Transcript Regular Verbs - PIB French 1

Les verbes – Regular –er verbs
Parler –to talk, to speak
 Je parle
nous parlons
 Tu parles
vous parlez
 Il/elle/ on parle
ils/elles parlent
 Aimer – to like
 J’aime
nous aimons
 Tu aimes
vous aimez
 Il/elle/on aime
ils/elles aiment
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Manger – to eat ** nous mangeons
 Regarder – to look at, to watch
 Danser - to dance
 Chanter – to sing
 Acheter – to buy ** je, tu, il, ils achèt
 Jouer (de la, du) – to play an instrument
 Jouer (au ) – to play a sport
 Aimer lire – like to read
 Aimer courir – to like to run
 Chercher – to look for
 Aimer dormir – to like to sleep
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Étudier – to study
 Écouter – to listen
 Travailler – to work
 Voyager – to travel, nous voyageons
 Visiter – to visit
 Répéter – to repeat
 Détester – to dislike
 Aimer – to like
 Aimer bien – to really like
 Adorer – to love
 Aider – to help
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Regular -re verbs
-* Drop the –re and add the endings
 Exemple –le verbe rendre
 Rendre – to return (something)
 Je rends
nous rendons
 Tu rends
vous rendez
 Il/elle rend_
ils /elles rendent
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-re verbs to know
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Vendre – to sell
Entendre – to hear
Répondre – to respond
Perdre – to lose
Attendre – to wait for
Confondre – to confuse
Descendre – to go down
Défendre – to forbid
Rompre – to break – il rompt
Interrompre – to interrupt - il interrompt
Prétendre – to claim
Verbes –ir
Drop the –ir and the endings
 For example look at the endings on the verb
finir
 Finir – to finish
 Je finis
nous finissons
 Tu finis
vous finissez
 Il finit
ils finissent
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Other –ir verbs to know
Maigrir – to lose weight
 Grossir – to gain weight
 Choisir – to choose (nous choisissons)
 réussir à – to succeed, to pass
 Grandir – to grow
 Réfléchir – to reflect
 Obéir – to obey
 Désobéir – to disobey
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-cer/-ger verbs
Manger - Nous mangeons
 Other verbs like that – nager – to swim,
ranger – to pick up, changer – to change,
voyager – to travel, encourager –to
encourage, corriger – to correct
 Commencer – **nous commençons**
 Commencer – to begin, start, placer – to
place/put, prononcer – to pronounce,
remplacer – to replace, lancer – to throw,
avancer – to go forward
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Manger/ commencer
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Je mange
 Tu manges
 Il mange
nous mangeons
vous mangez
ils mangent
Je commence
 Tu commences
 Il commence
nous commençons
vous commencez
ils commencent
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Le + days of the week
Je chante lundi - I am singing on Monday.
 Just the day of the week – this coming day
this week.
 Je chante le lundi – I sing on Mondays.
 Le + day – every week on that day
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Accent changing –er verbs
Some –er verbs change accents – préférer,
répéter are both verbs that do that. – the nous
and vous form look like the infinitive (the verb
when it has the –er on the end) In the other
forms the é right before the –er is the one that
changes to è
 Je préfère
nous préférons
 Tu préfères
vous préférez
 Il préfère
ils préfèrent
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Accent changing verbs
Préférer – to prefer
 Espérer – to hope
 Répéter – to repeat
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-er accent adding verbs
Some verbs like acheter – don’t have an
accent, but you add è for the je, tu, il, elle, on,
elles and ils forms. The nous and vous forms
are the same as the infinitive.
 J’achète
nous achetons
 Tu achètes
vous achetez
 Il achète
ils achètent
 Elle achète
elles achètent
 On achète
 Other verbs like acheter-to buy, amener –to
bring somone, emmener – to take someone,
lever –to raise, promener – to walk
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Adjectives used as nouns
Sooo easy in French if you remember adjective
agreement!!!
 In english we say, Do you want the green or
white backpack? I’d like the green one.
 In French – je préfère le vert. (basically just
remove sac à dos from in between le and vert)
 So here’s how it works – whatever item is “the
one” in English – determines in French if you
use le, la, les – and how the end of the adjective
looks – vert, verte, verts, vertes.
 ** the question in French- tu veux le sac à dos
vert ou blanc? **
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Examples
Je vais acheter les feuilles de papier
blanches. Et toi?
 Je préfère les jaunes. / les vertes
 Tu aimes la calculatrice verte ou violette?
 J’aime la violette!
 Use the adjective as a noun to tell what you
prefer - les stylos / bleu ou vert :
 Je préfère les bleus.
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