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.
Regarder
to listen
to go in French
aller
I am working.
Je travaille
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!
to look for
chercher
Conjugate Aller
Je vais, Tu Vas, Il/Elle/On Va
Nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont
They are eating
Ils mangent. Elles manges.
They study (mixed company)
Ils étudient
Anne, Sue and Jack are nice.
Ils sont sympas/gentils
to meet up with
Speak in French! (tu and vous)
Parle en français! Parlez en français!
Soyons sympas!
Let's be nice!
to forget
oublier
I am going to school.
Je vais à l'école.
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
Are we in chemistry class?
Est-ce que nous sommes dans le cours de chime?
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.
to meet up with
retrouver
Il va aux États-Unis.
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
Are you a teacher? Formal inversion
Êtes-vous enseignant(e)?
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.
to think that
penser que
Let's go to the movies.
Allons au cinéma