ER VerbsVerbs that end in -er

Just a quick reviewIf you see a “moi” by itself it is replaced by

Je

If you see a “toi” by itself, it is replaced by

Tu

If you see a “le,” it is replaced by

“il”

If you see a “la,” it is replaced by

“elle”

Review Continued

If you see an “et moi,” it is replaced by

nous

If you see an “et toi,” it is replaced by

vous

If you see a group of le words, or a mix of le and la words, it is replaced by

“ils”

If you see a group of la words, it is replaced by

“elles”

We have learned one verb so far

Etre

Je suis nous sommes

Tu es vous etes

Il est ils sont

Elle est elles sont

On est

We have used adjectives

Etre works with all of them.

Now, we are going to add on other verbs

First of all, a verb is something you do.Let’s brainstorm a few in english

When you have a verb, it changes depending on who is doing the action

Example in english: to study I studyYou study ---------------------------He study? - doesn’t work that way

It becomes he studies

------------------------------

We studyYou studyThey study

To Be

Another example in English: I am ----------------------You am?--- Doesn’t work like that

You are-----------------------

He am? He are? --------Doesn’t work like that He is------------------

We areYou areThey are

We know our pronouns in French

Instead of I its « Je »You its « tu »he/she/it it’s « il/elle »we it’s « on/nous »you (pl) it’s « vous » they it’s « ils/elles »

Let’s place them like this on our paper

Je nous

Tu Vous

Il Ils

Elle Elles

on

Let’s place them like this on our paper

Je nous

Tu Vous

Il Ils

Elle Elles

on

For the next few slides

Don’t write these down, we’ll do that later. Right now, look at the verbs and tell me how they change

Chanter- to sing

Je chante nous chantons

Tu chantes Vous chantez

Il chante Ils chantent

Elle chante Elles chantent

On chante

Regarder – To look at

Je regarde nous regardons

Tu regardes Vous regardez

Il regarde Ils regardent

Elle regarde Elles regardent

On regarde

Parler – to speak

Je parle nous parlons

Tu parles Vous parlez

Il parle Ils parlent

Elle parle Elles parlent

On parle

Jouer- to play

Je joue nous jouons

Tu joues Vous jouez

Il joue Ils jouent

Elle joue Elles jouent

On joue

Travailler- to work

Je travaille nous travaillons

Tu travailles Vous travaillez

Il travaille Ils travaillent

Elle travaille Elles travaillent

On travaille

How did these verbs change for:

Je nous

Tu vous

Il ils

Elle elles

on

The Official rule

Step one: choose your verb (what are you trying to have someone do).

Step two: decide who you is doing the action (je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles, or an object or a name)

Step three: look at your verb. If it ends in –er, you chop off ther –er.For example, let’s use parler.

Chop off the –er to make parl-

Step four: Add the ending for the pronoun (je, tu, etc) doing the action.

The endings are

Je ---- e Nous ---------ons

Tu ----- es Vous --------- ez

Il, elle, on ----- e ils -------- ent

THE CHANT

E

ES

E

ONS

EZ

ENT

Let’s Try a few verbs together

Habiter

Arriver

Quitter

Passer

rigoler

In your notes, let’s try a few

Je with chanter

Tu with parler

Nous with déjeuner

Vous with travailler

Ils with étudier

Il with rentrer

On with acheter

A few picky rules

If you have a « je » with a verb beginning in an a, e, i, o, or uYou make it J’

J’aime J’ étudie J’écoute J’arrive

If you have a verb like acheter, where there will be an e followed by a consonant, than another e, you put an accent over the first e J’achèteTu achètes