80 ir verbs exceptions to Subgroup 2 and mourir

Certain ir verbs form their past historic tense with the following endings.
singular plural
us umes
us utes
ut urent
Examples of ir verbs forming their past historic in u
courir
je courus, tu courus, il/elle/on courut, nous cour umes, vous cour utes,
ils/elles coururent
mourir
je mourus, tu mourus, il/elle/on mourut, nous mourumes, vous
mour utes, ils/elles moururent
81 Past historic tense of Group 3 re verbs
It will be remembered, from the presentation of the present tense of this group of verbs,
that there are many subgroups. Since there are so many anomalies with this group
of verbs in the past historic tense, the most straightforward way of presenting them is
individually. Certain re verbs form their past historic with endings in i and others
in u.
Those verbs with endings in i will be dealt with first, then those whose endings are
in u.
82 Group 3 re verbs with past historic endings in i
singular plural
is mes
is tes
it irent
Example of re verbs with endings in i
vendre
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