Present of beure

Level 2

Beure (to drink) is irregular in the present: bevi, beves, beu, bevèm, bevètz, bevon.

How It Works

Beure means to drink. Its stem has a v in most forms, and the third person singular is beu.

Whobeure
ieubevi
tubeves
el, elabeu
nosautresbevèm
vosautresbevètz
eles, elasbevon

Use d' or de with a drink in general: Bevèm d'aiga (We drink water). With a particular drink you can use an article: Bevi lo tè (I drink the tea).

The plural forms bevèm and bevètz carry the accent on the ending. The verb viure (to live) has the same pattern: vivi, vives, viu.

Examples (5)

  1. Bevi un tè.

    I drink a tea.

    Bevi: the first person ends in -i.

  2. Beves de lach?

    Do you drink milk?

    Beves: the tu form.

  3. Maria beu de vin.

    Maria drinks wine.

    Beu: the third person has no ending.

  4. Bevèm d'aiga.

    We drink water.

    Bevèm: the stress is on the ending.

  5. Los dròlles bevon pas de cafè.

    The children do not drink coffee.

    Bevon: the plural. After pas, a noun takes de.

Common Mistakes

  • Adding a consonant to the third person

    Maria bev un tè.
    Maria beu un tè.

    The third person singular is beu, with no v.

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Present of beureLevel 2

Learn This First

Beure is an irregular -re verb, so the -re present comes first.

Words in This Pattern

beure