Verb Conjugation Learning to conjugate your first verb in French.

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1 Verb Conjugation Learning to conjugate your first verb in French

2 How do I conjugate a verb in French? Here are the singular subject pronouns. Je = Tu = (singular and informal) Il = or it Elle = or it

3 Here are the plural subject pronouns: nous vous= you (singular formal) and ils= elles=

4 Subject pronouns Je (J’) _____ Tu _____ Il ______ Elle _____ On ______ Nous ______ Vous ______ Ils/Elles ______

5 Elle ou il? Une école- elle Un feutre- il Un classeur- il Une porte- elle Sophie et Amelie- Elles Jacques et Sophie- ils

6 In English You conjugate verbs every day, but you usually don’t have to think about it. You say “I speak, They eat, We are” That is verb conjugation!

7 So what does a verb look like conjugated in English? To be: I am You are He/She/It is We are You are They are

8 Etre- to be Nous sommes Vous êtes Ils sont… Elles sont… Je suis … Tu es … Il est… Elle est On est…

9 C’est facile! Now you do it… Je ____ français! Tu ____ intelligent. Elle ____ sociable. Il _____ américain. Nous _____ canadiens. Vous _____ français. Ils ne _____ pas timides.

10 Say what French city people are from. Ex. Je/Nice Je suis de Nice. 1.Emilie et Richard/Paris 2.Tu/Lyon 3.Elodie/Marseille 4.Vous/Bordeaux 5.Laurence et Amadou/Strasbourg

11 Le verbe ETRE  Je _________ élève dans une école américaine.  Tu ________ français ou américain, Robert?  Sophie, elle ________ sympathique.  Vous ______________ intelligent.  La prof ______________ impatiente.  Nous ____________ sociables.

12 MARK ZUCKERBERG: inventeur ? VOTRE CHOIX

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14 More Subject Pronouns- Here are the plural subject pronouns (that means they refer to more than one person). Nous = We Vous = You (plural or formal) Ils = They (masculine or mixed) Elles = They (feminine)

15 Tu vs. Vous You might have noticed there are two subject pronouns that mean “you”. Tu Tu is used when speaking to friends and family or others you own age. It is singular and informal. Vous Vous is used when speaking to more than one person, someone you don’t know very well, or someone to whom you wish to show respect. It is plural or formal.

16 Tu or Vous… Which one would you use for the following examples: your mother a sales clerk your waiter/waitress your teacher a little kid you don’t know

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