-er verbs SUCCESS SERIES FRENCH. -er verbs Verbs are words which express: actions states of being.
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The infinitives of most French verbs end in -er. To form the present tense of regular -er verbs, drop the -er from the infinitive and add the corresponding endings for the different subject pronouns. This chart demonstrates how to conjugate regular -er verbs.
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Here are some other verbs that are conjugated the same way as parler.
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Note that je becomes j’ when it appears before a verb that begins with a vowel sound.
With the verbs adorer, aimer, and détester, use the definite article before a noun to tell what someone loves, likes, prefers, or hates.
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Use infinitive forms after the verbs adorer, aimer, and détester to say that you like (or hate, etc.) to do something. Only the first verb should be conjugated.
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The present tense in French can be translated in different ways in English. The English equivalent for a sentence depends on its context.
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Verbs ending in -ger (manger, partager, voyager) and -cer (commencer) have a spelling change in the nous form.
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Unlike the English to look for, the French chercher requires no preposition before the noun that follows it.
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Use present tense verb forms to give commands. The nous and vous command forms are identical to those of the present tense. The tu command form of -er verbs drops the -s from the present tense form. The command forms of être are irregular: sois, soyons, soyez.
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Essayez! Complete the sentences with the correct present tense forms of the verbs.
1. Je ________(parler) français en classe.
2. Nous ________ (habiter) près de (near) l’université.
3. Ils ________(aimer) le cours de sciences politiques.
4. Élodie! ________ (regarder) le professeur!
5. Le cours ________(commencer) à huit heures (at eight o’clock).
6. Claire et Sylvain _________ (partager) le livre.
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