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Slide 2 Putting It Together An ER verb assembly kit Franais I Slide 3 Putting It Together An ER verb assembly kit Setup Getting Started Projects FAQs Slide 4 Setup The process of verb conjugation Parts and accessories Slide 5 La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation So what is conjugation? What does conjugate mean? In grammatical terms, its Taking the regular form of the verb (such as: to have, to eat, to dance, to speak, etc) and changing it to agree with the subject of the verb (the person/object performing the action) Lost? Dont you worry. We conjugate verbs in English every day! How??? Slide 6 La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Watch carefully as our verb repair specialty crew conjugates an English verb in the present tense. to be I am We are You are You (pl) are He/She is They are Slide 7 La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Dont they do excellent work? Here are some other familiar projects: to dance to eat I dance We dance You dance You (pl) dance He/She dances They dance I eat We eat You eat You (pl) eat He/She eats They eat Is it making sense yet? We change to dance to dance or dances depending on who were talking about (I, You, They). The same goes for to eat. Try a few on your own: Slide 8 La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Here are a few verbs to try. Remember to use the present tense! to watch I watch We watch You watch You (pl) watch He/She watches They watch to work I work We work You work You (pl) work He/She works They work How did you do? Cest facile, nest-ce pas? Slide 9 Now that you are experts, lets check out the nuts and bolts of conjugating French verbs. La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Would you say (click on each one) I is?You be?He are?She work? They watches?I to be? You to work? Oops! Of course not! Conjugated verbs are not interchangeable! It sounds ridiculous! Its the same way with the French language. Slide 10 La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories In order to be a successful verb conjugator, you will need to know the following 4 terms: Stem- Infinitive-The verb by itself: danser, parler, inviter, regarder What others can you name? The verb without the er: dans, parl, invit, regard Subject- The person or thing doing the action (je, vous, la tl) travaillerhabiterorganisercouterchanter Slide 11 Ending- La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories And most importantly: The combination of letters that we put in place of the er that we dropped earlier. Each pronoun has its own ending to be used. Below is a chart that gives these endings -ER Endings Je e []Nousons [ohn] Tues []Vousez [eh] Il/ Elle e [] Ils/ Elles ent [] Slide 12 La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories SubjectInfinitiveStemEnding The worker:The drill packaging: The drill: (packaging removed) The drill bits: Or think of it this way: aimer, danser, chanter, parler er Je, Tu, Nous, la fille, Ils aim, dans, chant, parl e, es, e, ons, ez, ent The right bit - For the right job!!! Slide 13 La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories Ok, heres the drill : Try to conjugate these French verbs by following the 4 simple step: 1. Take note of the worker 2. Choose your drill package 3. Remove ALL er packaging from the drill (how else are you going to use it?) 4.Select the correct bit for the worker given *Notice, there are 6 workers for each verb!* Je Tu Il/Elle parler Nous Vous Ils/Elles Slide 14 Je Tu Il/Elle parler Nous Vous Ils/Elles Je Tu Il/Elle jouer Nous Vous Ils/Elles Je Tu Il/Elle habiter Nous Vous Ils/Elles Je Tu Il/Elle aimer Nous Vous Ils/Elles La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories Go to the next page to see how you did! Slide 15 Je parle Tu parles Il/Elle parle parler Nous parlons Vous parlez Ils/Elles parlent Je joue Tu joues Il/Elle joue jouer Nous jouons Vous jouez Ils/Elles jouent Jhabite Tu habites Il/Elle habite habiter Nous habitons Vous habitez Ils/Elles habitent Jaime Tu aimes Il/Elle aime aimer Nous aimons Vous aimez Ils/Elles aiment La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories How did you do? Ready for a new twist? Slide 16 Getting Started The Rule of THREE Slide 17 La Rgle de TROIS The Rule of THREE 1 2 3 Most conjugated forms of an ER verb sound the same (even though their spellings are different), so you only have to learn THREE pronunciations! There are THREE Special G verbs that break the rules for conjugating the nous form: -nager -voyager-manger Each conjugated form of an ER verb in the present tense has THREE meanings. Slide 18 1 Most conjugated forms of an ER verb sound the same (even though their spellings are different), so you only have to learn THREE pronunciations! TROIS Prononciations Three Pronunciations Slide 19 TROIS Prononciations Three Pronunciations For example, lets conjugate: Say them to yourself: danse = [dawnss] danses = [dawnss] danse = [dawnss] dansons = [dawnss-ohn] dansez = [dawnss-eh] dansent = [dawnss] danser Nous dansons Tu danses Il/Elle danse Je danse Vous dansez Ils/Elles dansent Slide 20 danser Je danse Nous dansons Tu danses Vous dansez Il/Elle danse Ils/Elles dansent TROIS Prononciations Three Pronunciations Trois Pononciations! 1. [dawnss] 2. [dawnss-ohn] 3. [dawnss-eh] How does it work? Slide 21 TROIS Prononciations Three Pronunciations When you take off the packaging (er), you get the stem (the drill). The stem is pronounced just like it looks. Its like saying the infinitive form without the ER sound at the end: Infinitivedrop ER=Stem -tudier [ay]=tudi [ay-tew-dee] -inviter [ay]=invit [aahn-veet] -habiter [ay]=habit [ah-beet] And then Slide 22 TROIS Prononciations Three Pronunciations Add the bit! As a quick reminder, here are the pronunciations of each bit (ending) Do you see the 4 bits that have the same pronunciation? -ER Endings Jee []Nousons [ohn] Tues []Vousez [eh] Il/ Ellee []Ils/Ellesent [] Slide 23 TROIS Prononciations Three Pronunciations Lets try it with dner: Subject (worker) + Stem (drill) + Ending (bit) Result Je+dn [deen]+e [-]dne [deen] Tu+dn [deen]+es [-]dnes [deen] Il/Elle+dn [deen]+e [-]dne [deen] Nous+dn [deen]+ons[ohn]dnons [deen-ohn] Vous+dn [deen]+ez[eh]dnez [deen-eh] Ils/Elles+dn [deen]+ent [-]dnent [deen] Slide 24 TROIS Prononciations Three Pronunciations Subject (worker) + Stem (drill) + Ending (bit) Result Je+dn [deen]+e [-]dne [deen] Tu+dn [deen]+es [-]dnes [deen] Il/Elle+dn [deen]+e [-]dne [deen] Nous+dn [deen]+ons[ohn]dnons [deen-ohn] Vous+dn [deen]+ez[eh]dnez [deen-eh] Ils/Elles+dn [deen]+ent [-]dnent [deen] Do you see the 4 bits that have the same pronunciation? Slide 25 Les exemples au Web More examples: (click on links to hear an authentic pronunciation) http://www.frenchtutorial.com/standard/present/group1.php http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html The above links are the internet examples (described in your packet) Slide 26 2 There are THREE Special G verbs that break the rules for conjugating the nous form: Les verbes du G special Special G verbs Slide 27 These three special G verbs are: Les verbes du G special Special G verbs nager voyager manger They are all three ER verbs with a G before the er. Slide 28 Les verbes du G special Special G verbs voyager Je voyage Nous voyageons Tu voyagesVous voyagez Il/Elle voyage Ils/Elles voyagent nager Je nageNous nageons Tu nagesVous nagez Il/Elle nage Ils/Elles nagent manger Je mangeNous mangeons Tu mangesVous mangez Il/Elle mangeIls/Elles mangent For these special G verbs, the Nous form is different. What changes? Why? (think pronunciation) Something about the spelling has changed Slide 29 Les verbes du G special Special G verbs -Weve added an e between the g and ons -Why? -So we can keep the [zsh] sound in all the verb forms (je, tu, nous, vous, etc) consistently. And if we didnt? -Wed have: nagons [nah gohn] voyagons [voy a-gohn] mangon [mah gohn] And the French would say So what changes? Slide 30 [nah-gohn]??? NON!!! Cest horrible! Quelle horreur!!!! Et [voy-a-gohn]?!? Quelle mauvaise prononciation!!!! Oh l l! Fermez les oreilles!!! [mahn-gohn]??? Zut! Cest un massacre de la langue franaise! NON! NON! NON!!! Slide 31 Les verbes du G special Special G verbs So in the interest of positive foreign relations, lets remember: -The NOUS form is special for nager, voyager, and manger -In the NOUS form of these three verbs, we need to insert and e after the g to make the pronunciation sound nice SPECIAL G needs an E to sound JOLI! (pretty) 3 pronunciations, 3 special G verbs, and now Slide 32 TROIS Sens Three Meanings 3 Each conjugated form of an ER verb in the present tense has THREE meanings. Slide 33 TROIS Sens Three Meanings For example, lets conjugate: voyager Je voyage Nous voyageons Tu voyages Vous voyagez Il/Elle voyage Ils/Elles voyagent Je voyage has three meanings: I travel, I am traveling, I do travel Ils/Elles voyagent has three meanings: They travel, they are traveling, and they do travel Slide 34 TROIS Sens Three Meanings Need a few more examples? Nous jouons We play We are playing We do play Elles travaillent They work They are working They do work Je parle I talk I am talking I do talk Slide 35 La Rgle de TROIS The Rule of THREE Et VOIL! Conjugate while remembering these three rules and youll create a masterpiece every time! And speaking of masterpieces lets put it all together and try your handiwork Slide 36 Projects Slide 37 Les Projets Projects Visit the following sites and try to activities to test your newfound skills and knowledge: 1. be sure to following instructions in parentheses! http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/in dex.htm (click on Franais, scroll down and select Present Tense, click on Regular ER Verbs) http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/in dex.htm 2. http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa101199t.htmhttp://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa101199t.htm 3. http://www.quia.com/mc/66100.html (you may play several times)http://www.quia.com/mc/66100.html 4. http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html (scroll down towards the bottom, starting with fill in the blanks)http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html Slide 38 FAQs Slide 39 Les Questions Frquentes Frequently Asked Questions Technical Questions: Instead of dropping the er when conjugating a verb, cant I just drop the r? What youre really asking: Cant I leave some of the packaging and still use the drill without any problems? Answer: NO! It may seem like it doesnt make a difference, but it is a bad habit to start! Some -er verbs have fancier endings and cannot be conjugated by just dropping the r. Conjugation will not turn out properly nor will your project if you leave the packaging on the drill! Slide 40 Les Questions Frquentes Frequently Asked Questions Technical Questions: Why is the e missing in Je when I conjugate verbs like aimer, habiter, couter, inviter, etc. What youre really asking: Is the Je worker picky about certain drills? Answer: Yes, the Je worker is picky. If the drill it wants to use begins with the vowels a,e, or i or a vowel sound, it likes to eliminate the e in Je and put an apostrophe in its place. For example: Jhabite, Jaime, Jinvite. Slide 41 Les Questions Frquentes Frequently Asked Questions Technical Questions: Will je suis parle or je suis parler work instead of saying je parle to mean I am speaking? What youre really asking: Cant a worker use two drills at the same time with or without the correct bit? Answer: NO! Its dangerous and makes no sense! Je parle already means I am speaking. Je suis parle,translates to I am am speaking. Je suis parler, means I am to speak. Do not put any form of tre (suis, es, est, sommes, tes, sont) in front of any verb!!! (youd be using two drills tre and another verb)