2. The Verb Être (and expressions using être) Share with your entire school —NOT with the world. ©2011 Teacher’s Discovery, a division of American Eagle Co., Inc. This product is the copyrighted property of Teacher’s Discovery. Purchase of this product grants a teacher and their entire school license to use in their classrooms. Permission is granted to purchaser to load on all individual computers within their school building. This product may not be loaded to or installed on a school network or server. You may not remove or alter any copyright, trademark, service mark or other copyright notices. It is illegal to copy, publish, distribute, retransmit, sell or provide access to the content except as described in this license. You will not decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer software files or create derivative works based on this software. By Suzanne Rutkowski & Holly Hammerly ©2011 Teacher’s Discovery

3. The French verb meaning “to be” is être and is an irregular verb. N’oubliez pas ! ©2011 Teacher’s Discovery You will need to memorize its forms.

4. être Conjugation of être: Je suis = Tu es = Il, elle, on est = Nous sommes = Vous êtes = Ils, elles sont = I am You are (singular - informal) He, she, one is We are You are (plural - informal/ singular - formal) They are ©2011 Teacher’s Discovery

5. Exemples : I am the father. = She is short. = We are funny. = They are calm. = You are blond. = Je suis le père. Elle est petite. Nous sommes drôles. Ils/Elles sont calmes. Vous êtes blond(e)s. ©2011 Teacher’s Discovery