Er verbs

Infinitive verbs

An infinitive verb in English looks like this: TO SING

TO before the verb makes it infinitive

In French, the marker is the last two letters. The most common one is ER

In english You take off TO, when the

verb is matched to a subject in a sentence:

To singWe sing along!

In French Also

REMOVE ER

WHAT REMAINS IS THE STEM, the stem is the part that doesn’t change.

Example

AIMER = TO LIKE/LOVE REMOVE THE ER THE STEM IS AIM

Now to match the verb to the subject…

You ADD an ending to the stem.

Which ending?

The ending is based on the subject

Remember the subject pronouns?

How many subject pronouns do we have?

neuf

Je, tu, il, elle Nous, vous, ils, elles

Good thing!

8 subject pronouns BUT only 5 different endings

THE ENDINGS 5 ENDINGS, 5 FINGERS The endings are at the tip of YOUR

HAND!

5 endings..based on 5 fingers

e

esonsez

ent

aim

For which subjects?

Je/j’Il ElleOn

tunousvous

Ilselles

e

esonsez

ent

aim

Let’s put it together

1. Infinitive verb AIMER2. Remove ER3. You got the stem: AIM4. Add the ending based on the

subject5. That’s a verb conjugated verb!

AIMER

J’aime Tu aimes Il,elle, on

aime

Nous aimons Vous aimez Ils, elles

aiment

E

ESONSEZ

ENT THE ENDINGS IN RED ARE not pronounced .They are silent endings

oné

These endings are not silent

AIMER

J’aime Tu aimes Il,elle, on

aime

Nous aimons Vous aimez Ils, elles

aiment

ER VERBS

AIMER = TO LIKE CHANTER = TO SING PARLER = TO SPEAK REGARDER = TO WATCH / LOOK ECOUTER = TO LISTEN

What is the stem of….

Chanter Parler Regarder écouter

The stems are…

ChantParlRegardécout

CHANTER

Je chante Tu chantes Il/elle chante

Nous chantons

Vous chantez ils/elles

chantent