PAR MME FORTGANG Le verbe être présent de l’indicatif The verb être present tense.
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PAR MME FORTGANG Le verbe être présent de l’indicatif The verb être present tense
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PAR MME FORTGANG
Le verbe être présent de l’indicatif
The verb être present tense
Etre = to be
être is one of the most common verbs in French.
It is irregular in conjugation and literally means “to be.”
Formation of the verb etre in the present tense.
The present tense is composed of two elements. 1 – Subject or subject pronoun 2 – the form of a verb
Subject pronoun + the form of the verbLe canard blanc est
beau.Sujet form of the verb
Subject pronouns
The subject of a verb is the person or thing which performs the action of that verb.
Subject pronoun – is a word that can replace the subject in a sentence.
French: Jean est. Il est.English: Jean is. He is.
Subject pronouns
French EnglishJe ITu You (sing. Informal)Il HeElle SheOn It, weNous weVous you (plur. Formal)Ils They (masc. Plur.)Elles They (fem. Plur.)
Negation
Negation is formed by placing ne … pas around the conjugated verb, which, in this case, is être.
Jean n’est pas petit!Jean is not small.
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