ER Conjugation
The -ER endings in ORDER
-e -es -e -ons -ez -ent
I eat
Je mange
I am
Je suis
to like, to love
aimer
Listen! Tu and vous
Écoute! Écoutez!
La chimie, c'est très difficile. Je déteste!
Chemistry is very difficult. I hate it.
Let's study!
Étudions!
We forget
Nous oublions
He is
Il est
to give
donner
Look at the blackboard! (tu and vous)
Regarde le tableau! Regardez le tableau!
Allons à l'école!
Let's go to school!
Telling your friend "EAT!"
"Mange!"
They study (mixed company)
Ils étudient
They are
Ils/Elles sont
to meet up with
Speak in French! (tu and vous)
Parle en français! Parlez en français!
Soyons sympas!
Let's be nice!
What is different about the conjuation of -GER and -CER verbs
They need to be modified in the NOUS form to retain the soft consonnant sound. The "G" is followed by "-eons" and the "C" requires a Ç (cédille) before adding "-ons".
We begin
Nous commençons
We are (formal)
Nous sommes
To meet up with
Retrouver
Let's work!
Travaillons!
Les élèves arrivent en classe avec les dictionnaires.
The students arrive to class with their dictionaries.
what vowels make the the "g" and "c" take on the hard "guh" and "kuh" sound?
"A", "O", and "U"
I like to travel
J'aime voyager
You are (formal) a teacher
Vous êtes un enseignant
Do you like computer science?
Tu aimes l'informatique?
Be patient (tu and vous)
Sois patient! Soyez patient!
Ils recontrent les camarades de classe au cours de langes étrangères.
They meet their classmates in foreign language class.