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Les Verbs en “ER”. La Conjugation des Verbs. What is “la conjugation”?. Taking the regular form of the verb (to have, to eat, etc) …and changing it to agree with the subject of the verb (the person/object performing the action).
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La Conjugation des Verbs • What is “la conjugation”? Taking the regular form of the verb (to have, to eat, etc) …and changing it to agree with the subject of the verb (the person/object performing the action)
Example(We do the same thing in English and in French)English VS. French English French To Be I am You are He/Sheis We are You are(Plural) They are Étre Je suis Tues Il/elleest Nous sommes Vousêtes Ils/Ellessont
Would you say… I is? You be? He are? She work? They watches? I to be? You to work? Of course not! Conjugated verbs are not interchangeable! It sounds ridiculous! It’s the same way with the French language.
In order to be a successful verb “conjugator”, you will need to know the following 4 terms: *WORKSHEET* Subject- The personORthing doing the action (je, vous, la télé) Infinitive- The verb by itself: danser, parler, inviter, regarder Stem- The verb without the“ER”dans, parl, invit, regard Ending- The combination of letters that we put in place of the “er” that we dropped earlier. Each pronoun has it’s own ending to be used.
…So what are the endings for “ER” Verbs? *WORKSHEET*
Example:The Steps… English French I speak Je parle How did you do that ?
Step One: Find the Subject… …in this case it is “I” or Je in French
Step Two: Find the Infinitive (the verb)… …in this case it is “to talk” or Parlerin French
Step Three: Find the Stem… To do this…take the infinitive verb “Parler” …and take away the “er” at the end. ParlerParl
Step Four Find the ending… …we are conjugating for “Je” …so the ending is “E”
Step Five: Put them together in order!!! Subject- “Je” Infinitive- Parler Jeparle Stem- parl Ending- “e”
To Conjugate the verb “To Speak” in French… English French To Speak I speak You speak He/She speaks We speak You speak (Plural) They speak Parler Jeparle Tuparles Il/elleparle Nousparlons Vousparlez Ils/Ellesparlent
Conjuger “Parler” Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLSViSiqLbs
Your Turn Conjugate the verb PARLER
PARLER Parlons Je Tu Il/elle Nous Vous Ils/Elles Parle Parles Parlez Parle Parlent
Step it up… Congugate the verb Jouer (To Play) *WORKSHEET* Je Tu Il/elle joue Nous Vous Ils/Elles jouons joues jouez joue jouent
Endings *WORKSHEET* ador aid amus arriv bross cach danc cri