les verbes - er • In the English present tense, the verb makes only one change in its form. • Ex. to walk • I walk • You walk • We walk • They walk BUT • he, she, it walks
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les verbes -er• In the English present
tense, the verb makes only one change in its form.
• Ex. to walk• I walk• You walk• We walk• They walk
BUT• he, she, it walks
les verbes -erIn French, there are lots
of changes. The base form of most French verbs ends in the letters
-er.
To change (or conjugate) the -er verbs, you need to do the following:
les verbes -er remove the
-er. add the following endings
with these subjects:
je (I) -e nous (we) -ons
tu (you) -es vous (you) -ez
il (he) -e ils (they) -ent
elle (she) -e elles (they) -ent
les verbes -er
Let’s break this down into simple steps.
Using the word parler (to speak)• take off the -er and we have parl-• to say “I speak”, use “Je” and then put the
ending that goes with “Je “ on the end of parl-
Je parle.
I speak. OR I am speaking. OR I do speak.
• OK. C’est à toi! (Your turn)
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you)-es
les verbes -erchanter = to sing
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
I sing =
jechante
les verbes -erchanter = to sing
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
You sing =
tu chantes
les verbes -erdanser = to dance
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -esI dance =
je danse
les verbes -erdanser = to dance
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -esYou dance =
tudanses
les verbes -erregarder = to look at, watch
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
You (informal)watch=
tu regardes
les verbes -erregarder = to look at, watch
-er verb endings
nous -ons We watch=
nous
regardons
les verbes -erregarder = to look at, watch
-er verb endings
ils -ent They watch=
ils
regardent
les verbes -ermanger = to eat
-er verb endings
il -e
He eats=
Il mange
les verbes -er parler = to speak
-er verb endings
vous -ez
You (formal) are speaking!
Vous parlez!
les verbes -er nager = to swim
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
You (plural) are
swimming!
Vous nagez!
les verbes -er-er verb ending
s
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
Remember how le and la drop the vowel before a vowel sound and become l’?
Guess what je does before a vowel sound. Anyone
?Anyone?
That’s right. It becomes j’
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
Let’s practice.
I hear.
écouter = to hear
J’écoute.
I study.
étudier = to study
J’étudie.
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
I like French!
aimer = to like
J’aime le français!
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
You like French!
aimer = to like
Tu aimes le français!
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
I love French class!
adorer = to love
J’adore
-er verb endings
je (I) -e
tu (you) -es
la classe de français!
chanter = to sing
She sings= Elle chante.
Céline Dion
chante!
-er verb endings
il -eelle -e
les élèves = the students/manger = to eat
The student eats French fries covered with cheese.
mange.L’élève des poutines
-er verb endings
il _e
elle _e
adorer=to love
The student loves the book.
adore le livre.
L’élève
-er verb endings
il -e
elle -e
adorer=to love
We love money!
adorons l’argent!
Nous
-er verb endings
nous -ons
regarder = to look at, watch
The students watch tv.
regardent la télé.
Les élèves
-er verb endings
ils –ent
elles -ent
étudier= to study
The students study.
étudient.Les élèves
-er verb endings
ils – ent
elles - ent
Travailler = to work
-er verb endings
ils -ent
The students work.
travaillent.Les élèves
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