Regular –er Verbs
Write out the forms of the verb “to like” in English:
I like
We like
You like
They like
He likes
She likes
Notice how the verb changes depending on the
subject of the sentence? The same thing happens
in French. You have to learn all the forms of the
verb and which subject pronoun they match up
with.
Here is the verb to to like in
French:
J’aime
Nous aimons
Tu aimes
Vous aimez
Il/Elle aime
Ils/Elles aiment
The way the way the verb changes to match the
subject of the sentence is called conjugation.
The name of the verb, before it has been changed to
match any particular subject is called the infinitive.
AIMER is one of a large group of verbs in French
called –er verbs. All these verbs end in –er in the
infinitive.
Can you think of any other –er verbs you know?
All –er verbs share the same conjugation. To conjugate an –
er verb, take away the –er and add the same endings we
added to aimer.
Je (J’)
-e
Tu
-es
Il/Elle
-e
Nous
-ons
Vous
-ez
Ils/Elles
-ent
Now test yourself with the following verbs:
travaille
Je
-e
-ons
-es
-ez
-e
-ent
(travailler)
Nous
jouons
-e
-ons
-es
-ez
-e
-ent
(jouer)
chantent
Ils
-e
-ons
-es
-ez
-e
-ent
(chanter)
Vous
voyagez
-e
-ons
-es
-ez
-e
-ent
(voyager)
parles
Tu
-e
-ons
-es
-ez
-e
-ent
(parler)
écoute
Elle
-e
-ons
-es
-ez
-e
-ent
(écouter)
Elles
dansent
-e
-ons
-es
-ez
-e
-ent
(danser)