Jechante An activity, something that you do. Many (but NOT all) verbs in French end in –ER Parler = TO talk Jouer = TO play Chanter = TO sing Nager =

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2 Jechante

3 An activity, something that you do. Many (but NOT all) verbs in French end in –ER Parler = TO talk Jouer = TO play Chanter = TO sing Nager = TO swim Danser = TO dance This form of the verb ending in –ER, with the meaning “to [VERB]” is called the INFINITIVE

4 Say what I like/don’t like to do: J’aime chanter Je n’aime pas danser Say what I like/don’t like to do: J’aime chanter Je n’aime pas danser Say what I want/don’t want to do: Je veux voyager Je voudrais étudier Je ne veux pas travailler Say what I want/don’t want to do: Je veux voyager Je voudrais étudier Je ne veux pas travailler Say what I can’t do: Je ne peux pas nager Say what I can’t do: Je ne peux pas nager Say what I must do: Je dois étudier Say what I must do: Je dois étudier Ask someone what they like/want/can do: Est-ce que tu aimes nager ? Est-ce que tu veux voyager ? Est-ce que tu peux chanter ? Ask someone what they like/want/can do: Est-ce que tu aimes nager ? Est-ce que tu veux voyager ? Est-ce que tu peux chanter ?

5 Je danser = I dance ? Je danser = I to dance (This doesn’t work!) For each pronoun (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles), we must CONJUGATE the –ER verb by removing the –ER and adding a set of endings to make it grammatically correct.

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7 J’ ♥ les verbes Voici la conjugaison de “danser,” un verbe en ER.

8 Each conjugated verb form (such as “je parle”) has 3 possible meanings in English. Parler To speak

9 Je parle p a r l Tu parles Vous parlez Nous parlons Il/Elle parle Ils/Elles parlent parler (to talk)

10 Je vole I fly Vous volez You fly (pl.) Il vole He flies Elle vole She flies Nous volons We fly Tu voles You fly (s.) Ils/Elles volent They fly voler to fly

11 Je visite I visit Tu visites You visit (s.) Il visite He visits Elle visite She visits Nous visitons We visit Vous visitez You visit (pl.) Ils/Elles visitent They visit visiter to visit