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2. Être - Discussion  What do you think these sentences mean? What is the verb in each sentence? Why is the verb spelled differently?  Claire est sympa.  Noah est intelligent.  Nous sommes américains.  Pierre et Jacques sont français.

3. Verbs  Verbs show the action in the sentence  Claire plays soccer.  Sam is creative.  Verbs change their form to agree with the subject.  Sam is creative.  We are creative.  I am creative.  An infinitive is a verb that doesn’t agree with a subject.  It is the action itself. No one is doing the action yet.  Examples: to be, to play

4. Conjugation  Conjugation is changing the forms of a verb to make it agree with the subject.  In English…  “To be” is the infinitive. The forms of the verb in the chart show the conjugation of “to be.” to be I amWe are You are He is She is It is They are

5. In French…  You also have to conjugate verbs in French. The form of the verb that you use always has to agree with the subject!

6. ÊTRE  “être” is an infinitive  “to be”  used to describe or identify être je suisnous sommes tu esvous êtes il elle est on ils sont elles

7. In a sentence  How do you know which form of “être” to use?  Use the form that matches the subject!  What if your subject is “Lucie?”  “est” (because Lucie = elle)  What if your subject is “Lucie et moi?”  “sommes” (because “Lucie et moi” = nous)  What if your subject is “Lucie et toi?”  “êtes” (because “Lucie et toi” = vous)  What if your subject is “Lucie et Claire?”  “sont” (because “Lucie et Claire” = elles)

8. Fill-In Fill in the missing forms of the verb “être. 1. Marie ____________ fatiguée. 2. Guy ____________ sympa. 3. Monique et moi ____________ des amis. 4. Mme Calabrese ____________ une prof de français. 5. Mme Vogel et M. Shields ____________ des profs d’anglais. 6. Tu ____________ d’où? 7. Vous ____________ d’où?

9. Examples  Write a sentence to describe yourself  example: Je suis intelligente.  Write a sentence to describe one of your friends  example: Julie est petite.  Write a sentence to describe your friends and you  example: Nous sommes amusants.  Write a sentence to describe your teachers  example: Mes profs sont sympas.