VERB CONJUGATION

VERB CONJUGATIONCONJUGATIONThis is when you change a verb to match the form of the subject, noun or pronounIt forms a clause, phrase or sentence The sentence can be declarative, negative or be in the form of a question.TERMINOLOGIESInfinitive the verb in its original form Ex. parler, finir, vendre, Persons the different forms a verbs can conjugatedJe 1st person singularnous 1st person plural

Tu 2nd person singularvous 2nd person plural

Il Ils 3rd personElle 3rd person singular Elles pluralOn

TERMINOLOGIESTense verb form which express the time andcompletion of the verbs action or condition(present,imperfect, past simple, past tense, pluperfect, pastanterior, future anterior, futur)

Mood verb form which express the attitude of thespeaker (indicative, subjonctive, imperative)(conditional)TENSES AND MOODSPresent*- prsenteImperative *- impratifComposed past - pass composImperfect - imparfaitPluperfect plus-que-parfaitFuture - futurConditional* - conditionnelSubjunctive* - subjonctif

LITERAY TENSESPass simple pass composPass antrieur plus-que-parfaitImparfait du subjonctif - subjonctivePlus-que-parfait du subjonctif - subj. pass2ieme conditionnel pass conditionnel pass

Other Verb formationsNear future aller + infinitiveNear past venir + infinitiveVERBA word that shows the action of the subject, noun, or pronoun.

Ex. to speak, to see, to return

Ex. parler, voir, rendreINFINITIVEThe original form of the verb, before it is conjugated.EnglishFrenchto speakparlerto do, to makefaireto betreto haveavoirto goaller

NOUNA person, place, thing or idea.Proper and improper nouns

Ex. Alexandre marche au magasin.Ex. Le garon marche au magasin.Ex. Il marche au magasin.SUBJECT PRONOUNSEnglishFrenchI Jeyoutuheilsheelleiton*wenousyouvoustheyilselles

On in French does not mean it. It means we, but it is conjugated in the 3rd person singular form.AN EXAMPLE IN ENGLISHTO SPEAK

I speakwe speakYou speakyou speakHe speaksthey speakShe speaksIt speaks

EXAMPLE IN FRENCHPARLER

Je parleNous parlonsTu parlesVous parlezIl parleIls parlentElle parleElles parlentOn parleVERBSThere are three (3) types of verbs in French.ER, IR and RE verbs.Within each group of verbs, there are regular and irregular verbs.ALLER IS THE ONLY IRREGULAR ER VERB.The IR and RE groups have the most irregular verbs.* IMPORTANT IRREGULAR VERBSAller to goAvoir to havetre to beFaire to do, or to makeVenir to come

ALLER to goJe vaisnous allonsTu vasvous allezil vails vontElle vaelles vontOn vaAVOIR to haveJainous avonsTu asvous avezil ails ontElle aelles ontOn a

TRE to beje suisnous sommestu esvous tesil estils sontelle estelles sonton est

FAIRE to do or to makeJe faisnous faisonsTu faisvous faitesil faitils fontElle faitelles fontOn fait

VENIR to comeje viensnous venonstu viensvous venezil vientils viennentelle vientelles viennenton vient

Other irregular VerbsDescendre- to go downRecevoir to receivePouvoir- to be able, canVouloir to wantSavoir to know (fact)Dormir to sleepSuivre to followDire to say, to tellLire to read

Other irregular VerbsCroire to believeBroire to drinkRecevoir to receiveCourir to runPrendre to takeVenir to comeMettre to takePerdre to loseRussir to succeedOther irregular VerbsDevoir to have toNatre to be bornConnaitre to know (someone)Conclure to concludeEcrire to writeMourir to dieDissoudre to dissolveMoudre to biteCoudre to sewER VERBS CONJUGATIONTake the infinitive of the verb.Drop the infinitive ER ending.Add the ER verbs present tense endings.E, ES,E, ONS, EZ, ENT

ER VERB CONJUGATIONTRAVAILLERStep 1: travaillerStep 2: travaillerStep 3: Add endings to match noun, subject or pronoune, es, e, ons, ez, ent

Je travaillenous travaillonsTu travaillesvous travaillezIl travailleils travaillentElle travailleelles travaillentOn travailleSTEM CHANGING VERBS (Boot Verbs)(verbs qui change dorthographe)AYEROYERUYER_ERE_ERELERETERCERGER

VERBS ENDING IN AYER, OYER, UYERChange the y to an i on all form exceptnous and vous and add the regular ER verbsendings.ayer payer, balayer, effrayer, essayeruyer ennuyer, appuyer, essuyeroyer nettoyer, employer, envoyer, renvoyer Payer to payje paienous payonstu paiesvous payezil paieils paientelle paieelles paienton paie

Nettoyer to cleanje nettoienous nettoyonstu nettoiesvous nettoyezil nettoieils nettoientelle nettoieelles nettoienton nettoie

Ennuyer to borejennuienous ennuyonstu ennuiesvous ennuyezil ennuieils ennuientelle ennuieelles ennuienton ennuie

VERBS ENDING IN ( ER) Change the to on all forms except the nousand vous.

_er cder, considrer, celbrer, complter,prfrer, protger, rpter, rvlerPRFRER to preferje prfrenous prfronstu prfresvous prfrezil prfreils prfrentelle prfreelles prfrenton prfre

VERBS ENDING IN (E ER) Change the e before the consonant to in all formsexcept nous and vous.

Example:acheter, amener, emmener, lever, mener, promener

ACHETER to buyJachtenous achetonsTu achetesvous achetezIl achteils achtentElle achteelles achtentOn achte

(do not put acheter in the verb group of eter)VERBS ENDING IN (ELER) Double the l in all forms except nous and vous.

Example: appeler, peler, rappeler, renouveler Appeler to be callJappellenous appelonsTu appellesvous appelezIl appelleils appellentElle appelleelles appellentOn appelleVERBS ENDING IN (ETER) Double the t in all forms except nous and vous.

Example:jeter, projeter, rejeter, hoqueter, feuilleterJETER to throw Je jettenous jetonsTu jettesvous jetezIl jetteils jettentElle jetteelles jettentOn jetteVERBS ENDING IN (CER) A c that follows a a or o has a hard c sound (likecold), the c has to change to c to keep the c soft (likecell).

Example:annoncer, divorcer, effacer, lancer, menacer, placer,prononcer, remplacer, renoncer, commencer COMMENCER to startJe commenceNous commenonsTu commencesVous commencezIl commenceIls commencentElle commenceElles commencentOn commenceVERBS ENDING IN (GER)A g that follows an a or o has a hard g sound (likegold), an e has to added to keep the g soft (likegel).

Example:arranger, manger, nager, voyager, diriger, encourager,juger, partagerMANGER to eatJe mangeNous mangeonsTu mangesVous mangezIls mangeIls mangentElle mangeElles mangentOn mangeMEMORIZE VERBS ENDINGS!!ER VERBSIR VERBSEONSISISSONSESEZISISSEZEENTITISSENT

RE VERBSSONSSEZ-ENT

PRACTICEConjugate the following verbs in the present tense.

Je form allerNous form payerTu form prfrerVous form parlerIls form - donner