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The third category of regular verbs is made up of -re verbs. Relative to -er verbs, -re verbs are not very common. Many common verbs ending in -re , such as prendre , mettre , and connaître , have irregular conjugations.

To conjugate, drop the -re to find the "stem" or "root". Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense, as demonstrated below for the present tense.

Visiter /vizite/, meaning to visit, is used for places (and not for people) :

Tu dois visiter Paris un jour.^{You must visit Paris one day.}

Je vais visiter mon frère. is not a correct sentence in french. It's a common (but understanble) mistake made by foreign people.

Rendre /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ or rendre visite (à) /ʁɑ̃dʁ vi.zit/, meaning to pay a visit (to), is used for people:

Je rends visite à mon père à Paris.^{I'm visiting my father in Paris.}

Amour viens rendre à mon âme.^{Love comes to pay a visit to my soul.}

Rendre has other meanings, such as to produce, to express, to make, and to give back:

Tu me rends malade.^{You make me ill.}

Most adjectives come after the noun they modify in French:

un homme intelligent^{an intelligent man}

des hommes intelligents^{intelligent men}

Beau, nouveau, and vieux, as well as some other common French adjectives, precede the noun:

une jolie voiture^{a pretty car}

Des is replaced with de when an adjective comes before the noun:

de jolies voitures^{pretty cars}

In informal speech, des is often used in place of de.