French er verbs

French er verbs

how tto form the conjugation of present tense

• jouer drop --er

• add new ending that goes with the subject

  
  

• Je joue nous jouons

• tu joues vous jouez

• il joue ils jouent

pronunciation tip

Pronunciation Tip:

The -es ending for tu and the -ent ending for ils/elles are written but NOT pronounced. When spoken they sound like joue.

You can listen to these conjugated forms of aimer to hear how they sound:

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What is the first step in forming the present tense of --er verbs?

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What is step 2 of forming the present tense of --er verbs in French

Examples

Je regarde la télé. I watch the television

regarder is conjugated to agree with Je by dropping the er and adding the ending "e"

More examples

• Tu chantes bien. You sing well chanter means to sing. Drop the "er" and add the ending "es" which agrees with tu.

• Nous adorons les dessins animés We adore cartoons. Adorer means to adore. drop the "er" and add the ending that agrees with nous, "ons"

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Elle

tous les mardis. (danser) use the correct form of the verb in parenthesis to make the sentence complete.

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Les enfants

dans le jardin. (jouer) Use the correct form of the verb to make it agree with the subject of the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Vous (travailler) dans un restaurant

• travaille

• travailles

• travaillons

• travaillez

Multiple Choice

Tu ________ à l’hôpital. (travailler)

• travaille

• travailles

• travaillons

• travaillez

Important extras

Je changes to j' before a verb starting with a vowel or a silent h (ex.j'adore, j'habite). This phenomenon is known as élision.

J'aime la classe de français. J'habite à Shelbyville.

More pronunciation extras

Note also that the s in plural pronouns (nous, vous, and ils/elles) is usually silent except when it is followed by a verb that begins with a vowel sound. In such a case the silent s is pronounced as a /z/ and links the pronoun to the verb. This phenomenon is called liaison ('linking') and is very characteristic of French.

Nous adorons le cholat. Vous aimez le français?

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Nous

au foot. (jouer)

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Ils

à Austin. (habiter)

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J'

la musique française. (adorer)