2. Les verbes – Regular –er verbs  Parler –to talk, to speak  Je parlenous parlons  Tu parlesvous parlez  Il/elle/ on parleils/elles parlent  Aimer – to like  J’aimenous aimons  Tu aimesvous aimez  Il/elle/on aimeils/elles aiment

3.  Manger – to eat ** nous mangeons  Regarder – to look at, to watch  Danser - to dance  Chanter – to sing  Acheter – to buy ** je, tu, il, ils achèt  Jouer (de la, du) – to play an instrument  Jouer (au ) – to play a sport  Aimer lire – like to read  Aimer courir – to like to run  Chercher – to look for  Aimer dormir – to like to sleep

4.  Étudier – to study  Écouter – to listen  Travailler – to work  Voyager – to travel, nous voyageons  Visiter – to visit  Répéter – to repeat  Détester – to dislike  Aimer – to like  Aimer bien – to really like  Adorer – to love  Aider – to help

5. Regular -re verbs  -* Drop the –re and add the endings  Exemple –le verbe rendre  Rendre – to return (something)  Je rendsnous rendons  Tu rendsvous rendez  Il/elle rend_ ils /elles rendent

6. -re verbs to know  Vendre – to sell  Entendre – to hear  Répondre – to respond  Perdre – to lose  Attendre – to wait for  Confondre – to confuse  Descendre – to go down  Défendre – to forbid  Rompre – to break – il rompt  Interrompre – to interrupt - il interrompt  Prétendre – to claim

7. Verbes –ir  Drop the –ir and the endings  For example look at the endings on the verb finir  Finir – to finish  Je finisnous finissons  Tu finisvous finissez  Il finitils finissent

8. Other –ir verbs to know  Maigrir – to lose weight  Grossir – to gain weight  Choisir – to choose (nous choisissons)  réussir à – to succeed, to pass  Grandir – to grow  Réfléchir – to reflect  Obéir – to obey  Désobéir – to disobey

9. -cer/-ger verbs  Manger - Nous mangeons  Other verbs like that – nager – to swim, ranger – to pick up, changer – to change, voyager – to travel, encourager –to encourage, corriger – to correct  Commencer – **nous commençons**  Commencer – to begin, start, placer – to place/put, prononcer – to pronounce, remplacer – to replace, lancer – to throw, avancer – to go forward

10. Manger/ commencer  Je mangenous mangeons  Tu mangesvous mangez  Il mangeils mangent  Je commence nous commençons  Tu commencesvous commencez  Il commenceils commencent

11. Le + days of the week  Je chante lundi - I am singing on Monday.  Just the day of the week – this coming day this week.  Je chante le lundi – I sing on Mondays.  Le + day – every week on that day

12. Accent changing –er verbs  Some –er verbs change accents – préférer, répéter are both verbs that do that. – the nous and vous form look like the infinitive (the verb when it has the –er on the end) In the other forms the é right before the –er is the one that changes to è  Je préfèrenous préférons  Tu préfères vous préférez  Il préfère ils préfèrent

13. Accent changing verbs  Préférer – to prefer  Espérer – to hope  Répéter – to repeat

14. -er accent adding verbs  Some verbs like acheter – don’t have an accent, but you add è for the je, tu, il, elle, on, elles and ils forms. The nous and vous forms are the same as the infinitive.  J’achètenous achetons  Tu achètesvous achetez  Il achèteils achètent  Elle achèteelles achètent  On achète  Other verbs like acheter-to buy, amener –to bring somone, emmener – to take someone, lever –to raise, promener – to walk

15. Adjectives used as nouns  Sooo easy in French if you remember adjective agreement!!!  In english we say, Do you want the green or white backpack? I’d like the green one.  In French – je préfère le vert. (basically just remove sac à dos from in between le and vert)  So here’s how it works – whatever item is “the one” in English – determines in French if you use le, la, les – and how the end of the adjective looks – vert, verte, verts, vertes.  ** the question in French- tu veux le sac à dos vert ou blanc? **

16. Examples  Je vais acheter les feuilles de papier blanches. Et toi?  Je préfère les jaunes. / les vertes  Tu aimes la calculatrice verte ou violette?  J’aime la violette!  Use the adjective as a noun to tell what you prefer - les stylos / bleu ou vert :  Je préfère les bleus.