1. Les Verbs en “ER”

2. La Conjugation des Verbs
What is “la conjugation”?
Taking the regular form of the verb (to have, to eat, etc)
…and changing it to agree with the subject of the verb (the person/object performing the action)

3. Example (We do the same thing in English and in French) English VS
Example (We do the same thing in English and in French) English VS. French
English
French
To Be
I am
You are
He/She is
We are
You are (Plural)
They are
Étre
Je suis
Tu es
Il/elle est
Nous sommes
Vous êtes
Ils/Elles sont

4. Would you say…
I is?
You be?
He are?
She work?
They watches?
I to be?
You to work?
Of course not! Conjugated verbs are not interchangeable! It sounds ridiculous! It’s the same way with the French language.

5. In order to be a successful verb “conjugator”, you will need to know the following 4 terms:
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Subject-
The person OR thing doing the action (je, vous, la télé)
Infinitive-
The verb by itself: danser, parler, inviter, regarder
Stem-
The verb without the “ER” dans, parl, invit, regard
Ending-
The combination of letters that we put in place of the “er” that we dropped earlier. Each pronoun has it’s own ending to be used.

6. …So what are the endings for “ER” Verbs?
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7. ? Example:The Steps… How did you do that English French I speak
Je parle
How did you do that ?

8. Step One:
Find the Subject…
…in this case it is “I” or Je in French

9. Step Two: Find the Infinitive (the verb)…
…in this case it is “to talk” or Parler in French

10. Step Three: Find the Stem…
To do this…take the infinitive verb “Parler”
…and take away the “er” at the end.
Parler  Parl

11. Step Four Find the ending… …we are conjugating for “Je”
…so the ending is “E”

12. Put them together in order!!!
Step Five:
Put them together in order!!!
Subject- “Je”
Infinitive- Parler
Je parle
Stem- parl
Ending- “e”

13. To Conjugate the verb “To Speak” in French…
English
French
To Speak
I speak
You speak
He/She speaks
We speak
You speak (Plural)
They speak
Parler
Je parl e
Tu parl es
Il/elle parl e
Nous parl ons
Vous parl ez
Ils/Elles parl ent

14. Conjuger “Parler” Video

15. Conjugate the verb PARLER
Your Turn
Conjugate the verb PARLER

16. PARLER Je Tu Il/elle Parle Nous Vous Ils/Elles Parlons Parles Parlez
Parlent

17. Congugate the verb Jouer (To Play)
Step it up…
Congugate the verb Jouer (To Play)
*WORKSHEET* Je Tu
Il/elle
joue
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles
jouons
joues
jouez
joue
jouent

18. Endings
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ador
aid
amus
arriv
bross
cach
danc
cri

19. Practice Now you pick a verb and conjugate it on your own