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VERB CONJUGATION. CONJUGATION. This is when you change a verb to match the form of the subject, noun or pronoun It forms a clause, phrase or sentence The sentence can be declarative, negative or be in the form of a question. TERMINOLOGIES. Infinitive – the verb in its original form
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CONJUGATION • This is when you change a verb to match the form of the subject, noun or pronoun • It forms a clause, phrase or sentence • The sentence can be declarative, negative or be in the form of a question.
TERMINOLOGIES • Infinitive – the verb in its original form Ex. parler, finir, vendre, • Persons – the differentforms a verbscanconjugated Je – 1st personsingular nous – 1st person plural Tu – 2ndpersonsingular vous – 2ndperson plural Il Ils 3rd person Elle 3rd personsingular Elles plural On
TERMINOLOGIES Tense – verbformwhichexpress the time and completion of the verb’s action or condition(present, imperfect, past simple, pasttense, pluperfect, past anterior, future anterior, futur) Mood– verbformwhich express the attitude of the speaker (indicative, subjonctive, imperative) (conditional)
TENSES AND MOODS • Present* - présente • Imperative*- impératif • Composedpast - passé composé • Imperfect - imparfait • Pluperfect – plus-que-parfait • Future - futur • Conditional* - conditionnel • Subjunctive* - subjonctif
LITERAY TENSES • Passé simple – passé composé • Passé antérieur – plus-que-parfait • Imparfait du subjonctif - subjonctive • Plus-que-parfait du subjonctif - subj. passé • 2ieme conditionnel passé – conditionnel passé
OtherVerb formations • Near future – aller + infinitive • Near past – venir+ infinitive
VERB • A word that shows the action of the subject, noun, or pronoun. Ex. to speak, to see, to return Ex. parler, voir, rendre
INFINITIVE • The original form of the verb, before it is conjugated. English French to speak parler to do, to make faire to be être to have avoir to go aller
NOUN • A person, place, thing or idea. • Proper and improper nouns Ex. Alexandremarche au magasin. Ex. Le garçonmarche au magasin. Ex. Il marche au magasin.
SUBJECT PRONOUNS EnglishFrench I Je you tu he il she elle it on* we nous you vous they ils elles “On” in French does not mean it. It means we, but it is conjugated in the 3rd person singular form.
AN EXAMPLE IN ENGLISH TO SPEAK I speak we speak You speak you speak He speaks they speak She speaks It speaks
EXAMPLE IN FRENCH PARLER Je parle Nous parlons TuparlesVousparlez Il parleIlsparlent Elle parleEllesparlent On parle
VERBS • There are three (3) types of verbs in French. • ER, IR and RE verbs. • Within each group of verbs, there are regular and irregular verbs. • ALLER IS THE ONLY IRREGULAR ER VERB. • The IR and RE groups have the most irregular verbs.
* IMPORTANT IRREGULAR VERBS • Aller – to go • Avoir – to have • Être – to be • Faire – to do, or to make • Venir – to come
ALLER – to go Je vais nous allons Tu vas vousallez ilvailsvont Elle vaellesvont On va
AVOIR – to have J’ai nous avons Tu as vousavez il a ilsont Elle a ellesont On a
ÊTRE – to be je suis nous sommes tuesvousêtes ilestilssont elleestellessont on est
FAIRE – to do or to make Je fais nous faisons Tufaisvousfaites il fait ils font Elle fait elles font On fait
VENIR – to come je viens nous venons tuviensvousvenez ilvientilsviennent ellevientellesviennent on vient
OtherirregularVerbs Descendre- to go down Recevoir – to receive Pouvoir- to be able, can Vouloir – to want Savoir – to know (fact) Dormir – to sleep Suivre – to follow Dire – to say, to tell Lire – to read
OtherirregularVerbs Croire – to believe Broire – to drink Recevoir – to receive Courir – to run Prendre – to take Venir – to come Mettre – to take Perdre – to lose Réussir – to succeed
OtherirregularVerbs • Devoir – to have to • Naître – to beborn • Connaitre – to know (someone) • Conclure – to conclude • Ecrire – to write • Mourir – to die • Dissoudre – to dissolve • Moudre – to bite • Coudre – to sew
ER VERBS CONJUGATION • Take the infinitive of the verb. • Drop the infinitive ER ending. • Add the ER verbs present tense endings. • E, ES,E, ONS, EZ, ENT
ER VERB CONJUGATION TRAVAILLER Step 1: travailler Step 2: travailler Step 3: Add endings to match noun, subject or pronoun e, es, e, ons, ez, ent Je travaille nous travaillons Tutravaillesvoustravaillez Il travailleilstravaillent Elle travailleellestravaillent On travaille
STEM CHANGING VERBS (Boot Verbs)(verbs qui change d’orthographe) • AYER • OYER • UYER • É_ER • E_ER • ELER • ETER • CER • GER
VERBS ENDING IN AYER, OYER, UYER Change the “y” to an “i” on all form except nous and vous and add the regular ER verbs endings. • ayer – payer, balayer, effrayer, essayer • uyer – ennuyer, appuyer, essuyer • oyer – nettoyer, employer, envoyer, renvoyer
Payer – to pay je paienous payons tupaiesvouspayez ilpaieilspaient ellepaieellespaient on paie
Nettoyer – to clean je nettoienous nettoyons tunettoiesvousnettoyez ilnettoieilsnettoient ellenettoieellesnettoient on nettoie
Ennuyer – to bore j’ennuienous ennuyons tuennuiesvousennuyez ilennuieilsennuient elleennuieellesennuient on ennuie
VERBS ENDING IN (É – ER) Change the “é” to “è” on all forms except the nous and vous. é_er – céder, considérer, celébrer, compléter, préférer, protéger, répéter, révéler
PRÉFÉRER – to prefer je préfèrenous préférons tupréfèresvouspréférez ilpréfèreilspréfèrent ellepréfèreellespréfèrent on préfère
VERBS ENDING IN (E – ER) Change the “e” before the consonant to “è” in all forms except nous and vous. Example: acheter, amener, emmener, lever, mener, promener
ACHETER – to buy J’achètenous achetons Tuachetesvousachetez Il achèteilsachètent Elle achèteellesachètent On achète (do not put acheter in the verb group of ‘eter’)
VERBS ENDING IN (ELER) Double the “l” in all forms except nous and vous. Example: appeler, épeler, rappeler, renouveler
Appeler – to be call J’appelle nous appelons Tuappellesvousappelez Il appelleilsappellent Elle appelleellesappellent On appelle
VERBS ENDING IN (ETER) Double the “t” in all forms except nous and vous. Example: jeter, projeter, rejeter, hoqueter, feuilleter
JETER – to throw Je jette nous jetons Tujettesvousjetez Il jetteilsjettent Elle jetteellesjettent On jette
VERBS ENDING IN (CER) A “c” that follows a “a” or “o” has a hard “c” sound (like cold), the “c” has to change to c to keep the “c” soft (like cell). Example: annoncer, divorcer, effacer, lancer, menacer, placer, prononcer, remplacer, renoncer, commencer
COMMENCER – to start Je commence Nous commençons Tu commences Vouscommencez Il commence Ilscommencent Elle commence Ellescommencent On commence
VERBS ENDING IN (GER) A “g” that follows an “a” or “o” has a hard “g” sound (like gold), an “e” has to added to keep the “g” soft (like gel). Example: arranger, manger, nager, voyager, diriger, encourager, juger, partager
MANGER – to eat Je mange Nous mangeons TumangesVousmangez Ils mange Ilsmangent Elle mange Ellesmangent On mange
MEMORIZE VERBS ENDINGS!! ER VERBSIR VERBS E ONS IS ISSONS ES EZ IS ISSEZ E ENT IT ISSENT RE VERBS S ONS S EZ - ENT
PRACTICE Conjugate the followingverbs in the presenttense. • Je form – aller • Nous form – payer • Tu form – préférer • Vous form – parler • Ils form - donner