1 ER Verbs Verbs that end in -er

2 Now, we are going to add on other verbs First of all, a verb is something you do. Let’s brainstorm a few in english

3 When you have a verb, it changes depending on who is doing the action Example in english: to study I study You study He study? - doesn’t work that way It becomes he studies We study You study They study

4 To Be Another example in English: I am You am?--- Doesn’t work like that You are He am? He are? Doesn’t work like that He is We are You are They are

5 We know our pronouns in French Instead of I its « Je » You its « tu » he/she/it it’s « il/elle » we it’s « on/nous » you (pl) it’s « vous » they it’s « ils/elles »

6 Let’s place them like this on our paper Je nous Tu Vous Il Ils Elle Elles on

7 Let’s place them like this on our paper Je nous Tu Vous Il Ils Elle Elles on

8 For the next few slides Don’t write these down, we’ll do that later. Right now, look at the verbs and tell me how they change

9 Chanter- to sing Je chant e nous chant ons Tu chant es Vous chant ez Ilchant e Ils chant ent Ellechant e Elles chant ent On chant e

10 Regarder – To look at Je regard e nous regard ons Tu regard es Vous regard ez Il regard e Ils regard ent Elleregard e Elles regard ent On regard e

11 Parler – to speak Je parl e nous parl ons Tu parl es Vous parl ez Il parl e Ils parl ent Elleparl e Elles parl ent On parl e

12 Jouer- to play Je jou e nous jou ons Tujou es Vous jou ez Iljou e Ils jou ent Ellejou e Elles jou ent On jou e

13 Travailler- to work Je travaill e nous travaill ons Tutravaill es Vous travaill ez Iltravaill e Ils travaill ent Elletravaill e Elles travaill ent Ontravaill e

14 How did these verbs change for: Je nous Tu vous Il ils Elle elles on

15 The Official rule Step one: choose your verb (what are you trying to have someone do). Step two: decide who you is doing the action (je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles, or an object or a name) Step three: look at your verb. If it ends in –er, you chop off ther –er. For example, let’s use parler. Chop off the –er to make parl- Step four: Add the ending for the pronoun (je, tu, etc) doing the action.

16 The endings are Je ---- e Nous ons Tu es Vous ez Il, elle, on e ils ent

17 THE CHANT E ES E ONS EZ ENT

18 Let’s Try a few verbs together Habiter Arriver Quitter Passer rigoler

19 In your notes, let’s try a few Je with chanter Tu with parler Nous with déjeuner Vous with travailler Ils with étudier Il with rentrer On with acheter

20 A few picky rules If you have a « je » with a verb beginning in an a, e, i, o, or u You make it J’ J’aime J’ étudie J’écoute J’arrive If you have a verb like acheter, where there will be an e followed by a consonant, than another e, you put an accent over the first e J’achète Tu achètes