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Verb Conjugation
Learning to conjugate your first
verb in French
How do I conjugate a
verb in French?
Here are the
singular subject
pronouns.
• Je =
• Tu =
(singular and
informal)
• Il =
or it
• Elle =
or it
Here are the plural subject pronouns:
nous
vous= you (singular formal) and
ils=
elles=
Subject pronouns
Je (J’) _____
Tu
_____
Il ______
Elle _____
On ______
Nous
______
Vous
______
Ils/Elles ______
Elle ou il?
• Une écoleelle
• Un feutreil
• Un classeuril
• Une porteelle
• Sophie et AmelieElles
• Jacques et Sophie-
• ils
In English
• You conjugate verbs every day, but
you usually don’t have to think about
it.
• You say “I speak, They eat, We are”
That is verb conjugation!
So what does a verb look
like conjugated in English?
To be:
I am
We are
You are
You are
He/She/It is
They are
Je suis …
Tu es …
Il est…
Elle est
On est…
Etre- to be
Nous sommes
Vous êtes
Ils sont…
Elles sont…
C’est facile! Now you do
it…
• Je ____ français!
• Tu ____ intelligent.
• Elle ____ sociable.
• Il _____ américain.
• Nous _____
canadiens.
• Vous _____
français.
• Ils ne _____ pas
timides.
Say what French city people are from.
Ex. Je/Nice
Je suis de Nice.
1. Emilie et Richard/Paris
2. Tu/Lyon
3. Elodie/Marseille
4. Vous/Bordeaux
5. Laurence et Amadou/Strasbourg
Le verbe ETRE
 Je
_________ élève dans une école
américaine.
 Tu ________ français ou américain,
Robert?
 Sophie, elle ________ sympathique.
 Vous ______________ intelligent.
 La prof ______________ impatiente.
 Nous ____________ sociables.
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More Subject Pronouns• Here are the
plural subject
pronouns (that
means they
refer to more
than one
person).
• Nous = We
• Vous = You (plural
or formal)
• Ils = They
(masculine or
mixed)
• Elles = They
(feminine)
Tu vs. Vous
You might have noticed there are two
subject pronouns that mean “you”.
Tu
Tu is used when speaking
to friends and family
or others you own age.
It is singular and
informal.
Vous
Vous is used when
speaking to more than
one person, someone
you don’t know very
well, or someone to
whom you wish to show
respect. It is plural or
formal.
Tu or Vous…
Which one would you use for the
following examples:
• your mother
• a sales clerk
• your waiter/waitress
• your teacher
• a little kid you don’t know