Activité Intro • • • • • • VAIS 1. Je (aller) __________________________ A 2. Le chat (avoir) _____________________ FAISONS 3. Nous (faire) ________________________ SONT 4. Les filles (être) _____________________ ALLEZ 5. Vous (aller) _________________________ AS 6. Tu (avoir)___________________________ So what is conjugation? What does « conjugate » mean? 4 ESSENTIAL TERMS • 1. Subject – The person or thing doing the action (je, vous) • 2. Infinitive – The verb by itself (danser, parler, inviter) – What others can you name? • 3. Stem – The verb without the ER (dans,parl,invit) • 4. Ending – The combination of letters that we put in place of the « ER » that we dropped earlier. Each Subject Pronoun has it’s own ending to be used. ER ENDINGS JE E (--) NOUS ONS (ohn) TU ES (--) VOUS EZ (eh) IL/ELLE E (--) ILS/ELLES ENT (--) Let’s Try One Together • Conjugate the verb PARLER (to speak) – Remember to take away the ER before you add the endings Je PARLE Nous PARLONS Tu PARLES Vous PARLEZ Il/Elle PARLE Ils/Elles PARLENT What about JOUER (to play), AIMER (to like) and CHANTER (to sing)? Je JOUE Nous JOUONS Tu JOUES Vous JOUEZ Il/Elle JOUE Ils/Elles JOUENT Je AIME Nous AIMONS Tu AIMES Vous AIMEZ Il/Elle AIME Ils/Elles AIMENT Je CHANTE Nous CHANTONS Tu CHANTES Vous CHANTEZ Il/Elle CHANTE Ils/Elles CHANTENT Review • Before you can go forward and conjugate more verbs you need to be sure you understand the following terms. • • • • • • Conjugate Subject Pronoun Infinitive Stem Ending Let’s Practice…. • • • • • • • • travaille 1. Je (travailler) ______________________ (I work) penses 2. Tu (penser) ________________________ (You think) commence 3.Il (commencer) _____________________ (He starts) regarde 4. Elle (regarder) _____________________ (She watches) fermons 5. Nous (fermer) ______________________ (We close) nagez 6. Vous (nager) _______________________ (You swim) arrivent 7. Ils (arriver) ________________________ (They arrive) 8. Elles (écouter) écoutent ______________________ (They listen) There are 3 exceptions for our ER verbs that we need to keep in mind. Exception #1: Le verbe Aller • The verb “ALLER” meaning TO GO is not conjugated the same way as other ER verbs. • It is a very important verb that we use often and we will be going over the conjugation later this week. Exception #2: GER • Verbs that end in GER such as; MANGER (to eat), NAGER (to swim) have a slight variation when conjugating with NOUS. • Instead of taking away the ER and adding ONS. You need to add EONS. • For example: – Nous mangeons (we eat) – Nous nageons (we swim) Exception #3: CER • Verbs that end in CER such as; COMMENCER (to start), LANCER (to throw) also have a slight variation when conjugating with NOUS. • With NOUS you have to add an accent called a cedilla to the C. • For example: – Nous commençons (we start) – Nous lançons (we throw) Application de notre connaissance. • On a document you are going to write 5 sentences using er verbs. – The title will be LES VERBS ER – You will need to include 5 different subjects or subject pronouns. – You will need to use 5 different ER verbs. – Please include images – This is to be ready to show me Monday Example • 1. Tu manges une pomme. • 2. Marc joue le guitar. • 3. Christine et Julie chantent.