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Look at the irregular verb coudre (to sew) in Le Présent:
| je | couds |
| tu | couds |
| il / elle / on | coud |
| nous | cousons |
| vous | cousez |
| ils / elles | cousent |
Here are some more examples to listen to:
Je couds un nouveau bouton sur mon manteau.
I'm sewing a new button onto my coat.
Tu couds tous les jours.
You sew every day.
Cendrillon coud dans le grenier.
Cinderella sews in the attic.
Nous cousons: c'est notre métier.
We sew: that's our job.
Vous cousez magnifiquement bien!
You sew amazingly well!
Et mes tantes cousent dans le salon.
And my aunts are sewing in the living room.
* Derivatives include:
recoudre (to sew again/back)
découdre (to unstitch)
découdre (to unstitch)
See also Conjugate moudre in Le Présent (present tense)
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Cendrillon coud dans le grenier.
Cinderella sews in the attic.
Nous cousons: c'est notre métier.
We sew: that's our job.
Je couds un nouveau bouton sur mon manteau.
I'm sewing a new button onto my coat.
Vous cousez magnifiquement bien!
You sew amazingly well!
Tu couds tous les jours.
You sew every day.
Et mes tantes cousent dans le salon.
And my aunts are sewing in the living room.
Q&A Forum 2 questions, 2 answers
alison asked:View original
Which other verbs are conjugated in the same way as "coudre, moudre, absoudre"?
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ChrisCorrect answer
Are you asking for a reason for the exception? Do exceptions ever need a reason? :) But seriously, a very similar verb to coudre would be moudre. If you want to check all forms of a particulat verb, you might like this site:
http://www.verbix.com/languages/french.html
-- Chris
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