Please learn the following:
_ ER verbs ! THEY ARE REGULAR VERBS
WHY ARE THEY REGULAR ?
WE CAN PREDICT THEM.
ANOTHER WORDS - - REMOVE THE ER ADD THE ENDINGS - THIS WORKS.
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR GOING DOWN THROUGH THE VERB - - - - -
CONJUGATION IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT TENSE IS THIS CONJUGATION IN ?
PRESENT TENSE.
Every verb in the present tense in French means three things.
J’aide - - - - - - I help - - - - - I am helping - - - - - - - -I Do be helping
A group of action words that have ER in their name.
A fancy word for ‘name of the verb’ is infinitive.
Therefore, ER verbs are recognised by the fact that their name - - - - ends in ER
The ER verbs have a specific et of present tense endings.
E
ES
E
E
ONS
EZ
ENT
ENT
You have to know these like you know your own name.
How do you apply these endings ?
EACH IS PERSON SPECIFIC
Je - - - - E
Tu- - - -ES
Il - - - -E
Elle - - - -E
Nous - - - -ons
Vous -- - - -EZ
Ils - - - -ent
Elles - - - -ent
How do you apply them ?
REMOVE THE ER – FROM THE INFINTIVE
AND APPLY THE ENDINGS IN A PERSON SPECIFIC FASHION
Aider – TO HELP
Draguer - to chat up .
AID (ER IS REMOVED)
J’aide
Tu aides
Il aide
Elle aide
Nous aidons
Vous aidez
Ils aident
Elles aident
WHAT ARE YOUR TASKS ?
1) LEARN THE ENDINGS
2) Practice conjugating them over and over. They are all the same!
WHY ARE THEY REGULAR ?
WE CAN PREDICT THEM.
ANOTHER WORDS - - REMOVE THE ER ADD THE ENDINGS - THIS WORKS.
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR GOING DOWN THROUGH THE VERB - - - - -
CONJUGATION IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT TENSE IS THIS CONJUGATION IN ?
PRESENT TENSE.
Every verb in the present tense in French means three things.
J’aide - - - - - - I help - - - - - I am helping - - - - - - - -I Do be helping
A group of action words that have ER in their name.
A fancy word for ‘name of the verb’ is infinitive.
Therefore, ER verbs are recognised by the fact that their name - - - - ends in ER
The ER verbs have a specific et of present tense endings.
E
ES
E
E
ONS
EZ
ENT
ENT
You have to know these like you know your own name.
How do you apply these endings ?
EACH IS PERSON SPECIFIC
Je - - - - E
Tu- - - -ES
Il - - - -E
Elle - - - -E
Nous - - - -ons
Vous -- - - -EZ
Ils - - - -ent
Elles - - - -ent
How do you apply them ?
REMOVE THE ER – FROM THE INFINTIVE
AND APPLY THE ENDINGS IN A PERSON SPECIFIC FASHION
Aider – TO HELP
Draguer - to chat up .
AID (ER IS REMOVED)
J’aide
Tu aides
Il aide
Elle aide
Nous aidons
Vous aidez
Ils aident
Elles aident
WHAT ARE YOUR TASKS ?
1) LEARN THE ENDINGS
2) Practice conjugating them over and over. They are all the same!