ABSTRACT
For - oir verbs, take the past participle, omit the fi nal vowel, and add the following endings: - us, - us, - ut, - ûmes, - ûtes, - urent.
je tu il/elle nous vous ils/elles
- er verbs (most verbs – see 7.6.3)
- ai - as - a - âmes - âtes - èrent
- ir verbs - re verbs - is - is - it - îmes - îtes - irent
- oir verbs - us - us - ut - ûmes - ûtes - urent
For example:
Infi nitive First person plural Stem Simple past tense
donner donnons donn je donn-ai, etc. commencer commençons commenç je commenç-ai, etc. partager partageons partage je partage-ai, etc.
