Transcript Conjugating verbs

Conjugating
verbs
in French and in English
Verb
• A verb is an action word, a word of doing or
being; it’s what you do!
• The infinitive is the “basic” verb form, that goes
at the top of the conjugation graphic
organizer.
• All infinitives in English start with the word “to…”
• All infinitives in French end in –er, -ir, -re
Infinitive
• At the top of your verb conjugation graphic
organizer, write the infinitive in French and in
English.
• It should look like this:
être – to be
(infinitive in French – infinitive in English)
Subject pronouns
• The subject pronouns represent the person or
thing that is “verbing”; whoever or whatever is
doing the verb action.
• First person is who is talking (I/we)
• Second person is who I’m talking to (you)
• Third person isn’t part of the conversation,
they’re the one we’re talking about
(he,she,it,they)
Subject Pronouns
singular
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
plural
Subject Pronouns
singular
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
I
plural
je
we
nous
Subject Pronouns
singular
plural
1st person
I
je
we
nous
2nd person
you
tu
you
vous
3rd person
Subject Pronouns
singular
plural
1st person
I
je
we
nous
2nd person
you
tu
you
vous
he / it il
they
ils
she / it elle
they
elles
3rd person
“one” on
Conjugation
• When you conjugate the verb, you change the
verb so it “goes” with the subject.
• This is called “agreement”.
• If the verb doesn’t agree with the subject, the
verb is not conjugated correctly:
“I are” is an example of incorrect conjugation;
“I am” is an example of agreement
Conjugation – getting
started
Once you have written the infinitives in French
and in English:
être – to be
Conjugation – setting up
Once you have written the infinitives in French
and in English:
être – to be
and you have written the subject pronouns:
je
nous
tu
vous
il
elle
on
ils
elles
Conjugation
Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb
next to each subject:
je
nous
tu
vous
il
ils
elle
elles
on
Conjugation
Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb
next to each subject:
je
suis
nous
tu
vous
il
ils
elle
elles
on
sommes
Conjugation
Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb
next to each subject:
je
suis
nous
sommes
tu
es
vous
êtes
il
ils
elle
elles
on
Conjugation
Then you need to write in the correct form of the verb
next to each subject:
je
suis
nous
sommes
tu
es
vous
êtes
il
elle
on
ils
est
elles
sont
Completed form:
être – to be
je
suis
nous
sommes
tu
es
vous
êtes
il
elle
on
ils
est
elles
sont
Same verb…different chart