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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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PracticeNow you pick a verb and conjugate it on

your own