A high-frequency and multifunctional verb in French is apprendre. Its conjugation is made according to the rules of group III verbs, that is, outside the regular rule.
The third, smallest, group of French verbs is a class of words that have features in their conjugation - these are exceptions. Groups I and II divide most of the verbs among themselves, in accordance with the endings -er, -ir, and provide a common conjugation paradigm. Irregular verbs do not give the opportunity to conjugate them by analogy and require learning.
Meaning of the verb apprendre
Verb conjugation is only useful if you understand the meaning of the word used. Apprendre has several shades of meaning and becomes more understandable inside a synonymous series of similar verbs.
The dictionary entry offers several meanings for the word apprendre: it is both to know and to learn, and to teach, to explain, to show, and also to inform (apprendre une nouvelle).
Synonymous in the meaning of "study" is the verb of the first group étudier. It also implies immersion in the material under study, a serious study. However, there is a difference: étudier, like faire ses études, means "to study ineducational institution". Apprendre, in contrast, carries the meaning of independent study of the material.
Features of conjugation
Despite the fact that the third group of verbs includes exceptions, the words in it also tend to connect in common by analogy. For example: comprendre, reprendre, éprendre, apprendre. The conjugation of these and similar irregular verbs with different prefixes and polar meanings corresponds to one general paradigm of the simple morphemic verb prendre. The basis of his Pr-, respectively Appr- - is the basis for apprendre. The conjugation will consist in joining the endings of various tenses to the stem.
Unlike many irregular verbs, derivatives of prendre do not change the form of the participle, but only add the ending -is to the stem. Thus, the past participle form for apprendre is appris.
The conjugation of the verb apprendre in the present tense has the following endings: je -ends, tu -ends, il/elle -end, nous -enons, vous -enez, ils -ennent. In the future simple tense, the 1st person singular is apprendrai. Further, the verb is conjugated by analogy with the endings for Futur simple. In the past tense of the imperfect form, in the same way, endings will be added to the form appren-.
