Les verbes français Objective: Understand the tense of the verbs and how to conjugate your very first verb.
Le présent de l'indicatif By present tense we are referring to something that is occurring now.
the French Verb REGARDER which means TO WATCH.
the verb REGARDER (This is the Infinitive of the verb) belongs to a common group of verbs that all have the same conjugations.
REGARDER is a member of the REGULAR -ER verbs group, this is because the Infinitive ends in ER.
“Er” verbs Regarder Parler Écouter Étudier Donner Habiter Chanter danser Travailler Manger Aimer Détester Marcher Arriver Embrasser pleurer
REGARDER is made up of the root 'REGARD' and the ending 'ER'. What about “arriver” What is the root ? What is the ending ?
English / French ways to say 'TO WATCH' (in the present tense), I watch you watch he/ she watches We watch You watch they watch French Je regarde tu regardes i/ elle regarde Nous regardons Vous regardez Ils/elles regardent
Root ending Je Regard e Tu Regard es Il / elle Regard e Nous Regard ons Vous Regard ez Ils/ elles Regard ent
Review: subject pronouns English French I je You tu He il She elle We nous You vous They ils They elles
To speak I speak You speak he speaks she speaks we speak You speak The trick to learning verbs is to learn the endings and apply them to the 'root' of the verb. Lets take another example 'PARLER' which means 'TO SPEAK' To speak I speak You speak he speaks she speaks we speak You speak they speak Parler Je parle Tu parles Il parle Elle parle Nous parlons Vous parlez Ils parlent Elles parlent