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French irregular verbs: a table with audio

Présent, passé composé and futur of the most useful irregular verbs — with translations. Tap a form to hear it, then test yourself in the trainer.

  • 55 verbs
  • Top 31
  • Passé composé with avoir / être
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French irregular verbs table

First-person forms (je). Search by any form or translation; tap a word or the speaker to listen.

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French irregular verbs table
InfinitifPrésent (je)Passé composéFutur (je)Translation
to go
to learn
to wait
to have
to beat
to drink
to understand
to drive
to know (be familiar with)
to build
to run
to fear
to believe, to think
to discover
to go down
to become
must; to owe
to say
to sleep
to write
to hear
to send
to be
to do, to make
to be necessary
to read
to put; to put on
to die
to be born
to give (a gift); to offer
to open
to leave
to paint
to lose
to please
to rain
can, to be able to
to take
to receive
to give back
to answer
to come back
to laugh
to know; to know how
to feel; to smell
to serve
to go out
to follow
to hold
to be worth
to sell
to come
to live
to see
to want

Présent and futur show the je form — the others are easy to build from it. With être, the feminine passé composé adds -e: je suis allée.

How to remember them: the participe passé

Irregular verbs share a few typical participle endings. Learn them in groups.

  • -u

    avoir – eu, boire – bu, lire – lu, pouvoir – pu, savoir – su, voir – vu, vouloir – voulu

  • -is

    prendre – pris, apprendre – appris, comprendre – compris, mettre – mis

  • -it

    dire – dit, écrire – écrit, faire – fait, conduire – conduit

  • -ert

    ouvrir – ouvert, offrir – offert, découvrir – découvert

  • -i

    dormir – dormi, partir – parti, sortir – sorti, rire – ri

  • être + …

    aller, venir, partir, sortir, naître, mourir, devenir, revenir, descendre: passé composé with être

  • futur

    Their own stems: aller – j’irai, avoir – j’aurai, être – je serai, faire – je ferai, voir – je verrai, venir – je viendrai

Trainer: test yourself

10 verbs per round. After each answer the right forms are read aloud and shown.

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How to learn irregular verbs

  • Start with the top 31: être, avoir, aller, faire and the modals pouvoir, vouloir, devoir.
  • Learn the passé composé with its auxiliary: j’ai fait, je suis allé. Être goes with movement and change of state.
  • Learn the futur stems separately: there are only a few, and they also give you the conditionnel (j’irais, je ferais).
  • 10 verbs a day: listen, repeat aloud and do the trainer.

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Which French verbs are irregular?

The 3rd group (verbs in -re, -oir and some in -ir) and aller. Their stem changes and the forms have to be memorised: je peux, j’ai pris, je ferai. 1st-group verbs in -er (except aller) are regular.

When is the passé composé with avoir and when with être?

Être goes with verbs of movement and change of state (aller, venir, partir, sortir, naître, mourir, devenir…) and all reflexive verbs (se lever). Everything else takes avoir. With être the participle agrees in gender and number: elle est allée, ils sont partis.

Why does the table show only the je form?

To keep it compact: the other singular forms are easy to build from je. The plural of irregular verbs often has a different stem (nous pouvons, ils peuvent) — that’s best learned from examples.

How can I learn these verbs fast?

In groups by participle ending (-u, -is, -it), 10 a day, reviewing in the trainer after a day and after a week. Using them in your own sentences locks them in best — that’s what we do in lessons.

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