VERB CONJUGATIONS PRESENT TENSE What is a conjugation

VERB CONJUGATIONS PRESENT TENSE

What is a conjugation? • It is a. . : • Changing of a verb through person, number, and tense

Person (3) in singular and plural (number) Singular: • 1. I (je) • 2. you (tu) • 3. he, she, it (il, elle, on) Plural: 1. We (nous) 2. you all (vous) 3. they (ils, elles)

Tense: present, perfect, future

We will learn the present tense today: • English translation could be 3 ways: verb, is verbing or does verb • French has only 1 form

In French we have regular and irregular verbs • We learned 2 irregular verbs so far ȆTRE=TO BE 1. Je suis 2. Tu es 3. Il, elle, on est 1. Nous sommes 2. Vous êtes 3. Ils, elles, sont SINGULAR PLURAL AVOIR= TO HAVE 1. J’ai 2. tu as 3. il, elle, on a 1. Nous avons 2. vous avez 3. ils, elles ont

We will learn today the present tense of the regular verbs There are 3 groups of French verbs whose infinitives end on: • 1. – er aimer, parler, regarder • 2. – ir choisir, punir, finir • 3. – re vendre, perdre, attendre

1 st group: PARLER SINGULAR 1. JE PARL E 2. TU PARL ES 3. IL, ELLE, ON PARL E stem is PARL PLURAL 1. NOUS PARL ONS 2. VOUS PARL EZ 3. ILS, ELLES PARL ENT

2 ND group: SINGULAR 1. JE FIN IS 2. TU FIN IS 3. IL, ELLE, ON FIN IT FINIR stem is FIN PLURAL 1. NOUS FIN ISSONS 2. VOUS FIN ISSEZ 3. ILS, ELLES FIN ISSENT

3 RD group: SINGULAR 1. JE PERD S 2. TU PERD S 3. IL, ELLE, ON PERDRE stem is PERD PLURAL 1. NOUS PERDONS 2. VOUS PERD EZ 3. ILS, ELLES PERD ENT