1. ♥ Chauffe-tête ♥ Write the question AND answer in your cahier. These will be the start of today’s notes. 1.What are the subject pronouns in English? 2.What are the subject pronouns in French? 3.Where do subject pronouns go in a sentence?

2. Easy ‘–er’ verbs VERB UNIT #1

3. Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns are (usually) the first word of a sentence. Subject pronouns are: Singulier (one person)Pluriel (plural/multiple people) I Je/J’We Nous You TuYou/Y’all Vous He/She/it Il/Elle/onThey Ils/Elles

4. Conjugating We have to change verbs to fit the subject pronoun! This means get rid of the final –er (which means ‘to’) and put: -e-ons -es-ez -e-ent

5. Acheter- to buy

6. Aider- to help

7. Aimer- to like/to love

8. Aller- to go

9. Arrêter- to stop

10. Arriver- to arrive

11. Blesser- to hurt

12. Chanter- to sing

13. Chercher- to search

14. Danser – to dance

15. Demander- to ask

16. Dépenser to spend / to use up

17. Détester – to hate/ to dislike

18. Donner to give

19. Doûter- to doubt

20. Écouter – to listen

21. Étudier- to study

22. Fermer- to close

23. Gouter – to taste

24. Jouer- to play

25. Laver- to wash

26. Manger- to eat

27. Parler- to speak / to talk

28. Penser- to think

29. Porter- to wear

30. Regarder- to watch

31. Rêver – to dream

32. Travailler- to work

33. Trouver – to find

34. Visiter- to visit

35. VERB NOTECARDS: FRONT: Verb with –er attached BACK: definition with « to ________ » – We will conjugate together tomorrow, just draw chart

36. Requirements and tips for the verb notecards REQUIRED ON CARD: You must have the chart You must write out the subject pronouns TIP/SUGGESTION Color-code the subject pronouns and the endings Put the English translations if you think you won’t remember

37. Things to know: There are two types of verbs: – REGULAR: They follow the pattern – IRREGULAR: They do not follow the pattern What is the pattern? – You drop the –er (to) from the verb and add for the subject pronouns: Je/j’ _________eNous _________ons Tu _________esVous _________ez Il/Elle/on _________eIls/Elles _________ent

38. Let’s conjugate on our cards! YAY!

39. What if it is IRREGULAR? Well… these verbs simply need to be looked up and then memorized! CHEATER RESOURCE: – www.WordReference.com www.WordReference.com Click ‘Conjugator’ at the top and select « French »