Putting It Together Sue Nicholson– French teacher Stantonbury Campus An ER verb assembly kit Sue Nicholson– French teacher Stantonbury Campus

Putting It Together  Owner’s Manual Setup Getting Started FAQ’s An ER verb assembly kit Setup Getting Started FAQ’s Projects A do-it-yourself program for constructing complete thoughts and actions using regular ER verbs  Owner’s Manual

Setup The process of verb conjugation Parts and accessories

La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation So what is conjugation? What does “conjugate” mean? In grammatical terms, it’s… Taking the regular form of the verb (such as: to have, to eat, to dance, to speak, etc) and changing it to agree with the subject of the verb (the person/object performing the action) Lost? Don’t you worry. We conjugate verbs in English every day! How???

La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Watch carefully as our verb repair specialty crew conjugates an English verb in the present tense. to be I am We are You are You (pl) are He/She is They are

La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Don’t they do excellent work? Here are some other familiar projects: to eat to dance I dance We dance You dance You (pl) dance He/She dances They dance I eat We eat You eat You (pl) eat He/She eats They eat Is it making sense yet? We change “to dance” to “dance” or “dances” depending on who we’re talking about (I, You, They). The same goes for “to eat.” Try a few on your own:

La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Here are a few verbs try. Remember to use the present tense! to watch to work I watch We watch You watch You (pl) watch He/She watches They watch I work We work You work You (pl) work He/She works They work How did you do? C’est facile, n’est-ce pas?

La Conjugaison des Verbes Verb Conjugation Would you say… (click on each one) I is? You be? He are? She work? They watches? I to be? You to work? Oops! Of course not! Conjugated verbs are not interchangeable! It sounds ridiculous! It’s the same way with the French language. Now that you are experts, lets check out the nuts and bolts of conjugating French verbs.

La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories In order to be a successful verb conjugator, you will need to know the following 4 terms: Subject- The person or thing doing the action (je, vous, la télé) Infinitive- The verb by itself: danser, parler, inviter, regarder What others can you name? travailler habiter organiser écouter chanter Stem- The verb without the er: dans, parl, invit, regard

La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories And most importantly: Ending- The combination of letters that we put in place of the “er” that we dropped earlier. Each pronoun has it’s own ending to be used. Below is a chart that gives these endings -ER Endings Je e [—] Nous ons [ohn] Tu es [—] Vous ez [eh] Il/ Elle Ils/Elles ent [—]

La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories Or think of it this way: Subject Infinitive Stem Ending The worker: The drill packaging: The drill: (packaging removed) The drill bits: er e, es, e, ons, ez, ent Je, Tu, Nous, la fille, Ils aimer, danser, chanter, parler aim, dans, chant, parl The worker chooses the bit for each drill!!!

La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories Ok, here’s the drill : Try to conjugate these French verbs by following the 4 simple step: 1. Take note of the worker 2. Choose your drill package 3. Remove ALL er packaging from the drill (how else are you going to use it?) Select the correct bit for the worker given *Notice, there are 6 workers for each verb!* parler Je Nous Tu Vous Il/Elle Ils/Elles

La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories parler jouer Je Nous Je Nous Tu Vous Tu Vous Il/Elle Ils/Elles Il/Elle Ils/Elles habiter aimer Je Nous Je Nous Tu Vous Tu Vous Il/Elle Ils/Elles Il/Elle Ils/Elles Go to the next page to see how you did!

La Conjugaison des Verbes Parts and Accessories parler jouer Je parle Nous parlons Je joue Nous jouons Tu parles Vous parlez Tu joues Vous jouez Il/Elle parle Ils/Elles parlent Il/Elle joue Ils/Elles jouent habiter aimer J’habite Nous habitons J’aime Nous aimons Tu habites Vous habitez Tu aimes Vous aimez Il/Elle habite Ils/Elles habitent Il/Elle aime Ils/Elles aiment How did you do? Ready for a new twist?

Getting Started Parts Review The Rule of THREE

Surveying the Foundation Parts Review Surveying the Foundation You should know the following terms before proceeding: -conjugate -subject -infinitive -stem -ending Remember, when putting something together, it’s always better to have a strong foundation than a weak one. You want what you are making to last, right? Make sure your foundation is strong before you begin further building.

Les exemples au Web More examples: (click on links to hear an authentic pronunciation) http://www.frenchtutorial.com/standard/present/group1.php http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html The above links are the internet examples (described in your packet)

Les Projets Projects Visit the following sites and try to activities to test your newfound skills and knowledge: 1. be sure to following instructions in parentheses!  http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/HotPotatoes/index.htm  (click on “Français, scroll down and select Present Tense, click on Regular –ER Verbs) 2. http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa101199t.htm 3. http://www.quia.com/mc/66100.html (you may play several times) 4. http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html (scroll down towards the bottom, starting with “fill in the blanks”)