Remember that for pronominal verbs, you must keep the appropriate reflexive pronoun in front of the present participle: me coiffant (doing my hair), en nous levant (upon [us] getting up), etc.
| French present participles | |||||||
| verb | parler | finir | rendre | voir | avoir | être | savoir |
| nous form | parlons | finissons | rendons | voyons | avons | sommes | savons |
| present participle | parlant | finissant | rendant | voyant | ayant | étant | sachant* |
*Savoir and a number of other verbs have two different spellings for the present participle, depending on how they are used - some examples: | |||||||
| spelling | verb | present participle | adjective/noun | ||||
| adj. ends in -ent | affluer | affluant | affluent | ||||
| différer | différant | différent | |||||
| diverger | divergeant | divergent | |||||
| exceller | excellant | excellent | |||||
| expédier | expédiant | expédient | |||||
| précéder | précédant | précédent | |||||
| violer | violant | violent | |||||
| adj. ends in -cant | communiquer | communiquant | communicant | ||||
| convaincre | convainquant | convaincant | |||||
| fabriquer | fabriquant | fabricant | |||||
| provoquer | provoquant | provocant | |||||
| suffoquer | suffoquant | suffocant | |||||
| adj. ends in -gant | déléguer | déléguant | délégant | ||||
| extravaguer | extravaguant | extravagant | |||||
| fatiguer | fatiguant | fatigant | |||||
| intriguer | intriguant | intrigant | |||||
| naviguer | naviguant | navigant | |||||
| irregular | savoir | sachant | savant | ||||
| Page 1 - Introduction Page 2 - Present participle as a verb or gerund Page 3 - Present participle as an adjective or noun Page 4 - Present participle conjugations Page 5 - Present participle quiz | |||||||
