Saturday, 24 January 2015

FRENCH NOTE 18 - CONJUGATION OF THE VERBS OF THE FIRST GROUP - SIMPLE PRESENT

 FRENCH NOTE 18

CONJUGATION OF VERBS OF THE FIRST GROUP - SIMPLE PRESENT

I am going to take up the following verb to teach you the rule. Where certain verbs deviate from the general rule , I shall point out. In French , for every rule , there will be exceptions. You can never say you are 100% correct. Don't worry. If you some mistakes while learning, heavens will not fall!.


PARLER-    To speak


1. Remove the ending -ER from the infinitive form

2. You get the stem - PARL

3. Add the following endings to the stem. E, ES, E, ONS , EZ, ENT

Je parlE

Tu parlES

Il /Elle/on parlE

Nous parlONS

Vous parl EZ

Ils / Elles parl ENT

The above conjugation would mean

I speak
You speak
He /she / one speaks
We speak
You speak
They speak

The first three conjugations are for the singular first, second and third person. The rest are for plural.

Now you can conjugate the following verbs using this rule.

Regarder, écouter ,apporter,arriver ,cacher,chercher,commander,comparer,continuer, coûter ,demander,détester ,donner,employer,expliquer ,féliciter,fermer,gagner,garder,goûter,habiter,hésiter,inviter,jouer,laisser,louer,manquer,oublier,participer,passer,penser,préparer ,prêter ,prier,proposer,quitter,rembourser ,remercier,ressembler,souhaiter,travailler,trouver, voler,aider,aimer, ajouter,bavarder,briller,casser,compter,couper,crier,danser,déjeuner ,dessiner dîner,échouer ,embrasser,enseigner,entourer ,entrer,épouser,étudier ,frapper,fumer,gâter,gronder,ignorer,laver,marcher,monter,montrer,nommer,pardonner,peigner,pleurer,porter,poser, pousser

Why do I give the above list ?

Anyone preparing for or intending to attain A1 proficiency level should know the above verbs. Kindly make efforts to learn the meaning and use of the above verbs. Their conjugation follows the rule explained above.

In the next note, we shall study the conjugation of some first group verbs which slightly violate the rule. Ok ?

To be continued

Sayee Jayaraman
25/01/2015

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