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être le français 1 Être - Discussion What do you think these sentences mean? What is the verb in each sentence? Why is the verb spelled differently? Claire est sympa. Noah est intelligent. Nous sommes américains. Pierre et Jacques sont français. Verbs Verbs show the action in the sentence Claire plays soccer. Sam is creative. Verbs change their form to agree with the subject. Sam is creative. We are creative. I am creative. An infinitive is a verb that doesn’t agree with a subject. It is the action itself. No one is doing the action yet. Examples: to be, to play Conjugation Conjugation is changing the forms of a verb to make it agree with the subject. In English… to be I am We are You are You are He is She is It is They are “To be” is the infinitive. The forms of the verb in the chart show the conjugation of “to be.” In French… You also have to conjugate verbs in French. The form of the verb that you use always has to agree with the subject! ÊTRE “être” is an infinitive “to be” used to describe or identify être je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il elle on ils elles est sont In a sentence How do you know which form of “être” to use? What if your subject is “Lucie?” “sommes” (because “Lucie et moi” = nous) What if your subject is “Lucie et toi?” “est” (because Lucie = elle) What if your subject is “Lucie et moi?” Use the form that matches the subject! “êtes” (because “Lucie et toi” = vous) What if your subject is “Lucie et Claire?” “sont” (because “Lucie et Claire” = elles) Fill-In Fill in the missing forms of the verb “être. 1. Marie ____________ fatiguée. 2. Guy ____________ sympa. 3. Monique et moi ____________ des amis. 4. Mme Calabrese ____________ une prof de français. 5. Mme Vogel et M. Shields ____________ des profs d’anglais. 6. Tu ____________ d’où? 7. Vous ____________ d’où? Examples Write a sentence to describe yourself Write a sentence to describe one of your friends example: Julie est petite. Write a sentence to describe your friends and you example: Je suis intelligente. example: Nous sommes amusants. Write a sentence to describe your teachers example: Mes profs sont sympas.