verbes en -er
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Verbes en -er. Le temps present. Infinitive. The form of the verb we find in the dictionary is called the “infinitive”. Infinitive. This is expressed in English by “to …”, e.g. to play, to think, to sing. Infinitive. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Verbes en -er
Le temps present
Infinitive
The form of the verb we find in the dictionary is called the “infinitive”.
Infinitive
This is expressed in English by “to …”,
e.g. to play, to think, to sing
InfinitiveIn French the most common regular verb in the infinitive is the –er verb,
e.g. jouer = to play
If we learn what to do with one -er verb, we know what to do with almost all of them!
COMPLETE WKST ACT. 8
You should have circled…
Parler Passer Payer Préférer Préparer Présenter
Regarder Rencontrer Rentrer Répéter Rester Retourner
Can you find any other infinitives on that dictionary page?
Other Verbs on the page… These verbs
are conjugated differently! It’s very important that you ONLY use the following verb pattern with verbs ending in –ER!
Prendre
Rendre
Répondre
TURN YOUR WKST OVER!
You will now take some notes from the next slides.
The Present Tense
The Present Tense in any language tells us what is happening now
Je joue is an example of the French present tense
In English je joue could meanI play I am playing or I do play
To form the present tense:
Subject pronoun + the verb stem + the appropriate ending
The stem
In –er verbs the stem is formed by removing the –er.
jouer
The Endingsje = -etu = -esil = -eelle = -eon = -e
nous = -onsvous = -ezils = -entelles = -ent
jouer – to playje joutu jouil jouelle jouon jou
e ese e e
nous jou
vous jou
ils jou
elles jou
ons
ez
ent
ent
CONJUGATE “CHANTER” ON YOUR WKST!
chanter – to sing
je chanttu chantil chantelle chant on chant
e ese e e
nous chant
vous chant
ils chant
elles chant
ons
ez
ent
ent
nager – to swimje nagtu nagil nagelle nagon nag
e ese e e
nous nag
vous nag
ils nag
elles nag
eons
ez
ent
ent
Give the Subject Pronoun for each Conjugated Verb!
ParlonsNous
VoyagezVous
Travaillent Ils / Elles
RegardesTu
NageJe / Il/ Elle/ On
MangeonsNous
Conjugate the verb for the indicated subject.
Je (parler)Je parle.
Nous (étudier)Nous étudions.
Ils (travailler)Ils travaillent.
Conjugate the verb for the indicated subject.
Nous (voyager)Nous voyageons.
Vous (écouter)Vous écoutez.
On (manger)On mange.
Conjugate the verb for the indicated subject.
Tu (aimer)Tu aimes.
Elles (jouer)Elles jouent.
Nous (regarder)Nous regardons.