ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

at Camden County College
Prof. Howard

                                                                   VERB LIST CHAPTER 1-5
 

Regular  -er verbs infinitive:                                                    CONJUGATING -ER VERBS:

                                                                                                   drop -er of the infinitive:                parl
parler
travailler                                                                                    add for     je        - e                            je    parle
aimer                                                                                          add for     tu       - es                          tu    parles
danser                                                                                        add for     il        - e                            il     parle
étudier                                                                                                        elle     - e                           elle  parle
habiter                                                                                                        on      - e                            on   parle
apporter                                                                                    add for     nous    - ons                       nous parlons
arriver                                                                                       add for     vous    - ez                          vous parlez
chercher                                                                                    add for     ils       - ent                        ils     parlent
combiner                                                                                                    elles    -ent                        elles parlent
désirer
détester
entrer
tourner
traverser
commencer
donner
écouter
regarder
neiger
arriver
enseigner
passer un examen

* voyager                                                                           * verbs which stem (when you have dropped the -er) end on
*manger                                                                                   "G" will receive an extra e for the nous form added to
                                                                                                  the stem for pronunciation reasons:
                                                                                                                        nous mangeons
 ** préférer                                                                          ** accents  change:
                                                                                                                             je préfère
                                                                                                                            tu préfères
                                                                                                               il, elle, on préfère
                                                                                                                       nous préférons
                                                                                                                       vous préférez
                                                                                                                 ils, elles préfèrent

Irregular verbs (are verbs that do not follow the rule)
 

subject pronoun

ALLER

ETRE

AVOIR

FAIRE

VENIR revenir, devenir *

Je, j'	vais	suis	ai	fais	viens
Tu	vas	es	as	fais	viens
Il, Elle, On	va	est	a	fait	vient
Nous	allons	sommes	avons	faisons	venons
Vous	allez	êtes	avez	faites	venez
Ils, Elles	vont	sont	ont	font	viennent

* add the prefix re- and de-  to the  conjugation of venir
 
 
 

subject pronouns

PRENDRE **apprendre, **comprendre

SUIVRE

Je, j'	prends	suis
Tu	prends	suis
Il, Elle, On	prend	suit
Nous	prenons	suivons
Vous	prenez	suivez
Ils, Elles	prennent	suivent

** add the prefix ap- and com- to the conjugation of prendre