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Like in English, verbs are action words. Also, as in English, they usually follow the subject (often a person), which is doing the action. There are 6 subjects: • je • tu • il/elle • nous • vous • ils/elles I you he/she we you (pl.) they (m/f) Les Verbes en “ER” When a subject and verb are placed together in a sentence, the form of the verb changes, depending on the subject used. This is called a conjugation . Ex: I walk. Je marche. You walk. He walks. Tu marches. Il marche As you can see from the example, the ending of the verb changes when a different subject is used. In French, there is a large group of verbs which follow the same pattern. This group is commonly referred to as “ER” Verbs, because in all of these verbs, the infinitive (original form of the verb) ends in ER. •To conjugate an “ER” verb, remove the “ER” and add the endings: Jouer is an “ER” verb, SUBJECT ENDING je tu il/elle nous vous ils/elles … e … es … e … ons … ez … ent EXAMPLE Je joue. TRANSLATION I play. Tu joues. You play. Il joue. He plays. Nous jouons. We play. Vous jouez. You play. Elles jouent. They play. While many verbs follow a conjugation pattern (like ER verbs), those which do not follow a pattern are referred to as “irregular verbs”. Avoir and Faire are“irregular verbs” : faire To make/to do avoir To have Verbe je / j’ avoir • to have tu il/elle nous J’ai Tu as Il /elle a (I have) (you have) (he/she has) (we have) Je fais Tu fais Il /elle fait Nous faisons Nous avons vous Vous avez (you have) ils/elles Ils ont (they have) faire • to do • to make Vous faîtes NOTES: •Unlike the English subject “I”, in French, the subject “je” is not always capitalized. The only time it is capitalized is when it is found at the beginning of a sentence. •Remember that je becomes j’ when it is followed by a vowel. Ils font •To conjugate the verb faire: SUBJECT ENDING je tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles …fais …fais … fait …faisons …faites … font EXAMPLE Je fais TRANSLATION I do. Tu fais You do. Il fait He does. Nous faisons. We do. Vous faites. You do. Elles font. They do.