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Conjugation for – er verbs

Conjugation for – er verbs. Verbs are action words and you cannot speak French without them!. There are three main verb categories in French: - er , - ir , and –re verbs. - er verbs are the most common.

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Conjugation for – er verbs

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  1. Conjugation for –er verbs

  2. Verbs are action words and you cannot speak French without them! There are three main verb categories in French: -er, -ir, and –re verbs

  3. -er verbs are the most common Examples: visiter, voyager, parler, habiter, manger, aimer, adorer, détester, étudier, regarder, écouter

  4. You also need to know pronouns • Je (J’) • Tu • Il/Elle • Nous • Vous • Ils/Elles • I • You (familiar) • He/She and “it” • We • Y’all • They

  5. How to conjugate an -er verb Steps: Example: parler parler Je parle Tuparles Il/Elle parle Nous parlons Vousparlez Ils/Ellesparlent • Find verb • Drop –er to get stem • Put stem with pronouns and add endings

  6. Translation French English I speak, I do speak, I am speaking You speak, you do speak, you are speaking He/She speaks, he/she does speak, he/she is speaking We speak, we do speak, we are speaking Y’all speak, y’all do speak, you are speaking They speak, do they speak, they are speaking • Je parle • Tuparles • Il/Elle parle • Nous parlons • Vousparlez • Ils/ellesparlent

  7. Questions French questions can be made three ways Adding a question mark Inversion Adding est-ceque • Tuparlesfrançais? • Parles-tufrançais? • Est-cequetuparlesfrançais?

  8. Negatives • Add ne…pas around the verb • Sometimes it is n’ • Negative question • Je neparlepasfrançais. • Tun’aimespasl’école. • N’aimes-tupasl’école?

  9. How to conjugate an -ir verb Steps: Example: finir finir Je finis Tu finis Il/Elle finit Nous finissons Vousfinissez Ils/Ellesfinissent • Find verb • Drop –ir to get stem • Put stem with pronouns and add endings

  10. How to conjugate an -re verb Steps: Example: vendre vendre Je vends Tu vends Il/Elle vend Nous vendons Vousvendez Ils/Ellesvendent • Find verb • Drop –re to get stem • Put stem with pronouns and add endings

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