Dyna-e provides a brief French lesson here with an overview of present tense regular verbs. Eric Litvin and z57 reviews are a fan! Happy conjugating!

1. Learning Objective
• To remind ourselves how to conjugate
regular verbs in the present tense.

2. La conjugaison
Le sablier des verbes

3. Les temps - Tenses
TensesWhatwhat tenses? when
are are tells you
something happens

4. Fun: a conjugating dog

5. Can you think of any examples?
For example:
Past I was at the store. Sometimes the verb "to
Past:
have" is used to convey the past tense: I have
been there before.
Present I am at the store. In English you can also
Present:
have a tense called the continuous present: Now, I
am going to the store
Future I will go to the store. In English, sometimes
Future:
the verb "to go" is used to convey the future
tense:
I'm going to go to the store.

6. Infinitives
An infinitive What is anform of a verb. It is
is the full infinitive?
the word you find in the dictionary.
Can you think of any examples in French or English?
• In English infinitives start with TO – to
walk – to be – to have
• In French the endings tell you if the
verb is in its infinitive form:
• Stem+ER / Stem+IR / Stem+RE
Jouer
/ finir
/ vendre

7. Personal pronouns
je –I /tu- you singularany personal
Can you think of /elle,il,on she,he, one /nous-we /vous-you plural
pronouns in French or English?
/elles,ils-they fem,masc)
In French verb endings
change to agree with
the subject (here the
personal pronoun)

8. Le présent
There is only one present in French ( No continuous presents!)
Can you remember any rules to conjugate the present tense?
joue
joue
jouez
joues
ER verbs
vendent
RE verbs
jouons
jouer (to play)
Je
Tu
Elle,il,on
Nous
Vous
Elles,ils
jouent
finissons
finis
finis
vends
vends
vendons
IR verbs
finir (to finish)
Je
Tu
Elle,il,on
Nous
Vous
Elles,ils
vendre (to buy)
Je
Tu
Elle,il,on
Nous
Vous
Elles,ils
finissez
finissent
finit
vendez
vend

9. Le présent
There is only one present in French
( No continuous presents!)
To conjugate the verbs in the present take the ER or IR or RE off and replace by:
ER verbs
IR verbs
RE verbs
jouer (to play)
Je jou-ent
Tu jou–ons
Elle,il,on jou- – e
Nous jou–ez
Vous jou–es
Elles,ils jou- –e
finir (to finish)
Je fin–it
Tu fin–issez
Elle,il,on fin-–is
Nous fin-issent
Vous fin– is
Elles,ils fin- –issons
vendre (to buy)
Je vendTu vendElle,il,on vendNous vendVous vendElles,ils vend-
-ent
– s
–ez
–s
–
–ons

10. Le présent
There is only one present in French
( No continuous presents!)
To conjugate the verbs in the present take the ER or IR or RE off and replace by:
ER verbs
IR verbs
RE verbs
jouer (to play)
Je jou– e
Tu jou–es
Elle,il,on jou- –e
Nous jou–ons
Vous jou–ez
Elles,ils jou- -ent
finir (to finish)
Je fin– is
Tu fin–is
Elle,il,on fin-–it
Nous fin–issons
Vous fin–issez
Elles,ils fin- -issent
vendre (to buy)
Je vendTu vendElle,il,on vendNous vendVous vendElles,ils vend-
– s
–s
–
–ons
–ez
-ent