All verbs

/mɑ̃ʒe/to eatA1

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object — Takes a direct object, with the partitive for an unspecified amount

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
mangeons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

mang-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

mange-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

mange-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

mange-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

mang-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
manger
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

manger-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

manger-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

manger

Past participle
mangé

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

mangé

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

mangé

Conjugation

présent
Ije mange/ʒə mɑ̃ʒ/I eat
youtu manges/ty mɑ̃ʒ/you eat
he/sheil mange/il mɑ̃ʒ/he eats
wenous mangeons/nu mɑ̃ʒɔ̃/we eat
youvous mangez/vu mɑ̃ʒe/you eat
theyils mangent/il mɑ̃ʒ/they eat

Examples

  • Je mange du pain.

    /ʒə mɑ̃ʒ dy pɛ̃/

    I eat bread.

  • Je mange une pomme.

    /ʒə mɑ̃ʒ yn pɔm/

    I'm eating an apple.

  • Nous mangeons à huit heures.

    /nu mɑ̃.ʒɔ̃ a ɥit œʁ/

    We eat at eight.

Set phrases

  • manger au restaurant

    to eat out

Notes

  • The partitive is compulsory: Je mange du pain. English can drop "some"; French cannot. And under a negative it collapses to de: Je ne mange pas de viande. See de-trois-kar.

  • Keeps the e before a and o: nous mangeons, je mangeais. See verbes-orthographe.