The following two verbs exhibit similar stem-changes.

Some -re verbs behave regularly in the present except for

the fact that they change their stems in the plural, and end in
Devoir – to have to Savoir – to know (a fact) a t in the third-person singular. Five such patterns follow:
1 dois 1 sais
1. Lire – to read, Conduire – to drive (a person, a car),
2 dois 2 sais Construire – to construct/build, Indroduire – to indroduce,
3 doit 3 sait Produire – to produce, Traduire – to translate, etc.
1 devons 1 savons 1 lis
2 devez 2 savez 2 lis
3 doivent 3 savent 3 lit
1 lisons
2 lisez
Boire behaves rather like devoir in the present. Likewise
recevoir and related verbs, which take a cedilla in the 3 lisent
singular and third-person plural in order to preserve the soft
2. Naître – to be born, Connaître – to know (a person)/to be
pronunciation of their c:
familiar with, etc.
Boire – to drink Recevoir – to receive, 1 nais
Décevoir – to disappoint, etc.
2 nais
1 bois 1 reçois
3 naît
2 bois 2 reçois
1 naissons
3 boit 3 reçoit
2 naissez
1 buvons 1 recevons 3 naissent
2 buvez 2 recevez
3. Mettre – to set down/to put, Admettre – to admit,
3 boivent 3 reçoivent
Promettre – to promise, Battre – to beat, Abattre – to
slaughter/cut down, etc.
Mourir also changes its stem in the singular and in the third- 1 mets
person plural. Mouvoir behaves similarly. 2 mets
Mourir – to die Mouvoir – to move (something) 3 met
1 meurs 1 meus 1 mettons

2 meurs 2 meus 2 mettez

3 mettent
3 meurt 3 meut
1 mourons 1 mouvons 4. Écrire – to write, Décrire – to describe, Inscrire – to
2 mourez 2 mouvez inscribe, etc.

3 meurent 3 meuvent 1 écris

2 écris
3 écrit
The following -ir verbs add an i to their stems in the singular
1 écrivons
and in the third-person plural, where the final n is doubled as
well. 2 écrivez
3 écrivent
Venir – to come, Tenir – to hold, Appartenir – to belong
(to a person), Soutenir – to support, Obtenir – to obtain, 5. Craindre – to fear/be afraid of, Atteindre – to
Se souvenir – to remember, etc. reach/achieve, Teindre – to dye/tint, Joindre – to join, etc.
1 viens 1 crains
2 viens 2 crains
3 vient 3 craint
1 venons 1 craignons
2 venez 2 craignez
3 viennent 3 craignent