1. Activité Intro 1. Je (aller) __________________________
2. Le chat (avoir) _____________________
3. Nous (faire) ________________________
4. Les filles (être) _____________________
5. Vous (aller) _________________________
6. Tu (avoir)___________________________
VAIS A
FAISONS
SONT
ALLEZ AS

2. So what is conjugation? What does « conjugate » mean?
Verb Conjugation
So what is conjugation? What does « conjugate » mean?

3. 4 ESSENTIAL TERMS
1. Subject – The person or thing doing the action (je, vous)
2. Infinitive – The verb by itself (danser, parler, inviter)
What others can you name?
3. Stem – The verb without the ER (dans,parl,invit)
4. Ending – The combination of letters that we put in place of the « ER » that we dropped earlier. Each Subject Pronoun has it’s own ending to be used.
ER ENDINGS JE
E (--)
NOUS
ONS (ohn) TU
ES (--)
VOUS
EZ (eh)
IL/ELLE
ILS/ELLES
ENT (--)

4. Let’s Try One Together Conjugate the verb PARLER (to speak)
Remember to take away the ER before you add the endings Je
Nous Tu
Vous
Il/Elle
Ils/Elles
PARLE
PARLONS
PARLES
PARLEZ
PARLE
PARLENT

5. What about JOUER (to play), AIMER (to like) and CHANTER (to sing)?Je
Nous Tu
JOUES
Vous
Il/Elle
Ils/Elles
JOUE
JOUONS
JOUEZ
JOUE
JOUENT Je
Nous Tu
Vous
AIMEZ
Il/Elle
Ils/Elles
AIME
AIMONS
AIMES
AIME
AIMENT Je
Nous Tu
Vous
Il/Elle
CHANTE
Ils/Elles
CHANTE
CHANTONS
CHANTES
CHANTEZ
CHANTENT

6. Review Conjugate Subject Pronoun Infinitive Stem Ending
Before you can go forward and conjugate more verbs you need to be sure you understand the following terms.
Conjugate
Subject
Pronoun
Infinitive
Stem
Ending

7. Let’s Practice…. 1. Je (travailler) ______________________ (I work)
2. Tu (penser) ________________________ (You think)
3.Il (commencer) _____________________ (He starts)
4. Elle (regarder) _____________________ (She watches)
5. Nous (fermer) ______________________ (We close)
6. Vous (nager) _______________________ (You swim)
7. Ils (arriver) ________________________ (They arrive)
8. Elles (écouter) ______________________ (They listen)
penses
commence
regarde
fermons
nagez
arrivent
écoutent

8. There are 3 exceptions for our ER verbs that we need to keep in mind.

9. Exception #1: Le verbe Aller
The verb “ALLER” meaning TO GO is not conjugated the same way as other ER verbs.
It is a very important verb that we use often and we will be going over the conjugation later this week.

10. Exception #2: GER
Verbs that end in GER such as; MANGER (to eat), NAGER (to swim) have a slight variation when conjugating with NOUS.
Instead of taking away the ER and adding ONS. You need to add EONS.
For example:
Nous mangeons (we eat)
Nous nageons (we swim)

11. Exception #3: CER
Verbs that end in CER such as; COMMENCER (to start), LANCER (to throw) also have a slight variation when conjugating with NOUS.
With NOUS you have to add an accent called a cedilla to the C.
For example:
Nous commençons (we start)
Nous lançons (we throw)

12. Application de notre connaissance.
On a document you are going to write 5 sentences using er verbs.
The title will be LES VERBS ER
You will need to include 5 different subjects or subject pronouns.
You will need to use 5 different ER verbs.
Please include images
This is to be ready to show me Monday

13. Example 1. Tu manges une pomme. 2. Marc joue le guitar.
3. Christine et Julie chantent.