Lecon 7

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Lecon 7 ER Verbs
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Regular vs. Irregular verbs

• There are two different categories of verbs in
  French
• 1 IRREGULAR verbs
• Need to be memorized
• Each form of conjugation is differentdoesnt
  fall into a category like ER verbs for instance
• ETRE is IRREGULAR

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Irregular vs. Regular

• 2 REGULAR verbs
• Fall into groupings or categories
• Three categories in French
• ER verbs
• IR verbs
• RE verbs

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ER Verbs

• Lucky for you, you already know some ER verbs! ?
• What makes a verb an ER verb??
• It ends in ER of course
• Examples parler, chanter, danser, jouer,
  manger, regarder, voyager, etc.

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ER verbs

• So far, youve learned to use the INFINITIVE of
  an ER verb
• An INFINITIVE is the basic form of a verb that is
  not yet conjugated. In English translation it
  means To___________
• Ex Parler To speak (parler is the infinitive
  form)

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• You already know how to say, I like TO SPEAK,
  They prefer TO TRAVEL.
• Jaime parler, Ils preferent voyager.
• HOWEVER, you do not yet know how to say, I SPEAK,
  THEY TRAVEL, because you have to conjugate these
  ER verbs in order to do this.

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ER Verb conjugation

• How to conjugate an ER verb
• Step 1- CUT OFF THE ER ENDING
• Step 2 DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ENDING FOR
  YOUR SUBJECT
• Step 3 ADD THE ENDING TO YOUR REMAINING STEM

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Examples

• I speak French
• PARLER - step 1 (cut off er) PARL
• Step 2 determine subject (I) JE
• Step 3 add ending.see list
• Je e Nous - ons
• Tu es Vous ez
• Il/Elle e Ils/Elles ent
• Result Je PARLE francais!

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Practice

• We listen to the radio
• You (tu) work at McDonalds
• He dances at home
• We play soccer
• They (guys) sing in class