7.2.2

Regular IR Verbs in the Perfect Tense

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Regular IR Verbs

The perfect tense translates as 'I did something'. To form the perfect tense with 'avoir' in French, use the present tense of 'avoir' with a past participle. For IR verbs you remove IR and add 'i'. Here is the example for 'finir' (to finish):

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