1. ER verbs

2. Are more common than irregular verbs
La Monde des verbes
Irregular Verbs
Regular verbs
être
-er verbs
Regular Verbs
Follow a pattern
Are more common than irregular verbs

3. Vocabulary Mme Boyd will use:
Infinitive – a verb in its dictionary form. A verb that has NOT been conjugated.
Examples: parler, regarder, écouter, jouer
These example verbs all still have their –er ending and are in INFINITIVE form.
Conjugate – adding endings to a verb to make it fit grammatically with the subject of the sentence.
We do this in English all the time:
I talk, You talk, John talks (notice, we add an s to talk to make it grammatically correct for the subject JOHN)

4. How to conjugate an –er verb
Infinitive: Parler – to talk
Drop the ending: Parl (-er dropped)
Add endings based on the subject:
Je parle Nous parlons
Tu parles Vous parlez
Il/Elle/On parle Ils/Elles parlent

5. English Equivalent
Je parle (I talk/I’m talking) Nous parlons (We talk/We are talking
Tu parles (you talk/You’re talking) Vous parlez (Y’all talk/You all are talking)
Il parle (he talks/he is talking) Ils parlent (they talk/they are talking
Elle parle (she talks/she is talking) Elles parlent (they talk/they are talking)

6. New Pronoun On
You should have noticed a new pronoun in the conjugation frame of PARLER.
On – means people, they, or we. It is a very general term. Such as when we say something like, “They say it’s going to be windy tomorrow.”
On parle français en France. – People speak french in France.
It takes the same verb form as Il/Elle singular.

7. Try one on your own
Regarder –
Je Nous
Tu Vous
Il/Elle/On Ils/Elles

8. -er verbs that start with a vowel
Aimer – to like
J’aime Nous aimons
Tu aimes Vous aimez
Il/Elle/on aime Ils/Elles aiment
Notice – we drop the “e” from the je form if the verb starts with a vowel.
What other verbs on your list this chapter begin with vowels?

9. Practiquez!! Replace the italicized words with each of the suggested subject pronouns. Be sure to give the correct form of the verb.
Il travaille avec Marc. (Tu, Vous, Nous, Elle, Je, Ils, On)
Tu habites en France. (Nous, Il, Elles, Je, On, Vous)

10. Practiquez! Make a complete sentence with each of the following groups of words.
Je / aimer / l’université
Claire / étudier / le français
Nous / habiter / à New York
Les enfants / regarder / la télé
Tu / aimer / la musique