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CONJUGATING ER, IR & RE VERBS

CONJUGATING ER, IR & RE VERBS. Present Tense of regular verbs. STEPS FOR CONJUGATION:. Find the root (aka, the stem or radical) of the verb by removing the last 2 letters from the infinitive (they will either be “ er ”, “ ir ” or “ re ”.

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CONJUGATING ER, IR & RE VERBS

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  1. CONJUGATING ER, IR & RE VERBS Present Tense of regularverbs

  2. STEPS FOR CONJUGATION: • Find the root (aka, the stem or radical) of the verb by removing the last 2 letters from the infinitive (they will either be “er”, “ir” or “re”. • Remember, an infinitive, is the most basic, unconjugated form of a verb. It is the “name” you will find it under, in a dictionary. • A verb in the infinitive form usually translates as “to+ verb”, in English. • Ex: Manger = to eat • Add the ending that matches your chosen subject (je, tu, il/elle, …) to the root.

  3. Révisons!ER VERBS ~ LES VERBES EN “ER”

  4. ALLER VERBS FOLLOW THIS PATTERN,EXCEPT“ALLER”

  5. REGULAR VS. IRREGULAR VERBS • Regular verbs always follow the pattern I teach you. • Irregular verbs don’t necessarily follow a set pattern and must be memorized. • The most important irregular verbs are: être, avoir, aller, vouloir, pouvoir, faire & prendre.

  6. THE NEAR FUTURE ~ LE FUTUR PROCHE • Remember, you can also talk about things you’ll do in the near future by conjugating the verb “aller”, in the present tense, and adding an infinitive verb after it. NEAR FUTURE = ALLER (IN PRESENT) + INFINITIVE • Je vaismanger. ~ I amgoingto eat. • Tuvas danser. ~ You are goingto dance. • Il vadormir. ~ He isgoingto sleep. • Nous allonsétudier. ~ Weare goingto study. • Vous allezchanter. ~ You guysare goingto sing. • Ils vonttravailler. ~ He isgoingto work.

  7. IR VERBS~ LES VERBES EN “IR”

  8. COMMON REGULAR IR VERBS The green portions of these words should remind you of adjectives we’ve learned, that have a similar meaning to their verb counterparts.

  9. RE VERBS~ LES VERBES EN “RE”

  10. COMMON REGULAR RE VERBS

  11. COMPARISON CHART What patterns do yousee ?

  12. SEMI-REGULAR VERBS • There is also a category of verbs called “semi-regular” verbs, which means they mostly follow the pattern taught, with the exception of minor spelling changes, for phonetic reasons. • (“These spelling rules generally aim to keep the relationship consistent between a letter -or sequence of letters- and the sound represented.”) • Ex: s’appeler = to call oneself • Je m’appelle Madame Benford. • Nous nousappelons. • An additional “l” is added to the root, for pronunciation purposes, in certain forms, and removed for others.

  13. SEMI-REGULAR VERBS • Don’t worry too much about this category, for now, but if interested, you can read more about them here: • http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/grammar/presenttense_semireg_phon.shtml

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