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Warmup- Fill in the pronoun chart with the correct pronouns I You He, she, one We You They Word Bank: Nous, Ils, Je, Tu, Elle, On, Vous, Elles, Il Answers I - Je You- Tu He, she, oneIl, elle, on We- nous You-vous They- Ils, elles -er verbs and conjugation Two words to know: • Infinitive= basic form of the verb, unconjugated, has the word “to” in front Ex. “to play” “to watch” • Conjugation= changing the verb to agree with a subject Otherwise, you would be saying things like “I to like math class” “We to have lunch” “They to do not homework” ER Verbs…One small step for man…one giant leap for French students! ER Verbs Verb Groups • There are 3 groups of regular verbs in French, ones that end in –er, -ir, and –re. • -er verbs are the biggest group! Examples include: écouter- to listen to, étudier- to study, envoyer- to send, regarder- to watch, to look at, dessiner- to draw, chanter- to sing, aimer- to like, to love, manger- to eat, travailler- to work, préférer- to prefer, voyager- to travel, habiter- to live (in a place), jouer- to play, parler- to talk, to speak, détester- to hate, trouver-to find, chercherto look for, penser-to think, danser- to dance Conjugating regular er verbs • First, take the infinitive, drop the –er from the end to get the stem. Ex. Aimer → aimer → aim (stem) Make sure your pronoun chart is set up correctly Then, add the following endings to each subject: e, es, e, ons, ez, ent Ex. Aimer J’aime nous aimons Tu aimes vous aimez Il, elle, on aime ils, elles aiment Once again, those endings are: -E -Es -E -Ons -Ez -Ent Pronunciation- All the verbs in the box ( or “shoe”) sound the same! Ex. Aimer J’aime Tu aimes Il, elle, on aime nous aimons vous aimez ils, elles aiment Also, each statement can be translated into 3 forms in English (simple, progressive, emphatic) So… j’aime= I like, I’m liking, I do like Nous aimons= We like, We’re liking, We do like Negation: To make a verb negative, to say you don’t do something, put “ne…pas” around the verb Ex. Je n’aime pas Nous ne regardons pas Il ne parle pas Practice: Translate from French to English • • • • • • • • • Je regardeTu mangesIl parleElle habiteOn écouteNous aimonsVous travaillezIls dessinentElles préfèrent- Practice: Answers • • • • • • • • • Je regarde- I watch, I look at Tu manges- You eat Il parle- He speaks Elle habite- She lives On écoute- One listens Nous aimons- We like Vous travaillez- You work Ils dessinent- They draw Elles préfèrent- They prefer Practice: Translate the following • • • • • • • • We danceHe thinksI watchThey (f) talkYou (sing) look atYou (plural) likeShe watchesOne lives- Practice: Answers • • • • • • • • • We dance- Nous dansons He thinks- Il pense I watch- Je regarde They (f) talk- Elles parlent You (sing) look for- Tu cherches You (plural) like- Vous aimez She works- Elle travaille One lives- On habite They (f) travel- Elles voyagent Les Phrases- Sentences • Like in English, French sentences basic structure is usually subject + verb + object • If you have more than one verb, you conjugate the one closest to the subject (if it should still have “to” in front in English, leave it in the infinitive). Practice Sentences- Traduisez! • Le chat regarde l’ oiseau. • Ils regardent la télé. • Vous jouez au base-ball. • Nous aimons danser. • Elles aiment parler. Irregular verbs • The verbs lire= to read and dormir= to sleep are irregular (like avoir=to have) • You know avoir is conjugated: J’ai nous avons Tu as vous avez Il a ils ont Don’t worry about conjugating lire and dormir for now, just know the meaning Lire Dormir