Le présent

L’objectif: to recap how to form the present tense for ER verbs in French

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An ‘ER’ verb is just a verb which ends in

‘ER’

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Choose your verb e.g. ‘chanter’ which

means ‘to sing’

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Take off the ‘ER’ so you are left with the

stem – ‘chant’

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Add the following endings depending on which person you are talking

about:

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I Je e

You (singular) Tu es

He/she Il/elle e

We Nous ons

You (plural) Vous ez

They Ils/elles ent

CHANTER – TO SINGI sing – je chante

You (singular) sing – tu chantesHe/she sings – il/elle chante

We sing – nous cantonsYou (plural) sing – vous chantez

They sing – ils/elles chantent

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