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## Grammar review · Regular verbs

Most verbs in French are regular -er verbs. Others are regular -ir or -re verbs or are irregular.

### Common regular verbs
## Dialogue
## Culture · National holidays and events in France

| Date | English name | Local name | Remarks |
| 1 January | New Year's Day | Premier de l'an / Jour de l' an | |
| moveable feast|moveable | Good Friday | Vendredi Saint | Friday Before Easter (observed only in Alsace and Moselle) |
| moveable feast|moveable | Easter Monday | Lundi de Pâques | Monday after Easter (1 day after Easter) |
| 1 May | May Day/Labour Day | Fête du Travail | |
| 8 May | Victory in Europe Day | Victoire 1945 | End of hostilities in Europe in World War II |
| moveable feast|moveable | Ascension Day | Ascension | Thursday, 39 days after Easter |
| moveable feast|moveable | Whit Monday | Lundi de Pentecôte | Monday after Pentecost (49 days after Easter) |
| 14 July | Bastille Day | Fête Nationale | National Day |
| 15 August | Assumption of Mary to Heaven | Assomption | |
| 1 November | All Saints' Day | Toussaint | |
| 11 November | Veterans Day Armistice Day Remembrance Day | Armistice 1918 | End of World War I |
| 25 December | Christmas Day | Noël | |
| 26 December | St. Stephen's Day | Saint Etienne | Observed only in Alsace and Moselle |
Please take a look here, to have all the dates (French Overseas Departments (DOM) added).

## Grammar · To believe and to see · Croire et voir
### Croire

Croire is an irregularly conjugated -re verb.
| croire /kʁwaʁ/ (krwahr) | to believe' |
| je crois /kʁwa/ (krwah) | I believe |
| tu crois /kʁwa/ (krwah) | you believe |
| il croit /kʁwa/ (krwah) | he believes |
| nous croyons /kʁwa.jɔ̃/ (kro-y$^{uh}$oh$^{(n)}$) | we believe |
| vous croyez /kʁwa.je/ (kro-y$^{uh}$ay) | you believe |
| ils croient /kʁwa/ (krwah) | they believe |
| cru /kʁy/ (krew) | believed |
The verb recroire$^{tore-believe}$ /ʁə.kʁwaʁ/ is conjugated in the same way as croire.

### Voir

Voir is conjugated as an irregularly -re verb.
| voir /vwaʁ/ (vwahr) | to see |
| je vois /vwɑ/ (vwah) | I see |
| tu vois /vwɑ/ (vwah) | you see |
| il voit /vwɑ/ (vwah) | he sees |
| nous voyons /vo.jɔ̃/, /vwa.jɔ̃/ (voh-y$^{uh}$oh$^{(n)}$, vwah-y$^{uh}$oh$^{(n)}$) | we see |
| vous voyez /vo.je/, /vwa.je/ (voh-y$^{uh}$ay, vwah-y$^{uh}$ay) | you see |
| ils voient /vwɑ/ (vwah) | they see |
| vu /vy/ (vew) | seen |
The verbs prévoir /pʁevwaʁ/, meaning to anticipate or to forecast, and revoir /ʁǝ.vwaʁ/, meaning to see again or to re-examine, are conjugated the same way as voir.
The following nouns, adjectives, and phrases are derived from voir:

### Examples
## Supplementary usage notes · To give · Donner

Donner /dɔ.ne/ is a common verb which usually means to give:
    J'ai donné le paquet au voiturier. - I gave the package to the carrier.
Similarly to English, it can also have other meanings, such as to produce, to cause, to present, to pay, to establish, to attribute, to publish, or to administer:
    Cette grande fatigue lui a donné la fièvre. - This great weariness gave him a fever.
    Le professeur donne une conférence. - The professor is lecturing. (The professor is giving a lecture.)
    Il me donne de la joie. - It gives me joy.

### Examples
## Supplementary exercises

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