AIMER + Likes, Negations, & Regular -ER Verbs (French)

Aimer veut dire (means)

• To like (a thing); To love (a person)

• To like only

• To love only

• To like (a person); to love (a thing)

Vrai ou faux: Aimer is a regular -ER verb.

• Vrai (true)

• Faux (false)

The steps for conjugating a regular infinitive verb in French are:

• 1) Drop the first two letters of the infinitive

  2) Add any ending you want for the subject

• 1) Drop the last two letters of the infinitive

  2) Add the correct ending for the subject

• 1) Eliminate the subject pronoun

  2) Add "ne pas" after the verb

• No steps, just keep the verb exactly the same no matter what the subject is

The correct subject-based endings for regular -ER verbs in the present tense in French are:

• je: -e

  tu: -es

  il/elle/on: -e

  nous: -ons

  vous: -ez

  ils/elles: -ent

• je: -e

  tu: -es

  il/elle/on: -est

  nous: -ens

  vous: -ez

  ils/elles: -ent

• je: -o

  tu: -os

  il/elle/on: -e

  nous: -ons

  vous: -oz

  ils/elles: -ont

• always just -er

J'________ la classe d'anglais.

• aimes

• aim

• aime

• aimez

J'aime la classe d'anglais means:

• I have English class

• I don't have English class

• I don't like English class

• I like English class

Tu __________ jouer au foot?

• aime

• aimes

• aim

• aimez

Tu aimes jouer au foot means:

• (Do) you like to play football

• (Do) you have to play football

• (Do) you like to play soccer

• (Do) you have to play soccer

Sophie et moi, nous __________ sortir pour voir un film.

• aimes

• aimons

• aimez

• aiment

Nous aimons sortir pour voir un film means:

• We like to go out to see a movie

• Y'all like to go out and see a movie

• They like to go out and see a movie