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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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.
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.
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