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TO HAVE AND TO BE. Être is one of the most common French verbs. It is irregular in conjugation and literally means "to be." ÊTRE = TO BE ÊTRE.

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Page 1: TO HAVE AND TO BE. Être is one of the most common French verbs. It is irregular in conjugation and literally means "to be." ÊTRE = TO BE ÊTRE.

TO HAVE

AND

TO BE

Page 2: TO HAVE AND TO BE. Être is one of the most common French verbs. It is irregular in conjugation and literally means "to be." ÊTRE = TO BE ÊTRE.

Être is one of the most common French verbs. It is irregular in conjugation and literally means "to be." ÊTRE = TO BE

ÊTRE

Page 3: TO HAVE AND TO BE. Être is one of the most common French verbs. It is irregular in conjugation and literally means "to be." ÊTRE = TO BE ÊTRE.

The present tense is composed of two elements:

the subject pronouns or subject

+

the form of the verb.

Example: la maison est belle

sujet the verb Adjectif

Formation of the present tense of the verb Être

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The subject of a verb is the person or thing which performs the action of that verb.

Subject pronoun is a word that can replace the subject in a sentence

French: Jean est.

Il est.

English: Jean is.

He is.

Je Tu Il Elle On Nous Vous Ils Elles

I You (sing. Informal) He She It, we, we You (Plur. Formal) They (mas. Plur.) They (fem. Plur.) English French

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• You use je to talk about yourself. e. g. Je suis français (e).

• You use tu to address a friend. e.g. Tu es américain (e).

• You use il to talk about a boy or a man. e.g. Il est blond.

• You use elle to talk about a girl /woman. e.g. Elle est blonde.

• Il and elle can be used for things e.g. Le collège? Il est grand.

• You use nous when referring to yourself and another person or other people. e.g. Nous sommes americans.

• You use vous when talking to two or more people.

• We use ils for masculine plural /group of males and females e.g.Ils sont des américans.

• We use Elles for two or more females. e.g. Elles sont américaines

Subject Pronouns

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•Je suis I am

•Tu es You are (sing. Informal)

•Elle est she is

•Il est he is

•Nous sommes we are

•Vous êtes you are (plur. Formal)

• Ils sont they are (sing.and fem.Plur.)

•Elles sont they are (fem./Plur.)

Conjugation of the verb Être = To Be In the present tense

Page 7: TO HAVE AND TO BE. Être is one of the most common French verbs. It is irregular in conjugation and literally means "to be." ÊTRE = TO BE ÊTRE.

Negation is formed by placing ne ... pas around the conjugated verb, which, in this case, is the verb Être.

Example: Jean est petit

Jean n’est pas petit!. Jean is not small.

Present tense of the verb Être in the negation (ne…pas)*

Note ne becomes n’ before a vowel.

Je ne suis pas = I am not

Tu n’es pas = you are not

Il n’est pas = he is not Elle n’est pas = she is not

Nous ne sommes pas = we are not

Vous n’êtes pas = you are not

Ils ne sont pas = they are not (sing..plur.) Elles ne sont pas = they are not (fem. Plur.)

Negation

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THE VERB Être

What is the English equivalent for the verb?

French

Je suis __I AM_____

Tu es _______

Elle est _______

Il est _______

Nous sommes _______

Vous êtes _______

Ils sont _______

Elles sont _______

Maintenant a votre tour!

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1. Je ___________une amie de Pam.

2. . Elle _____trés sympa.

3. . Nous _____ élèves dans la même école.

4. . Tu ______ français ou américan?

5. . Vous _______ New York?

6. . Mes copains _____ interessants.

Complete each sentence with the correct form of être