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| nikii | Sunday 16th of January 2005 12:25:24 AM |
| French verb conjugation - -er verbs are the first group of French verbs (verbs that end in '-er'), and are generally easy to conjugate...
Ex: Mang[b]er[/b] (to eat), Aim[b]er[/b] (to like/love), Parl[b]er[/b] (to speak)... With -er verbs, -er is your verb stem... So you first replace your verb stem (-er), with it's proper conjugation of the personal pronoun: je = I tu = you il = he elle = she nous = we vous = you (polite, plural) ils = they (masculine) elles = they (femimine) Je: [b]-e[/b] Tu: [b]-es[/b] Il/elle/on: [b]-e[/b] Nous: [b]-ons[/b] Vous: [b]-ez[/b] Ils/elles: [b]-ent[/b] Examples: [u][i]Aimer (to like)[/i][/u] Je: aim[b]e[/b] Tu: aim[b]es[/b] Il/Elle/On: aim[b]e[/b] Nous: aim[b]ons[/b] Vous: aim[b]ez[/b] Ils/Elles: aim[b]ent[/b] Ex: [u]Vous[/u] [i]aim[b]ez[/b][/i] la fille ? [u]Ils[/u] [i]aim[b]ent[/i][/b] la fille aussi. [u]Il[/u] [i]aim[b]e[/b][/i] la fille. [u][i]Parler[/u][/i] Je: parl[b]e[/b] Tu: parl[b]es[/b] Il/Elle/On: parl[b]e[/b] Nous: parl[b]ons[/b] Vous: parl[b]ez[/b] Ils/Elles: parl[b]ent[/b] Ex: [i]Parl[b]ez[/i][/b]-[u]vous[/u] français? Non, [u]je[/u] [i]parl[b]e[/b][/i] anglais. [u]Nous[/u] ne [i]parl[b]ons[/i][/b] pas français mais [u]elle[/u] [i]parl[b]e[/b][/i] français. There are a few regular and -er verbs that are conjugated irregularly however...: [u]Payer (to pay)[/u] Je: pai[b]e[/b] Tu: pai[b]es[/b] Il/Elle/On: pai[b]e[/b] Nous: pay[b]ons[/b] Vous: pay[b]ez[/b] Ils/Elles: pai[b]ent[/b] [u]Aller (to go)[/u] Je: vais Tu: vas Il/Elle/On: va Nous: allons Vous: allez Ils/Elles: vont ........ Sentences that have two -er verbs are simple as well... You conjugate your first verb (the verb that belongs with the pronoun or "closest" to the pronoun/object), and leave the rest of the verbs unconjugated... Example sentences: Nous pensons[/b] à toi. Je [b]vais[/b] [u]jouer[/u] au footbal. Il [i]aim[b]e[/b][/i] [u]dessiner[/u]. Ils ne [i]v[b]ont[/b][/i] pas [u]aller[/u] au restaurant. Ils [i]v[b]ont[/b] [/i][u]aller[/u] [u]nager[/u]. OR Ils [i]ir[b]ont[/i][/b] [u]nager[/u]. [i]**note: [b]iront[/b] is another was to say 'to go', but we'll get into that more later....;)[/i] | |
| Ulven | Sunday 16th of January 2005 12:56:31 AM |
| -er verb patterns (past tense) - There are a couple of commonly used past tense forms, but this one will be very useful in the early stages of learning until you become more developed.
There are some irregular verbs that don't obey any special pattern. But, these are few. The most common verbs are the ones which don't obey the rules. eg. aller (to go), as is shown in the previous post. Other verbs that you must learn on its own, and cannot predict are- être (to be), faire (to do/make) and avoir (to have). These will be given on a seperate thread which is not specific to -er verbs. To transform a verb ending in -er, you replace this ending with the appropriate ending (in [b]bold[/b] writing ) for the given performer of the verb. AIMER- TO LIKE/LOVE [b]j[/b]'aim[b]ais[/b] = I liked [b]tu[/b] aim[b]ais[/b] = you liked [b]il/elle[/b] aim[b]ait[/b] = he/she/it liked [b]nous[/b] aim[b]ions[/b] = we liked [b]vous[/b] aim[b]iez[/b] = you liked (polite form) [b]ils/elles[/b] aim[b]aient[/b] = they liked *pronunciation note- In French, the letter combination -ent at the end of words gives it a sound like [b]on[/b], but with the 'n' swallowed. Almost towards an [b]ong[/b] sound. But, this is not the case with [i]ils/elles[/i] (they) verbs. The -ent ending is silent in verbs. | |
| nikii | Sunday 16th of January 2005 11:51:43 AM |
| the verb "aller" - I should've mentioned earlier, that for the verb [i]aller[/i] (to go), has an irregular pattern of it's own, and doesn't follow the regular pattern. So it might be confusing for beinners to figure out how to conjugate [i]aller[/i], not knowing about it's irregularity... Here is the conjugation form again:
[i][u][b]Aller[/b] (to go)[/i][/u] Je: v[b]ais[/b] Tu: v[b]as[/b] Il/Elle/On: v[b]a[/b] Nous: all[b]ons[/b] Vous: all[b]ez[/b] Ils/Elles: v[b]ont[/b] [i]note: Again, if you have the verb [b]aller[/b] twice in the same sentence, the first aller verb is conjugated, and the second is left alone.[/i] ex: I am [u][i]going[/u] [b]to go[/b][/i] to the restaurant. Je [u][i]vais[/u] [b]aller[/b][/i] au restaurant. | |
