Le Verbe Etre - mister o`s space

Le Verbe Être
In French there are two key verbs and in this set of notes we will be looking at the verb “être”
which means in English “to be”. The reason it is such an important verb is that it is used to
form the base of many other verb tenses - specifically the past tense (passé composé).
Below are the notes that will allow us to conjugate the verb “être” in the present tense.
Step 1 : Identify the subject.
This is who or what is doing the action in the sentence. The most common subjects are as
follows:
Singulier
Pluriel
Je (J’)
I
Nous
We
Tu
You
Vous
You
Il
He (It)
Ils
They
Elle
She (It)
Elles
They
Step 2 : We need to conjugate the verb “être” in the present tense. See the chart below.
Present Tense of the Verb - être
Singulier
Pluriel
Je
suis
Nous
sommes
Tu
es
Vous
êtesê
Il
est
Ils
sont
Elle
est
Elles
sont
Once we have the subject identified and the verb être conjugated we can then add in the rest
of our sentence.
Example:
I am tall. - Je suis grand.
(Note: The subject is in bold and the form of être is underlined.)
Les garçons sont grands.
(Note: The subject in this is not one from our list above as those are just a guide. In this case
we have to make sure that we know whether the subject is singular or plural. If it is singular
than we must use the “il/elle” form of “être” and if it is plural than we must use the “ils/elles”
form of the verb. In this case the subject is in bold and the form of avoir is underlined.)