La conjugaison - part 1

Today, after a longer than usual interruption, some basic conjugation concepts. Starting with the "easiest" verb category: les verbes de la première conjugaison (i.e. first category). They're caracterized by an infinitive ending in -er, for example aimer (to love), and their present tense goes like this:

• je [verb radical]e
• tu [verb radical]es ('s' is silent)
• il [verb radical]e
• nous [verb radical]ons
• vous [verb radical]ez ('ez' is pronounced 'ay')
• ils [verb radical]ent (basicaly pronounced as a silent 'e', i.e. ile the first person)

For example:

• j'aime
• tu aimes
• il aime
• nous aimons
• vous aimez
• ils aiment

More on this verb category on Wikipedia