Conjugating-ER-family[2]

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La famille ER conjugaison

• Conjugating the ER family
• Learning patterns is a key to mastering the
  conjugating of French verbs.

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Subject PronounsDoesnt matter if the verb is
regular or irregularThe pronouns are always in
the same order.

• Je
• Tu
• Il, elle,on
• Nous
• Vous
• Ils,elles

• I
• You
• He, she, one
• We
• You
• They masculine feminine

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Regular or irregular?

• First, determine if the verb is irregular
• 1) Know which are the irregulars.
• 2) They are usually common verbs.
• 3) They are unique (no pattern) you have to
  study each one.
• The good news about REGULAR verbs
• They only have one of three endings
• They follow a pattern.

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Regular verbs the pattern explained

• The infinitive of most verbs in French end in the
  letters ER. This is the family we are studying in
  this presentation.
• Lesser numbers end in the letters IR and RE.
• Most follow a regular pattern for each ending
  group above.
• Exceptions to this pattern are called irregular
  verbs.
• So if you learn the regular patterns you will
  know the patterns for most verbs.
• To conjugate each verb in the present tense, the
  last two letters (ER, IR, RE) are dropped and a
  different ending is added for each pronoun (I,
  you, he, she, it, we, you all, they).

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The pattern for verbs of the ER family

1. Put the pronouns in order.
2. Find the stem of the verb by taking off the
   family name ER
3. Add your verb endings.

Pronouns The stem parler The ending
Je parl e
Tu parl es
Il, elle, on parl e
Nous parl ons
Vous parl ez
Ils, elles parl ent
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ParlerTake the ER offand replace it by the
following endingsE ES E ONS EZ ENT

• video prononciation Parler
• Je parle
• Tu parles
• Il parle
• Elle parle
• On parle
• Nous parlons
• Vous parlez
• Ils parlent
• Elles parlent

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Aimer

• Prononciation video Aimer
• Jaime
• Tu aimes
• Il, elle, on aime
• Nous aimons
• Vous aimez
• Ils, elles aiment

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Irregular ER verbs

• Irregular Stems
• ?French stem-changing verbs are conjugated with
  the same endings as normal but have two different
  stems. Stem-changing verbs are sometimes called
  boot verbs.
• ?We will study the verbs acheter préférer
• Change of accent in the stem
• ?And the verbs manger commencer
• Add an e or a ç
• ?We will also meet Aller the black sheep of the
  ER family!

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First, 2 boot verbsNote è sounds like the e in
ED or met.

• Acheter (to buy)

• Préférer (to prefer)

• Jachète
• Tu achètes
• Il, elle, on achète
• Nous achetons
• Vous achetez
• Ils, elles achètent

• Je préfère
• Tu préfères
• Il, elle, on préfère
• Nous préférons
• Vous préférez
• Ils, elles préfèrent

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Why are they called boot verbs?
The verb acheter is a so-called boot verb because
all the verbs with the same stems form the shape
of a boot.
The verb acheter
achète achetons
achètes achetez
achète achètent
Another way of saying it Nous and Vous look
like their parents acheter
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Two more exceptions in the ER family.

• Manger (to eat)

• Commencer (to begin)

• Je mange
• Tu manges
• Il, elle, on mange
• Nous mangeons
• Vous mangez
• Ils, elles mangent

• Je commence
• Tu commences
• Il, elle, on commence
• Nous commençons
• Vous commencez
• Ils, elles commencent

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Irregular verb Aller

• prononciation video Aller
• Je vais
• Tu vas
• Il va He
  goes
• Elle va
• On va
• Nous allons
• Vous allez
• Ils vont
• Elles vont
• Note Aller is the only big exception in the ER
  family.