex on the x
pouvoir- pu
lire- lu
recevoir- recu with a citi on the c
vouloir-voulu
Also, the verbs associated with avoir do have a pattern.
for er=e with accent aigue
for ir= i
for re= u

Answer 2

What you need is the old-fashioned device called a grammar book. It explains about the different types of verbs and gives you lists of their conjugations. So when you want to know the third person singular of the past continuous of the verb "entendre" you can - gasp! - look it up, instead of asking on here and as often as not, getting rubbish answers. Get yourself a basic grammar book for French and another for Spanish, and keep them close by. Use them.

Answer 3

I'm with Chevalier: invest in a "Bescherelle 1 - L'Art de conjuguer." The latest edition has over 12,000 verbs, but IMO an earlier edition would serve you just as well, and you could probably find a used copy online for very little money. In the meantime, see if your school library has a copy you can take a look at. You'll be glad you did.

Answer 4

Well, in France we learn conjugation by heart. I don't think there's a magic trick that will allow you to remember the conjugations all of a sudden. Also it's been a long time since I had grammar classes so I don't remember much, but the conjugation of verbs like disparaître and souffrir in the passé composé is "j'ai disparu" and "j'ai souffert".
Here's a webpage with some exercises:
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/interexercice/passecomp.htm

Answer 5

You may have to learn English before you finish French. You just have to learn it but remember that the proper form of French is what you are being taught and that, just like us, their language isn't always "proper". As in there is alot of slang. Just keep going over it and you will get it and good luck on your tests.

Answer 6

it's all memorization in the beggining. not tricks to it.so if you're not good at that then you'll have a problem. later on when you begin to actually speak the language then it comes from straight up practice. the more your speak it the more easily you can conjugate.

Answer 7

Buy "8000 Verbes" It is a must. Without this book, you will never be able to master "la conjugaison." Highly recommended

Answer 8

The website conjuguemos.com is extremely useful in helping you memorize verbs (in several languages and in several tenses.) It is free for students.

Answer 9

Try to practice the french language with french people.

Answer 10

Well Chris, the word is conjugate. My suggestion is to get a grasp of the English language before moving on.