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Courses in French
Course #1:	Français I
Course #2:	Français II
Course #3:	Français III
Course #4:	Français IV

Dialogue

Sofia and Michel meet eachother before lunch:

Michel: Bonjour, comment ça va.

Sofía: Ça va bien, et toi?

Michel: Ça va.

Sofía: Veux-tu aller au café?

Michel: Très bien, merci.

Sofía: Bien! À demain, Michel.

Michel: À demain!

Basic Verbs & Conjugations

This section will focus on a selection of useful and important French verbs and how to conjugate them in the present tense.

In terms of pronunciation, it is important to note that in French, one says "ay" (as in the "ei" of weigh) for the ending "-er.'>

Aimer -> to like, to love
Manger -> to eat
Jouer -> to play
Regarder -> to watch

All four of those verbs are regular "er" verbs. That is, the ending is -er. The root verb is therefore the word minus the -er. So for aimer, the root is aim-. Regular "er" verbs are conjugated as follows:

Je root + '-e'
Tu root + '-es'
Il/elle/on -root + 'e'
Nous root + '-ons' *
Vous root + '-ez'
Ils/elles root + -'ent'

• The exception is with a verb like manger. Because the root is mang-, to maintain the soft "g", the nous form is conjugated: Nous mangeons.
  

Try this exercise!

Directions: Try to conjugate the following verbs.

1. Je (aimer) l'hiver. (I like winter)
2. Vous (regarder) les films souvent. (You watch films often)
3. Nous (manger) des frites. (We eat fries or We're eating fries)
4. Tu (jouer) au foot. (You play soccer)
5. Il (aimer) son prof. (He likes his teacher)
6. Elles (manger) de la glace. (They eat ice cream or They're eating ice cream)

Ready for the answers? They will appear at the bottom of the page.

A suivre! (To be continued!)

1. aime
2. regardez
3. mangeons
4. joues
5. aime
6. mangent