Verbes en -er

Le temps present

Infinitive

The form of the verb we find in the dictionary is called the “infinitive”.

Infinitive

This is expressed in English by “to …”,

e.g. to play, to think, to sing

InfinitiveIn French the most common regular verb in the infinitive is the –er verb,

e.g. jouer = to play

If we learn what to do with one -er verb, we know what to do with almost all of them!

COMPLETE WKST ACT. 8

You should have circled…

Parler Passer Payer Préférer Préparer Présenter

Regarder Rencontrer Rentrer Répéter Rester Retourner

Can you find any other infinitives on that dictionary page?

Other Verbs on the page… These verbs

are conjugated differently! It’s very important that you ONLY use the following verb pattern with verbs ending in –ER!

Prendre

Rendre

Répondre

TURN YOUR WKST OVER!

You will now take some notes from the next slides.

The Present Tense

The Present Tense in any language tells us what is happening now

Je joue is an example of the French present tense

In English je joue could meanI play I am playing or I do play

To form the present tense:

Subject pronoun + the verb stem + the appropriate ending

The stem

In –er verbs the stem is formed by removing the –er.

jouer

The Endingsje = -etu = -esil = -eelle = -eon = -e

nous = -onsvous = -ezils = -entelles = -ent

jouer – to playje joutu jouil jouelle jouon jou

e ese e e

nous jou

vous jou

ils jou

elles jou

ons

ez

ent

ent

CONJUGATE “CHANTER” ON YOUR WKST!

chanter – to sing

je chanttu chantil chantelle chant on chant

e ese e e

nous chant

vous chant

ils chant

elles chant

ons

ez

ent

ent

nager – to swimje nagtu nagil nagelle nagon nag

e ese e e

nous nag

vous nag

ils nag

elles nag

eons

ez

ent

ent

Give the Subject Pronoun for each Conjugated Verb!

ParlonsNous

VoyagezVous

Travaillent Ils / Elles

RegardesTu

NageJe / Il/ Elle/ On

MangeonsNous

Conjugate the verb for the indicated subject.

Je (parler)Je parle.

Nous (étudier)Nous étudions.

Ils (travailler)Ils travaillent.

Conjugate the verb for the indicated subject.

Nous (voyager)Nous voyageons.

Vous (écouter)Vous écoutez.

On (manger)On mange.

Conjugate the verb for the indicated subject.

Tu (aimer)Tu aimes.

Elles (jouer)Elles jouent.

Nous (regarder)Nous regardons.