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Bienvenue encore à la salle d’entraînement. Conjugating –er verbs. Subject – verb agreement. Before using verbs, you must learn some grammatical terms. conjugate. infinitive. stem. ending. What is a verb infinitive ?.
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Conjugating –er verbs Subject – verb agreement
Before using verbs, you must learn some grammatical terms. conjugate infinitive stem ending
What is a verb infinitive? It is the simple, uninflected form of the verb, expressing existence or action without reference to person, number, or tense WHAT!!!! A verb infinitive is the “base” form of the verb. In English, this is the “to” form – to read, to walk, etc.
I’ll give you examples of infinitives to help you communicate better. manger parler danser chanter écouter regarder
What is conjugating anyway? Conjugating is “to inflect (a verb) systematically, giving its different forms according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person”. Again… WHAT!!!! Put it in different forms according to a system.
Subject pronouns Before we can conjugate a verb, we have to know the subject pronouns – all of them. Let’s review! I = je we = nous you = tuyou (pl) = vous he = il they (m) = ils she = ellethey (f) = elles Don’t forget that weird little pronoun “on” that is the general sense word.
Master Yoda, how do we conjugate a verb? Two steps there are. Listen and learn you must! There are two steps to conjugating a regular verb in French. We are going to work with “regular” –er verbs. They are “regular” because they all follow the same pattern and they are “–er verbs” because the infinitives all end in –er. Get it? Regular -er verbs.
The first step is to find the stem! You find the stem of a regular –er verb by taking the –er off of the infinitive. Whatever is left is the stem. Example: parler (which means to speak) If we take off the –er, parl- is left. Parl- is the stem.
Find the stems • saut • parl • march • téléphon • envoy • chant • frapp er er er er er er er
Add the correct endings to match the subject. Luke, what is the second step? je -e tu -es il/elle/on -e nous -ons vous -ez ils/elles -ent
Here is what the conjugated verb looks like when you are finished. parler – to speak Je parle nous parlons Tuparlesvousparlez Il/elle/on parleils/ellesparlent (the stem is red the ending is green)
Do you remember how to conjugate a verb? • Find the stem and write it in each box. 2. Add the correct ending.
Padawans, time for some practice! Conjugate each of these verbs in all six of their forms. Écouter Aimer Jouer Regarder Danser Étudier Adorer