les verbes -er• In the English present

tense, the verb makes only one change in its form.

• Ex. to walk• I walk• You walk• We walk• They walk

BUT• he, she, it walks

les verbes -erIn French, there are lots

of changes. The base form of most French verbs ends in the letters

-er.

To change (or conjugate) the -er verbs, you need to do the following:

les verbes -er remove the

-er. add the following endings

with these subjects:

je (I) -e nous (we) -ons

tu (you) -es vous (you) -ez

il (he) -e ils (they) -ent

elle (she) -e elles (they) -ent

les verbes -er

Let’s break this down into simple steps.

Using the word parler (to speak)• take off the -er and we have parl-• to say “I speak”, use “Je” and then put the

ending that goes with “Je “ on the end of parl-

Je parle.

I speak. OR I am speaking. OR I do speak.

• OK. C’est à toi! (Your turn)

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you)-es

les verbes -erchanter = to sing

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

I sing =

jechante

les verbes -erchanter = to sing

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

You sing =

tu chantes

les verbes -erdanser = to dance

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -esI dance =

je danse

les verbes -erdanser = to dance

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -esYou dance =

tudanses

les verbes -erregarder = to look at, watch

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

You (informal)watch=

tu regardes

les verbes -erregarder = to look at, watch

-er verb endings

nous -ons We watch=

nous

regardons

les verbes -erregarder = to look at, watch

-er verb endings

ils -ent They watch=

ils

regardent

les verbes -ermanger = to eat

-er verb endings

il -e

He eats=

Il mange

les verbes -er parler = to speak

-er verb endings

vous -ez

You (formal) are speaking!

Vous parlez!

les verbes -er nager = to swim

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

You (plural) are

swimming!

Vous nagez!

les verbes -er-er verb ending

s

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

Remember how le and la drop the vowel before a vowel sound and become l’?

Guess what je does before a vowel sound. Anyone

?Anyone?

That’s right. It becomes j’

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

Let’s practice.

I hear.

écouter = to hear

J’écoute.

I study.

étudier = to study

J’étudie.

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

I like French!

aimer = to like

J’aime le français!

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

You like French!

aimer = to like

Tu aimes le français!

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

I love French class!

adorer = to love

J’adore

-er verb endings

je (I) -e

tu (you) -es

la classe de français!

chanter = to sing

She sings= Elle chante.

Céline Dion

chante!

-er verb endings

il -eelle -e

les élèves = the students/manger = to eat

The student eats French fries covered with cheese.

mange.L’élève des poutines

-er verb endings

il _e

elle _e

adorer=to love

The student loves the book.

adore le livre.

L’élève

-er verb endings

il -e

elle -e

adorer=to love

We love money!

adorons l’argent!

Nous

-er verb endings

nous -ons

regarder = to look at, watch

The students watch tv.

regardent la télé.

Les élèves

-er verb endings

ils –ent

elles -ent

étudier= to study

The students study.

étudient.Les élèves

-er verb endings

ils – ent

elles - ent

Travailler = to work

-er verb endings

ils -ent

The students work.

travaillent.Les élèves