VERB CONJUGATIONS PRESENT TENSE

What is a conjugation? It is a ..: Changing of a verb through person, number, and tense

Person (3) in singular and plural (number) Singular: Plural: 1. I (je) 1. We (nous) 2. you (tu) 2. you all (vous) 3. he, she, it (il, elle,on) 3. they (ils, elles)

Tense: present, perfect, future

We will learn the present tense today: English translation could be 3 ways: verb, is verbing or does verb French has only 1 form

In French we have regular and irregular verbs We learned 2 irregular verbs so far ȆTRE=TO BE AVOIR= TO HAVE SINGULAR 1. Je suis 1. J’ai 2. Tu es 2. tu as 3. Il, elle, on est 3. il, elle, on a PLURAL 1. Nous sommes 1. Nous avons 2. Vous êtes 2. vous avez 3. Ils, elles, sont 3. ils, elles ont

We will learn today the present tense of the regular verbs There are 3 groups of French verbs whose infinitives end on: 1. – er aimer, parler, regarder 2. – ir choisir, punir, finir 3. – re vendre, perdre, attendre

1st group: PARLER stem is PARL SINGULAR PLURAL JE PARL E 1. NOUS PARL ONS 2. TU PARL ES 2. VOUS PARL EZ 3. IL, ELLE, ON PARL E 3. ILS, ELLES PARL ENT

2ND group: FINIR stem is FIN SINGULAR PLURAL JE FIN IS 1. NOUS FIN ISSONS 2. TU FIN IS 2. VOUS FIN ISSEZ 3. IL, ELLE, ON FIN IT 3. ILS, ELLES FIN ISSENT

3RD group: PERDRE stem is PERD SINGULAR PLURAL JE PERD S 1. NOUS PERDONS 2. TU PERD S 2. VOUS PERD EZ 3. IL, ELLE, ON PERD 3. ILS, ELLES PERD ENT