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 Examples: visiter, voyager, parler, habiter, manger, aimer, adorer, détester, étudier, regarder, écouter
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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