Les Activités - ER Verb Conjugation

Conjugation is the process of changing a VERB to correspond with its SUBJECT.

A subject is a PERSON or a THING that DOES the action in a sentence.

JE (J') = I

TU = YOU

IL = HE or IT

ELLE = SHE or IT

NOUS = WE

VOUS = YOU

ILS = THEY

ELLES = THEY

A verb is the ACTION in a sentence.

Most verbs in French end with the letters -ER. An unconjugated verb is called an INFINITIVE.

For example, PARLER means TO SPEAK.

 There are 2 steps to conjugation.

Step 1 🡪 Drop the -ER ending

Step 2 🡪 Add the conjugated ending

JE - E

TU - ES

IL / ELLE - E

NOUS - ONS

VOUS - EZ

ILS / ELLES - ENT

PARLER

Je parle (I speak)

Tu parles (You speak)

Il parle (He speaks)

Elle parle (She speaks)

Nous parlons (We speak)

Vous parlez (You speak)

Ils parlent (They speak)

Elles parlent (They speak)