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A verb is a word that expresses action (run) or a state of being (is).

Verbs / Les Verbes. A verb is a word that expresses action (run) or a state of being (is). . An infinitive / l’infinitif is 1) the name of a verb 2 ) the unconjugated form

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A verb is a word that expresses action (run) or a state of being (is).

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  1. Verbs / Les Verbes A verb is a word that expresses action (run) or a state of being (is).

  2. An infinitive / l’infinitif is 1) the name of a verb 2) the unconjugated form of a verb3) the form of the verb that means “to” + the meaning of the verb (to play, to have)

  3. The 2 big categories of verbs in French are: 1. regular verbs / les verbes réguliers 2. irregular verbs / les verbes irréguliers

  4. What do you do when asked to conjugate a verb : “conjugez le verbe [verb infinitive] “ ? You take a verb’s infinitive and you break it down into parts that match the pro/noun subjects.

  5. conjugatingregular -er verbsso you can talk about a lot of things

  6. First, you need to remember exactly what the subject pronouns mean: je = I nous = we tu = you (informal) vous = you (formal and plural) il = he, it ils = they (m and coed) elle = she, it elles = they (f only) on = we (informal)

  7. All regular -er verbsare conjugated the same way.Memorize one, and you can use the same pattern for all of them

  8. STEP 1 Find the stem of the verb -To do that, take off the last two letters of the infinitive. Exemple: jouer – to playjouer - erjouto playthe stem (la racine)

  9. STEP 2List the subject pronouns in this way:je nous tu vousil/elle/on ils/elles

  10. STEP 3List the stem after each subject pronoun:jejounousjoutujouvousjouil/elle/onjouils/ellesjou

  11. STEP 4Add the following endings to the stem: je[stem] enous[stem] onstu[stem] esvous[stem] ezil/elle/on[stem] eils/elles[stem] ent

  12. So here is an example of a regular -er verb conjugated.jejouenousjouonstujouesvousjouezil/elle/onjoueils/ellesjouent jouer = to play

  13. jouer = to play je joue = I am playing, I play, I do playtu joues =you are playing, you play, you do playil joue = he is playing, he plays, he does playelle joue =she is playing, she plays, she does playon joue =we are playing, we play, we do playnous jouons=we are playing, we play, we do playvous jouez=you are playing, you play, you do playils jouent =they are playing, they play, they do playelles jouent=they are playing, they play, they do play

  14. je regarde nous regardonstu regardes vous regardezil/elle/on regarde ils/elles regardent regarder = to watch

  15. au négatif jene regardepasnousneregardonspastuneregardespasvousneregardezpasil/elle/onneregardepasils/ellesne regardentpas regarder = to watch

  16. je cherchenous cherchonstu cherches vous cherchezil/elle/on chercheils/elles cherchent chercher = to search/look for

  17. j‘étudie nous étudionstu étudies vous étudiezil/elle/on étudieils/elles étudient étudier = to study

  18. j'habite nous habitonstu habites vous habitezil/elle/on habite ils/elles habitent habiter = to live

  19. manger = to eat je mange nous *mangeonstu mangesvous mangezil/elle/on mange ils/elles mangent

  20. commencer = to begin je commence nous *commençonstu commencesvous commencezil/elle/on commenceils/elles commencent

  21. All regular -ir verbsare conjugated the same way.Memorize one, and you can use the same pattern for all of them

  22. STEP 1 Find the stem of the verb -To do that, take off the last two letters of the infinitive. Exemple: finir– to finishfinir - irfinto finish the stem (la racine)

  23. STEP 2List the subject pronouns in this way:je nous tu vousil/elle/on ils/elles

  24. STEP 3List the stem after each subject pronoun:jefin nousfintufin vousfinil/elle/onfin ils/ellesfin

  25. STEP 4Add the following endings to the stem: je[stem] isnous[stem] issonstu[stem] isvous[stem] issez il/elle/on[stem] itils/elles[stem] issent

  26. So here is an example of a regular -ir verb conjugated.jefinisnousfinissonstufinisvousfinissezil/elle/onfinit ils/ellesfinissent finir = to finish

  27. finir = to finish jefinis - I am finishing,I finish, I do finish tufinis - you are finishing,you finish, you do finish il finit – he is finishing, he finishes, he does finish ellefinit – she is finishing, she finishes, she does finish onfinit– we are finishing, we finish, we do finish nousfinissons -we are finishing, we finish, we do finishvousfinissezyou are finishing,you finish, you do finish ils/ellesfinissent - we are finishing, we finish, we do finish

  28. So here is an example of a regular -irverb au négatif. jene finispasnousnefinissonspastune finis pas vousne finissezpasil/elle/onne finitpas ils/ellesne finissentpas finir= to finish

  29. All regular -re verbsare conjugated the same way.Memorize one, and you can use the same pattern for all of them

  30. STEP 1 Find the stem of the verb -To do that, take off the last two letters of the infinitive. Exemple: vendre– to sellvendre - revendto sellthe stem (la racine)

  31. STEP 2List the subject pronouns in this way:je nous tu vousil/elle/on ils/elles

  32. STEP 3List the stem after each subject pronoun:jevendnousvendtuvendvousvendil/elle/onvendils/ellesvend

  33. STEP 4Add the following endings to the stem: je[stem] snous[stem] onstu[stem] svous[stem] ez*il/elle/on[stem]*ils/elles[stem] ent * Add nothing; leave stem only

  34. So here is an example of a regular -re verb conjugated au négatif . jene vends pas nousne vendonspastune vendspas vousne vendezpasil/elle/onne vendpasils/ellesne vendentpas vendre=to sell

  35. So here is an example of a regular -re verb conjugated au négatif jevendsnousvendonstuvendsvousvendezil/elle/onvendils/ellesvendent vendre=to sell

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