The present tense

Regular verbs

ER verbs

JOUER (to play)

Je JOU + E

Tu JOU + ES

Il/Elle/on/name of one person JOU + E

Nous (or yourself and other people) JOU + ONS

Vous JOU + EZ

Ils/Elles/names of several people JOU + ENT

RE verbs

ATTENDRE (to wait for)

J’ ATTEND + S

Tu ATTEND + S

Il/Elle/on/name of one person ATTEND

Nous (or yourself and other people) ATTEND + ONS

Vous ATTEND + EZ

Ils/Elles/names of several people ATTEND + ENT

IR verbs

CHOISIR (to choose)

Je CHOIS + IS

Tu CHOIS + IS

Il/Elle/on/name of one person CHOIS + IT

Nous (or yourself and other people) CHOIS + ISSONS

Vous CHOIS + ISSEZ

Ils/Elles/names of several people CHOIS + ISSENT

Summary

ER-verbs RE-verbs IR-verbs

Take away the endings, then add

Take away the endings, then add

Take away the endings, then add

-e -s -is

-es -s -is

-e -it

-ons -ons -issons

-ez -ez -issez

-ent -ent -issent