1. BIENVENUE ENCORE À LA SALLE D’ENTRAÎNEMENT

2. Subject – verb agreement CONJUGATING –ER VERBS

3. Before using verbs, you must learn some grammatical terms. infinitive conjugate stem ending

4. What is a verb infinitive ?

5. I’ll give you examples of infinitives to help you communicate better. parler manger chanter écouter regarder danser

6. What is conjugating anyway? Conjugating is “to inflect (a verb) systematically, giving its different forms according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person”. Put it in different forms according to a system.

7. SUBJECT PRONOUNS Before we can conjugate a verb, we have to know the subject pronouns – all of them. Let’s review! I = jewe = nous you = tuyou (pl) = vous he = ilthey (m) = ils she = ellethey (f) = elles Don’t forget that weird little pronoun “on” that is the general sense word.

8. There are two steps to conjugating a regular verb in French. We are going to work with “regular” –er verbs. They are “regular” because they all follow the same pattern and they are “–er verbs” because the infinitives all end in –er. Get it? Regular -er verbs. Master Yoda, how do we conjugate a verb? Two steps there are. Listen and learn you must!

9. You find the stem of a regular –er verb by taking the –er off of the infinitive. Whatever is left is the stem. The first step is to find the stem! Example: parler (which means to speak) If we take off the –er, parl- is left. Parl- is the stem.

10. FIND THE STEMS ☼saut ☼ parl ☼ march ☼téléphon ☼envoy ☼chant ☼frapp er

11. Luke, what is the second step? Add the correct endings to match the subject. je-e tu-es il/elle/on-e nous-ons vous-ez ils/elles-ent

12. Here is what the conjugated verb looks like when you are finished. parler – to speak Je parlenous parlons Tu parlesvous parlez Il/elle/on parleils/elles parlent (the stem is red the ending is green)

13. jenous tuvous il/elle/onils/elles 1.Find the stem and write it in each box. Do you remember how to conjugate a verb? 2. Add the correct ending.

14. Écouter Aimer Jouer Regarder Danser Étudier Adorer Padawans, time for some practice! Conjugate each of these verbs in all six of their forms.