MERCREDI

1. MERCREDI Grammairepartiedeux

2. CHAUFFE-TÊTE • Give the correct endings for –er verbs in the present tense for the chart. -er -ons -e -ez -es -e -ent

3. CHAUFFE-TÊTE p2 • Give the correct FRENCH subject pronouns for the ones listed in English in the chart. Je / j’ Nous Vous Tu Elles/Ils Il/ elle/ on

4. How to conjugate: 3 steps • Look at the verb and remove the ENDING- which is either –er / -ir / -re • Find the subject pronoun- the one who is receiving/doing the action- and find figure out the proper ending that goes with it. For –er verbs, it can be either –e/-es/-e/-ons/-ez/-ent • Add this new ending to the verb.

5. Example: ‘I speak’ Speak = PARLER • Drop the ending of the verb PARLER becomes PARL- • The subject pronoun in English is “I”, which is “Je” in French. The –er ending for ‘Je’ is –e • Add the –e to the PARL- stem: JE PARLE

6. Les Devoirs- H.W. BAVER- to TOUCHER- to touch AIMER-to love

7. Les Phrases 1-30 • Elle MANGE un hamburger. • Ils DANSENT ensemble. • Je DECHIRE le feuille de papier. • Elles CHANTENTune chanson. • Nous PARLONS de Marie. • TuEPOUSES ton fiancé. • Je TOMBEdansamoreux/ amoreuse avec toi. • Tu REVESd’unegrande pizza. • Elle AIDE ta mère. • Nous COUPONSnoscheveux.

8. Les phrase 1-30 (cont.) 11. Il TOURNE la page. 12. Ils DEPENSENTleur argent. 13. Tu BRISESmoncoeur. 14. Nous HABITONS à Anaheim. 15. VousDEMANDEZ trop des questions. 16. TuESPERES… 17.IlsRESTENT… 18. Nous TRAVAILLONS… 19. Il TUE… 20. JE DINE…

9. Les phrase 1-30 (cont.) 21.VousCOMPTEZ… 22. Elle DONNE… 23. TuARRIVES.. 24. Nous LOUONS 25. Il MONTE *We will discuss these* 26. AIDEZ-moi, Madame! 27. EMBRASSEZ! 28. LAVONSla voiture. 29. FERMEZ la porte. 30. MARCHONS ensemble!

10. Spelling Changes- please add to notes! Some French verbs require spelling changes for the nous (we) subject pronoun in order to keep pronunciation correct. Verbs that end in these endings need additional letters added to the conjugations: -cer -ger -yer*

11. For verbs ending in –cer: You must add a cedille- ç – in order to keep the soft c sound: Example: Prononcer (to pronounce)

12. For verbs ending in –ger: You must add a mute e between the g and the o in order to keep a soft g sound: Example: Manger (to eat)

13. Verbs ending in –yer : The y changes to an I before the mute e. For this change, you do it to the ‘heel’ conjugations, not nous and vous. Example: Nettoyer (to clean)

14. Jeudi Notes- REAL QUICK! Then Paris exploration. 

15. L’impératif- the Imparative This is the information for #26-30: Kudos to you for trying! 

16. English Cognate! • Impératif looks and sounds like the English word imperative • What does imperative mean? • Noun: An essential or urgent thing • Adjective: Of vital importance; necessary; crucial • Example: It is imperative that you do as you are told.

17. L’impératif en français est la meme chose! • The impératif is the same idea in French • This verb form in used to give commands and requests • In this tense, you use the tu and vous subject pronouns • You say, “HEY YOU!!!” don’t you? So this should make sense 

18. Informal and formal of the impératif Note: the –eswe would Normally have in the ‘tu’ form is just -s

19. “Let’s” • Another type of command/request we typically give in English is “Let’s go ….” or “Let’s do…” or “Let’s get to French class on time because Madame Burse is awesome!” • For this type of impératif, we used the nous form, since nous is “we” • When you say “Let’s…” you are including yourself, n’est-ce pas? 

20. Exemples: • Partons tout de suite • Let’s leave right away • Jouons au football maintenant • Let’s play soccer now • Allonsdanser • Let’s go dancing!