A few more things to learn and remember
When you have a question form with the 3rd person singular (il/elle) in the present tense, we need to insert a “–t-“ in the inverted question form with the verbs belonging to the first group:
You don’t pronounce the “S” at the end of a verb or any word in French. So if you want to say for example “tu chantes” remember to pronounce the word as if the –s was not there.
It is a common mistake amongst students to pronounce all the consonants. The same applies to verbs such as il prend, tu veux, you do not pronounce the d or the x.
With the 3rd person of plural you do not pronounce the “nt” in the ending “-ent”:
Note that the –S ending is generally for the 1st person in the –IR and –RE verbs and always the 2nd person singular what ever group the verbs belongs to.
The reason why I mention this is basically because I see many written copies where the students add an –s to the third person singular like you would do in English.
The verb pouvoir when used ast the first person singular in a question form changes from:
This makes it easier than trying to pronounce “peux-je”
“Puis-je”is however very formal and when we speak we tend to use the “est-ce que” + je peux form.
In order to illustrate the regular and irregular verbs in French we have used the present tense in the indicative mood. We now need to concentrate on the use of the present and then to have a look at the other tenses in the indicative mood.
The next section covers this: The use of the present tense.