The present of -er verbs

Most French verbs end in -er, like parler. Drop -er and add the ending of the subject: je parle, tu parles, il parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent.

Several of these endings are silent: parle, parles and parlent all sound the same. Only the subject tells you to write -e, -es or -ent, so look back at it before you write the verb.

Je becomes j' before a vowel: j'aime, j'habite. Verbs in -ger keep an e before -ons: nous mangeons.