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Subject – verb agreement

CONJUGATING –ER VERBS

Before using verbs, you must learn some grammatical terms.

infinitive

conjugate

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.

parler

manger

chanter

écouter

regarder

danser

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 = nousyou = tu you (pl) = voushe = il they (m) = ilsshe = elle they (f) = ellesDon’t forget that weird little pronoun “on” that is the

general sense word.

• 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.

Master Yoda, how do

we conjugate a verb? Two steps there are. Listen and

learn you must!

You find the stem of a regular –er verb by taking the –er off of the infinitive. Whatever is left is the stem.

The first step is to find 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

erer

er

ererer

er

Luke, what is the second step?

Add the correct endings to match

the subject.

je -etu -esil/elle/on -enous -onsvous -ezils/elles -ent

Here is what the conjugated verb looks like when you are finished.

parler – to speakJe parle nous parlonsTu parles vous parlezIl/elle/on parle ils/elles parlent(the stem is red the ending is green)

je nous

tu vous

il/elle/on ils/elles

1. Find the stem and write it in each box.

Do you remember how to conjugate a

verb?

2. Add the correct ending.

• Écouter

• Aimer

• Jouer

• Regarder

• Danser

• Étudier

• Adorer

Padawans, time for some practice! Conjugate each of

these verbs in all six of their forms.