*
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
nager
dormir
téléphoner
texter
manger
étudier
regarder la télé
*
écouter de la musique
skier
aller au cinéma
Jouer aux sports
Passer un bon film
jouer au football américain
jouer au foot
jouer au tennis
jouer au basket
jouer au base-ball
* L’interro
* la musique
* La télé
* Un film
* Le cinéma
* Le foot
* Le basket
* Le base-ball
* Le football américain
*
*
* A verb expresses an action or state of being.
*Basic forms of verbs are infinitives.
*Infinitive form means “to” ______
(to play, to sleep)
* Verbs in vocabulary lists in this book and in
French Dictionaries are in the infinitive form.
* Many French infinitives end in –er
* You only use the infinitive form when you want
to say “to____”
* J’aime nager.
* J’aimer nager.
* J’aime nage.
= I like to swim
= I to like to swim.
= I like swim.
*
First person:
J’aime________________. Et toi?
Second person:
Moi aussi (if you agree)
Pas moi (if you disagree)
*Je
*Tu
*Il
*Elle
*On
*Nous
*Vous
*Ils
*Elles
*I
*You (informal)
*He
*She
*One, they, we
*
*We
*You (formal OR Plural)
*They (all men or mixed)
*They (all females)
*Vous:
*Tu:
*A friend
*A close relative
*Someone close to
your age
*A child
*A pet
*
* An adult you don’t know
* A distant relative
* Someone older than you
* A person in authority
* More than 1 of any under tu
* More than 1 of any under
vous
*
*Mme. Heinrich
*A lost five-year-old
*Your grandma
*Your friend Bruno
*Bruno’s dog, Milou
*Two secretaries in the school office
*Your cousin
*Your classmates Sophie and Béatrice
*A police officer
*M. and Mme. Dupont
*Your principal
*M. Obama
* -er verbs are “regular” verbs because their
forms follow a predictable pattern.
* When you change a verb from the infinitive to
make it agree with the subject of the
sentence, it’s called CONJUGATING the verb
* English verbs have 2 forms (conjugations)
* I/you/we/they play
* He/she/it plays
* Verbs in French have 6 forms (conjugations)
Singular
* Je
* Tu
* Il/elle/on
Plural
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
*
1. Remove –er from the infinitive to find the stem of the verb
2. Add the endings to match the subject pronoun.
Subject
pronoun
Stem
Examples
+
ending
Subject
Pronoun
Stem
+
Ending
Je
jou e
Je joue au foot.
I play soccer.
Nous
jou ons Nous jouons au
basket.
We play basketball.
Tu
jou es
Tu joues bien.
You play well.
Vous
jou ez
Il/Elle/On jou e
Elle joue le six.
She plays on the 6th. Ils/Elles
Examples
Vous jouez demain?
Are you playing
tomorrow?
jou ent Ils jouent au tennis.
They are playing
tennis
Each present tense verb in French has only word, but has more than one meaning
• Karine nage bien.
Karine swims well.
Karine is swimming well.
• Karine nage bien?
Does Karine swim well? Is Karine swimming well?
* La musique
* La soirée
* La boîte
* La techno
* La dance
* La musique classique
* Le roller
* Le footing
* Le vélo
* Les sports
* Les films
* Le camping
* Le jazz
*
Faire des sports
*
Faire du shopping
Faire du vélo
Faire du camping
Faire du roller
Faire du footing
Faire les devoirs
chanter
danser
travailler
sortir
parler français
parler anglais
1.To go out (on a
date, with friends
2.Exit
parler espagnol
lire
*
J’adore (jahdoor)
I love
J’aime beaucoup
I like a lot
(jam bocoo)
J’aime (jam)
I like
J’aime un peu
I like a little
(jam uhn puh)
Je n’aime pas (juh nam pah)
I don’t like
Je déteste (ju day test)
I hate
*
* Le shopping
* Le volley (jouer au)
* Le tennis (jouer au)
* Les devoirs
* Les jeux vidéo (jouer aux)
* Le club (exercise)
* La pizza
* La planche à voile
* Inviter
* Préférer (Je préfère)
* It takes 2 words to make a verb negative in French.
* ne and pas
* Put ne in front of the verb and pas after it.
* ne + verb + pas
Sylvie ne joue pas le foot.
Sylvie doesn’t play soccer.
Jean, tu n’écoutes pas la musique classicale?
John, you don’t listen to classical music?
*
* Dis = say
* Super! = super, terrific, great
* Bon = good
* Bon ben = well then
* Bien = really?
* Chez = to the house of
* Chez moi = to my house
* Aussi = also, too
*
* Mais = but
* Moi = me, I
* Tout le monde = everyone
(use “on” form of verb)
* On y va? = Shall we go there?
* Qui = Who
* Pourquoi = why
* Parce que = because
1.
5.
9.
2.
3.
6.
7.
10.
4.
8.
11.
*
Je is I
Tu is you
Il he, Elle is she.
On means one,
Nous means we,
And vous can mean “you all”
Ils is they (boys sing) Elles is they (girls sing)
Ils is they (boys sing) Elles is they (girls sing)
And Vous can also mean “you formal” (go back
and repeat lines in white)
* It takes 2 words to make a verb negative in French.
* Ne…pas
* Put ne in front of the verb and pas after it.
* Ne becomes n’ before a vowel.
EX:
Pierre ne danse pas.
Pierre doesn’t dance.
Nous n’aimons pas lire.
We don’t like to read.
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
(kes kuh tew am fair)
What do you like to do?
J’aime __________________.
Qu’est-ce que tu détestes faire?
What do you hate to do?
Moi aussi
Pas moi
Je
déteste