All verbs

/skje/to skiB1

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
no object — No object

Build map — what to memorise

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

The nous form
skions
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

ski-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

ski-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

ski-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

ski-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

ski-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
skier
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

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

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

skier-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

skier

Past participle
skié

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

skié

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

skié

Conjugation

présent
Ije skie/ʒə ski/I ski
youtu skies/ty ski/you ski
he/sheil skie/il ski/he skis
wenous skions/nu skjɔ̃/we ski
youvous skiez/vu skje/you ski
theyils skient/il ski/they ski

Examples

  • Je skie.

    /ʒə ski/

    I ski.

  • Nous avons skié dans les Alpes.

    /nu.z‿a.vɔ̃ skje dɑ̃ le.z‿alp/

    We skied in the Alps.

  • Je ne sais pas skier.

    /ʒə nə sɛ pa skje/

    I can't ski.

Set phrases

  • faire du ski

    to go skiing

  • la station de ski

    the ski resort

Notes

  • faire du ski is commoner than skier. See loisirs-sports.

  • skiant and nous skiions look wrong and are right — the stem ends in i, and the ending adds another.