The present tense: -ar, -re, -ir
All regular verbs fall into three groups by their infinitive ending. Drop the ending and add your own — by person. For example: “Parle valencià” — I speak Valencian. A rule from the Valencian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
All regular verbs fall into three groups by their infinitive ending. Drop the ending and add your own — by person.
The pronoun is usually dropped, because the ending already says who acts: Parle valencià — and it is clear that it is "I" speaking. The first-person form in "-e" (parle, menge) is the Valencian giveaway: the central norm says "parlo", "menjo".
Table
| parlar | beure | sentir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| jo | parle | bec | sent |
| tu | parles | beus | sents |
| ell / ella | parla | beu | sent |
| nosaltres | parlem | bevem | sentim |
| ells | parlen | beuen | senten |
By example
- Parle valenciàI speak Valencian
- Menjem a casaWe eat at home
- Viu a BarcelonaHe lives in Barcelona
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
The present tense: how does it work in Valencian?
All regular verbs fall into three groups by their infinitive ending. Drop the ending and add your own — by person.
What does it look like in an example sentence Valencian?
“Parle valencià” — I speak Valencian. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.