1. Warmup- Fill in the pronoun chart with the correct pronouns
I We
You You
He, she, one They
Word Bank:
Nous, Ils, Je, Tu, Elle, On, Vous, Elles, Il

2. Answers
I - Je We- nous You- Tu You-vous He, she, one- They- Ils, elles Il, elle, on

3. -er verbs and conjugation

4. Two words to know:
Infinitive= basic form of the verb, unconjugated, has the word “to” in front
Ex. “to play” “to watch”
Conjugation= changing the verb to agree with a subject
Otherwise, you would be saying things like “I to like math class” “We to have lunch” “They to do not homework”

5. ER Verbs…One small step for man…one giant leap for French students!

6. Verb Groups
There are 3 groups of regular verbs in French, ones that end in –er, -ir, and –re.
-er verbs are the biggest group!
Examples include: écouter- to listen to, étudier- to study, envoyer- to send, regarder- to watch, to look at, dessiner- to draw, chanter- to sing, aimer- to like, to love, manger- to eat, travailler- to work, préférer- to prefer, voyager- to travel, habiter- to live (in a place), jouer- to play, parler- to talk, to speak, détester- to hate, trouver-to find, chercher- to look for, penser-to think, danser- to dance

8. Conjugating regular er verbs
First, take the infinitive, drop the –er from the end to get the stem.
Ex. Aimer → aimer → aim (stem)
Make sure your pronoun chart is set up correctly
Then, add the following endings to each subject:
e, es, e, ons, ez, ent
Ex. Aimer
J’aime nous aimons
Tu aimes vous aimez
Il, elle, on aime ils, elles aiment

9. Once again, those endings are:
-E -Ons -Es -Ez -E -Ent

10. Pronunciation- All the verbs in the box ( or “shoe”) sound the same!
Ex. Aimer J’aime nous aimons Tu aimes vous aimez Il, elle, on aime ils, elles aiment Also, each statement can be translated into 3 forms in English (simple, progressive, emphatic) So… j’aime= I like, I’m liking, I do like Nous aimons= We like, We’re liking, We do like Negation: To make a verb negative, to say you don’t do something, put “ne…pas” around the verb Ex. Je n’aime pas Nous ne regardons pas Il ne parle pas

11. Practice: Translate from French to English
Je regarde-
Tu manges-
Il parle-
Elle habite-
On écoute-
Nous aimons-
Vous travaillez-
Ils dessinent-
Elles préfèrent-

12. Practice: Answers Je regarde- I watch, I look at Tu manges- You eat
Il parle- He speaks
Elle habite- She lives
On écoute- One listens
Nous aimons- We like
Vous travaillez- You work
Ils dessinent- They draw
Elles préfèrent- They prefer

13. Practice: Translate the following
We dance-
He thinks-
I watch-
They (f) talk-
You (sing) look at-
You (plural) like-
She watches-
One lives-

14. Practice: Answers We dance- Nous dansons He thinks- Il pense
I watch- Je regarde
They (f) talk- Elles parlent
You (sing) look for- Tu cherches
You (plural) like- Vous aimez
She works- Elle travaille
One lives- On habite
They (f) travel- Elles voyagent

15. Les Phrases- Sentences
Like in English, French sentences basic structure is usually subject + verb + object
If you have more than one verb, you conjugate the one closest to the subject (if it should still have “to” in front in English, leave it in the infinitive).
Practice Sentences- Traduisez!
Le chat regarde l’ oiseau.
Ils regardent la télé.
Vous jouez au base-ball.
Nous aimons danser.
Elles aiment parler.

16. Irregular verbs
The verbs lire= to read and dormir= to sleep are irregular (like avoir=to have)
You know avoir is conjugated:
J’ai nous avons
Tu as vous avez
Il a ils ont
Don’t worry about conjugating lire and dormir for now, just know the meaning

17. Lire Dormir