Conjugate servir and other -VIR verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent)

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Verbs ending in -VIR follow the same conjugation as servir (to serve) in Le Présent (Indicatif):

Learn how to conjugate SERVIR (to serve) in Le Présent (Indicatif) in French

je sers
tu sers
il/elle/on sert
nous servons 
vous servez
ils/elles servent  

Listen to these examples:

Je sers les entrées.I'm serving the starters.

Son attitude dessert vraiment la cause.His attitude really does a disservice to the cause.

Il se sert en premier !He serves himself first!

Nous resservons Paul.We give Paul a second helping.

Vous me servez tous les jours.You serve me every day.

Ces trains desservent toutes les gares jusqu'à Chartres.These trains stop at all the stations until Chartres.

Other irregular -VIR verbs include:

se servir de - to use [something] 
resservir - to serve up again / to give a second helping
se resservir - to get a second helping
desservir -  to do a disservice / to service a station, a market, an airport... / to clear [the table] (less used)

 

 

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Nous resservons Paul.We give Paul a second helping.
Il se sert en premier !He serves himself first!
Je sers les entrées.I'm serving the starters.
Vous me servez tous les jours.You serve me every day.
Son attitude dessert vraiment la cause.His attitude really does a disservice to the cause.
Ces trains desservent toutes les gares jusqu'à Chartres.These trains stop at all the stations until Chartres.
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