conjugating verbs in french and in english. verb a verb is an action word, a word of doing or being;...
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Conjugating verbsin 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 Pronounssingular plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Subject Pronounssingular plural
1st person I je we nous2nd person
3rd person
Subject Pronounssingular plural
1st person I je we nous2nd person you tu you vous
3rd person
Subject Pronounssingular plural
1st person I je we nous2nd person you tu you vous
he / it il they ils3rd person she / it elle they elles
“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 startedOnce you have written the infinitives in French
and in English:
être – to be
Conjugation – setting upOnce 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 ils
elle elles
on
ConjugationThen you need to write in the correct form of the
verb next to each subject:
je nous
tu vous
il ils
elle elles
on
ConjugationThen you need to write in the correct form of the
verb next to each subject:
je suis nous sommes
tu vous
il ils
elle elles
on
ConjugationThen 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
ConjugationThen 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 est elles sont
on
Completed form:être – to be
je suis nous sommes
tu es vous êtes
il ils
elle est elles sont
on
Same verb…different chart