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2. 1 Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 What is Verb Conjugation? For one thing, conjugating a verb is simply putting a verb in an orderly arrangement. We will use a chart. To create this chart we will consider person and tense. Does this sound confusing? Does it sound complicated? We’ll take it step by step. Stay with us! Simple tenses show the period of time in which a verb takes place: ___________ , __________, __________. We will, for now, make our chart, or verb conjugation in the present tense. We are saying things are taking place __________ or regularly. OK, that takes care of tense. Let’s consider person. When conjugating for person, the verb changes, depending on whether we are talking about the __________, __________, __________ person. Looking at an example should make this clearer. First we consider the full infinitive or what I call the Papa Verb. Basically Papa tells us what the verb is. Then we take a look at Papa’s family and consider what in grammatical terms is called the person. past future present past, present, future. now first second third first, second, or third person.

3. 2 Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 We will conjugate the verb to dance in English. Add the full infinitive or the Papa verb to the chart. Now let’s add Papa’s family. Name a pronoun that can begin a sentence. Fill in the chart as we brainstorm. to dance dance I dance we you dance dance you he dances they dance dances she

4. z z z z v 3 Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 être to be The most frequently used verb in French is __________ which means ____ ____. Let’s do this in English first. Remember the order of the pronouns. That order must always stay the same. etre which means to be I am je suis we are sommes are are you you tu es êtes s he il est they sont is are s she is est they are sont elle Remember when we learned to tell time? How did we pronounce these? deux heures, trois heures, six heures, neuf heures, dix heures

5. 4 Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 Do you call the person by their first name or a nickname? Do you use Mr, Mrs, Miss? If you don’t use a first name or nickname.. singular use use tu vous plural When talking to two or more people use vous

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8. 7 Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 Learning About Language What are the French SUBJECT PRONOUNS? je nous tu vous il ils elle elles The French have two ways of saying they: -ils refers to  two or more males OR  a mixed groujp of males and females -elles refers to  two or more females SINGULAR PRONOUNS refer to one person or object PLURAL PRONOUNS refer to two or more people or objects

9. 8 Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 What happens when the sentence does not start with a pronoun? Sentences can start with a name of a person or a noun. There might be two or more names and one or more objects. Which verb is appropriate for these subjects? Here’s what to do. Imagine which subject pronoun would replace the person or persons mentioned or the noun. Use the verb that would go with that pronoun. Do this step in your head. Do not actually say the pronoun or write it. I have put that pronoun in parentheses, just to show what the pronoun would be, but it would not normally appear in the sentence. Paul (il) est à la maison. Ma cousine (elle) est à Nice. Le jus de pamplemousse (il) est là-bas. Marie et Antoinette (elles) sont au cinéma. Denis et Joseph (ils) sont au café. Olivier et Claudette (ils) sont au restaurant. Mon frère et mon cousin (ils) sont en France. La pizza et la limonade (elles) sont ici. La glace et le croissant (ils) sont à la maison. Ma cousine = elle Denis et Joseph = ils La pizza et la limonade = elles Le jus de pamplemousse = il

10. Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 9 La négation They are back! Remember the Nepas Family. Do you have negative memories about them? They are back to show us that making a sentence that uses être as a verb is still surrounded by negativity. Je m’appelle verbe Je m’appelle ne pas Call her n’ for short. Negative sentences are formed as follows: SUBJECT + ne + verb + pas Éric et Anne ne sont pas là. n’(+vowel sound) Michèle n’est pas avec moi. Nous sommes en ville. Nous sommes à la maison. Vous êtes en vacances. Vous êtes en classe. ne pas n’ pas

11. Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 10 Les questions à réponse affirmative ou négative The sentences on the left are statements. On the right are YES/NO QUESTIONS. They can be answered by yes or no, oui ou non. Note the three different ways of asking these yes or no, oui ou non questions.  Voice rises  Start with “Est-ce que”  End with “n’est-ce pas”. This is used when you expect someone to agree with you. In English we might say, right? or aren’t you? or don’t you?

12. Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 11 It took a while to learn how to spell OUI! Now that the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning are mastered, add some emphasis to your conversation with this vocab. Expressions pour la conversation

13. Leçon 6 Une invitation - de la page 82 jusqu’à la page 91 12 Mots utiles (useful words) à la maison à dix heures. à Paris. de Denver. de Denver. et Sophie ou Sophie? avec Pauline. pour Monsieur Martin. mais j’aime parler français.