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: Find verb Drop –er to get stem Put stem with pronouns and add endings parler Je parle Tu parles Il/Elle parle Nous parlons Vous parlez Ils/Elles parlent

6 Translation French English Je parle Tu parles Il/Elle parle
Nous parlons Vous parlez Ils/elles parlent 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

7 Questions Tu parles français? Parles-tu français?
French questions can be made three ways Tu parles français? Parles-tu français? Est-ce que tu parles français? Adding a question mark Inversion Adding est-ce que

8 Negatives Add ne…pas around the verb Sometimes it is n’
Negative question Je ne parle pas français. Tu n’aimes pas l’école. N’aimes-tu pas l’école?

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

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