CONJUGATION This is when you change a verb to match the form of
the subject, noun or pronoun It forms a clause, phrase or sentence
The sentence can be declarative, negative or be in the form of a
question.
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TERMINOLOGIES Infinitive the verb in its original form Ex.
parler, finir, vendre, Persons the different forms a verbs can
conjugated Je 1st person singularnous 1st person plural Tu 2 nd
person singularvous 2 nd person plural Il Ils 3rd person Elle 3rd
person singular Elles plural On
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TERMINOLOGIES Tense verb form which express the time and
completion of the verbs action or condition(present, imperfect,
past simple, past tense, pluperfect, past anterior, future
anterior, futur) Mood verb form which express the attitude of the
speaker (indicative, subjonctive, imperative) (conditional)
Other Verb formations 1. Near future aller + infinitive 2. Near
past venir + infinitive
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VERB A word that shows the action of the subject, noun, or
pronoun. Ex. to speak, to see, to return Ex. parler, voir,
rendre
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INFINITIVE The original form of the verb, before it is
conjugated. EnglishFrench to speakparler to do, to makefaire to
betre to haveavoir to goaller
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NOUN A person, place, thing or idea. Proper and improper nouns
Ex. Alexandre marche au magasin. Ex. Le garon marche au magasin.
Ex. Il marche au magasin.
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SUBJECT PRONOUNS EnglishFrench I Je youtu heil sheelle iton*
wenous youvous theyils elles On in French does not mean it. It
means we, but it is conjugated in the 3 rd person singular
form.
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AN EXAMPLE IN ENGLISH TO SPEAK I speakwe speak You speakyou
speak He speaksthey speak She speaks It speaks
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EXAMPLE IN FRENCH PARLER Je parleNous parlons Tu parlesVous
parlez Il parleIls parlent Elle parleElles parlent On parle
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VERBS There are three (3) types of verbs in French. ER, IR and
RE verbs. Within each group of verbs, there are regular and
irregular verbs. ALLER IS THE ONLY IRREGULAR ER VERB. The IR and RE
groups have the most irregular verbs.
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* IMPORTANT IRREGULAR VERBS 1. Aller to go 2. Avoir to have 3.
tre to be 4. Faire to do, or to make 5. Venir to come
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ALLER to go Je vaisnous allons Tu vasvous allez il vails vont
Elle vaelles vont On va
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AVOIR to have Jainous avons Tu asvous avez il ails ont Elle
aelles ont On a
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TRE to be je suisnous sommes tu esvous tes il estils sont elle
estelles sont on est
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FAIRE to do or to make Je faisnous faisons Tu faisvous faites
il faitils font Elle faitelles font On fait
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VENIR to come je viensnous venons tu viensvous venez il
vientils viennent elle vientelles viennent on vient
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Other irregular Verbs Descendre- to go down Recevoir to receive
Pouvoir- to be able, can Vouloir to want Savoir to know (fact)
Dormir to sleep Suivre to follow Dire to say, to tell Lire to
read
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Other irregular Verbs Croire to believe Broire to drink
Recevoir to receive Courir to run Prendre to take Venir to come
Mettre to take Perdre to lose Russir to succeed
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Other irregular Verbs Devoir to have to Natre to be born
Connaitre to know (someone) Conclure to conclude Ecrire to write
Mourir to die Dissoudre to dissolve Moudre to bite Coudre to
sew
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ER VERBS CONJUGATION Take the infinitive of the verb. Drop the
infinitive ER ending. Add the ER verbs present tense endings. E,
ES,E, ONS, EZ, ENT
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ER VERB CONJUGATION TRAVAILLER Step 1: travailler Step 2:
travailler Step 3: Add endings to match noun, subject or pronoun e,
es, e, ons, ez, ent Je travaillenous travaillons Tu travaillesvous
travaillez Il travailleils travaillent Elle travailleelles
travaillent On travaille
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STEM CHANGING VERBS (Boot Verbs) (verbs qui change
dorthographe) AYER OYER UYER _ER E_ER ELER ETER CER GER
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VERBS ENDING IN AYER, OYER, UYER Change the y to an i on all
form except nous and vous and add the regular ER verbs endings.
ayer payer, balayer, effrayer, essayer uyer ennuyer, appuyer,
essuyer oyer nettoyer, employer, envoyer, renvoyer
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Payer to pay je paienous payons tu paiesvous payez il paieils
paient elle paieelles paient on paie
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Nettoyer to clean je nettoienous nettoyons tu nettoiesvous
nettoyez il nettoieils nettoient elle nettoieelles nettoient on
nettoie
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Ennuyer to bore jennuienous ennuyons tu ennuiesvous ennuyez il
ennuieils ennuient elle ennuieelles ennuient on ennuie
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VERBS ENDING IN ( ER) Change the to on all forms except the
nous and vous. _er cder, considrer, celbrer, complter, prfrer,
protger, rpter, rvler
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PRFRER to prefer je prfrenous prfrons tu prfresvous prfrez il
prfreils prfrent elle prfreelles prfrent on prfre
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VERBS ENDING IN (E ER) Change the e before the consonant to in
all forms except nous and vous. Example: acheter, amener, emmener,
lever, mener, promener
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ACHETER to buy Jachtenous achetons Tu achetesvous achetez Il
achteils achtent Elle achteelles achtent On achte (do not put
acheter in the verb group of eter)
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VERBS ENDING IN (ELER) Double the l in all forms except nous
and vous. Example: appeler, peler, rappeler, renouveler
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Appeler to be call Jappellenous appelons Tu appellesvous
appelez Il appelleils appellent Elle appelleelles appellent On
appelle
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VERBS ENDING IN (ETER) Double the t in all forms except nous
and vous. Example: jeter, projeter, rejeter, hoqueter,
feuilleter
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JETER to throw Je jettenous jetons Tu jettesvous jetez Il
jetteils jettent Elle jetteelles jettent On jette
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VERBS ENDING IN (CER) A c that follows a a or o has a hard c
sound (like cold), the c has to change to c to keep the c soft
(like cell). Example: annoncer, divorcer, effacer, lancer, menacer,
placer, prononcer, remplacer, renoncer, commencer
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COMMENCER to start Je commenceNous commenons Tu commencesVous
commencez Il commenceIls commencent Elle commenceElles commencent
On commence
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VERBS ENDING IN (GER) A g that follows an a or o has a hard g
sound (like gold), an e has to added to keep the g soft (like gel).
Example: arranger, manger, nager, voyager, diriger, encourager,
juger, partager
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MANGER to eat Je mangeNous mangeons Tu mangesVous mangez Ils
mangeIls mangent Elle mangeElles mangent On mange
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MEMORIZE VERBS ENDINGS!! ER VERBSIR VERBS EONSISISSONS
ESEZISISSEZ EENTITISSENT RE VERBS SONS SEZ -ENT
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PRACTICE Conjugate the following verbs in the present tense. 1.
Je form aller 2. Nous form payer 3. Tu form prfrer 4. Vous form
parler 5. Ils form - donner