2. An activity, something that you do. Many (but
NOT all) verbs in French end in –ER
Parler = TO talk
Jouer = TO play
Chanter = TO sing
Nager = TO swim
Danser = TO dance
This form of the verb ending in –ER, with the
meaning “to [VERB]” is called the INFINITIVE

3. Say what I
like/don’t like to do: Say what I want/don’t
J’aime chanter want to do:
Je n’aime pas danser Je veux voyager
Je voudrais étudier
Je ne veux pas travailler
Say what I can’t do:
Je ne peux pas nager
Say what I must do:
Je dois étudier
Ask someone what they
like/want/can do:
Est-ce que tu aimes nager ?
Est-ce que tu veux voyager ?
Est-ce que tu peux chanter ?

4. Je danser = I dance ?
Je danser = I to dance
(This doesn’t work!)
For each pronoun (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous,
ils, elles), we must CONJUGATE the –ER
verb by removing the –ER and adding a set
of endings to make it grammatically correct.

5. 1. Take the verb in its infinitive form
2. Remove the –er
3. Add the endings that go with each subject:
 Je  e Je DANSe
 Tu  es Tu DANSes
 Il/Elle  e Il/Elle DANSe
 Nous  ons Nous DANSons
 Vous  ez Vous DANSez
 Ils/Elles  ent Ils/Elles DANSent

6. Voici la
conjugaison de
J’♥ “danser,” un
verbe en ER.
les
verbes

7. Each conjugated verb form (such as “je
parle”) has 3 possible meanings in English.
Parler
To speak

8. Il/Elle parle
Nous parlons
Tu parles
Vous parlez
Je parle
p Ils/Elles parlent
a
parler (to talk) r
l

9. Tu voles
Je vole You fly (s.)
I fly
Il vole
Elle vole
He flies
She flies
Vous volez
You fly (pl.)

10. Ils/Elles
visiter Je visite
I visit
visitent
to visit They visit
Vous visitez
Elle visite You visit (pl.)
She visits
Il visite
He visits
Tu visites
You visit (s.)