Warmup - Fill in the pronoun chart with the correct pronouns

1. Warmup- Fill in the pronoun chart with the correct pronouns IWe YouYou He, she, oneThey Word Bank: Nous, Ils, Je, Tu, Elle, On, Vous, Elles, Il

2. Answers I - JeWe- nous You- TuYou-vous He, she, one- They- Ils, elles Il, elle, on

3. -er verbs and conjugation

4. Two words to know: • Infinitive= basic form of the verb, unconjugated, has the word “to” in front Ex. “to play” “to watch” • Conjugation= changing the verb to agree with a subject Otherwise, you would be saying things like “I to like math class” “We to have lunch” “They to do not homework”

5. ER Verbs…One small step for man…one giant leap for French students! ER Verbs

6. Verb Groups • There are 3 groups of regular verbs in French, ones that end in –er, -ir, and –re. • -er verbs are the biggest group! Examples include: écouter- to listen to,étudier- to study, envoyer- to send, regarder- to watch, to look at, dessiner- to draw, chanter- to sing, aimer- to like, to love, manger- to eat, travailler- to work, préférer- to prefer, voyager- to travel, habiter- to live (in a place), jouer- to play, parler- to talk, to speak, détester- to hate, trouver-to find, chercher- to look for, penser-to think, danser- to dance

8. Conjugating regular er verbs • First, take the infinitive, drop the –er from the end to get the stem. Ex. Aimer → aimer → aim (stem) Make sure your pronoun chart is set up correctly Then, add the following endings to each subject: e, es, e, ons, ez, ent Ex. Aimer J’aime nous aimons Tuaimesvousaimez Il, elle, on aimeils, ellesaiment

9. Once again, those endings are: -E -Ons -Es -Ez -E -Ent

10. Pronunciation- All the verbs in the box ( or “shoe”) sound the same! Ex. Aimer J’aime nous aimons Tuaimesvousaimez Il, elle, on aimeils, ellesaiment Also, each statement can be translated into 3 forms in English (simple, progressive, emphatic) So… j’aime= I like, I’m liking, I do like Nous aimons= We like, We’re liking, We do like Negation: To make a verb negative, to say you don’t do something, put “ne…pas” around the verb Ex. Je n’aimepas Nous neregardonspas Il ne parle pas

11. Practice: Translate from French to English • Je regarde- • Tu manges- • Il parle- • Elle habite- • On écoute- • Nous aimons- • Vous travaillez- • Ils dessinent- • Elles préfèrent-

12. Practice: Answers • Je regarde- I watch, I look at • Tu manges- You eat • Il parle- He speaks • Elle habite- She lives • On écoute- One listens • Nous aimons- We like • Vous travaillez- You work • Ils dessinent- They draw • Elles préfèrent- They prefer

13. Practice: Translate the following • We dance- • He thinks- • I watch- • They (f) talk- • You (sing) look at- • You (plural) like- • She watches- • One lives-

14. Practice: Answers • We dance- Nous dansons • He thinks- Il pense • I watch- Je regarde • They (f) talk- Ellesparlent • You (sing) look for- Tucherches • You (plural) like- Vousaimez • She works- Elle travaille • One lives- On habite • They (f) travel- Ellesvoyagent

15. Les Phrases- Sentences • Like in English, French sentences basic structure is usually subject + verb + object • If you have more than one verb, you conjugate the one closest to the subject (if it should still have “to” in front in English, leave it in the infinitive). Practice Sentences- Traduisez! • Le chat regarde l’ oiseau. • Ilsregardent la télé. • Vousjouez au base-ball. • Nous aimonsdanser. • Ellesaimentparler.

16. Irregular verbs • The verbs lire= to read and dormir= to sleep are irregular (like avoir=to have) • You knowavoiris conjugated: J’ai nous avons Tu as vousavez Il a ilsont Don’t worry about conjugating lire and dormir for now, just know the meaning

17. Lire Dormir