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Irregular verbs
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Seven principal parts
1 The -t is regularly dropped when directly following a d or t (e.g. il vend "he sells", not *il vendt).

Non-finite forms:
 * Infinitive: (full infinitive, with suffix)
 * Present participle: 1P-ant
 * Gerundive: en 1P-ant
 * Verbal adjective: 1P-ant(e)(s)
 * Past participle: PP(e)(s)

The following table gives principal parts for a number of irregular verbs. There are a number of fair-sized groups of verbs that are conjugated alike; these are listed first. There are some additional irregularities in the present indicative, which are listed below. Nearly all irregularities affect the singular, and are purely issues of spelling. (Stems that are irregular in the sense of being unpredictable by the above rules are given in boldface.)

1 Only in Quebec French

2 The ending -t is regularly dropped when directly following a d or t (e.g. il vend "he sells", not *il vendt).

3 Alternation of "-ai-" and -oi- before consonant or unstressed e, "-ay-" and -oy- before other vowels is automatic in all verbs.

The following table shows an example paradigm of one of these verbs, recevoir "to receive".

Non-finite forms:
 * Infinitive: recevoir
 * Present participle: recevant
 * Gerundive: en recevant
 * Verbal adjective: recevant(e)(s)
 * Past participle: reçu(e)(s)