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Les Verbs en “ER”
La Conjugation des Verbs
What is “la conjugation”?
Taking the regular form of the verb (to have, to eat, etc)
…and changing it to agree with the subject of the verb (the person/object performing the action)
Example(We do the same thing in English and in
French)English VS. French
To Be
I am
You are
He/She is
We are
You are (Plural)
They are
English
Étre
Jesuis
Tu es
Il/elle est
Nous sommes
Vous êtes
Ils/Elles sont
French
Would you say…
I is?You be?He are?
She work?They watches?
I to be?You to work?
Of course not! Conjugated verbs are not interchangeable! It sounds ridiculous! It’s the same way with the French language.
In order to be a successful verb “conjugator”, you will need to know the
following 4 terms:
Subject-
Infinitive-Stem-
Ending-
The person OR thing doing the action (je, vous, la télé)The verb by itself: danser, parler, inviter, regarderThe verb without the “ER” dans, parl, invit, regardThe combination of letters that we put in place of the “er” that we dropped earlier. Each pronoun has it’s own ending to be used.
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…So what are the endings for “ER” Verbs?
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Example:The Steps…
I speak
English French
Je parle
How did you do that ?
Step One:
Find the Subject…
…in this case it is “I” or Je in French
Step Two:
Find the Infinitive (the verb)…
…in this case it is “to talk” or Parler in French
Step Three:
Find the Stem…
To do this…take the infinitive verb “Parler”
…and take away the “er” at the end.
Parler Parl
Step Four
Find the ending…
…we are conjugating for “Je”…so the ending is “E”
Step Five:
Put them together in order!!!Subject- “Je”
Infinitive- Parler
Stem- parl
Ending- “e”
Je parle
To Conjugate the verb “To Speak” in French…
To Speak
I speak
You speak
He/She speaks
We speak
You speak (Plural)
They speak
Parler
Je parl e
Tu parl es
Il/elle parl e
Nous parl ons
Vous parl ez
Ils/Elles parl ent
English French
Conjuger “Parler” Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLSViSiqLbs
Your Turn
Conjugate the verb PARLER
PARLER
Je
Tu
Il/elle
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
Parle
Parles
Parle
Parlons
Parlez
Parlent
Step it up…Congugate the verb Jouer (To Play)
Je
Tu
Il/elle
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
joue
joues
joue
jouons
jouez
jouent
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Endings*WORKSHEET*
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PracticeNow you pick a verb and conjugate it on
your own
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