Grammar

The Verbs être and avoir are the most used verbs in French, and as such,

students need to have them memorized as to be able to use them properly and quickly.

The table below is all the students need to know for the quiz. The rest is notes for parents about grammar.

Présent                                            Passé Composé

The "Pronom" or pronoun is the word that replaces the "Nom" or noun. In French, they are as follows:

                    Je - first person singular (première personne du singulier)

                    Tu - second person singular (deuxième personne du singulier)

                    Il / Elle / On - third person singular (troisième personne du singulier)

                    Nous - first person plural (première personne du pluriel)

                    Vous - second person plural (deuxième personne du pluriel)

                    Ils / Elles - third person plural (troisième personne du pluriel)

Some pronoms can be replaced with a noun. Je and Tu are not replaceable. Il can be replaced by a masculine, singular noun (Joey, Max, or french masculin pronoms (canard)). Elle would be the same, except feminine. On refers to a singular group, like la classe, or la troupe de Guides. Nous refers to a group and "moi" or me (Nancy, Bob and I/Me), while Vous refers to a group and "toi" or you (Nancy, Bob and you). Finally Ils refers to a plural group with at least one male noun in it, while Elles is strictly for a group of female nouns.

Present Tense Endings

The usual endings for verbs conjugated in the present tense are:

        Je - e - x - s - ai

        Tu - s - x

        Il / Elle / On - d - a - t - e

        Nous - ons - es

        Vous - ez - es

        Ils / Elles - ent - ont

Présent tense notes

Students will have access to their notes during the next grammar test on irregular verbs. My suggestion is to make sure that they have everything in order so they can easily find the information.

Aller in present tense

Je vais

Tu vas

Il/Elle/On va

Nous allons

Vous allez

Ils/Elles vont

Endings for "ir" verbs conjugated like "finir", take off the "ir" and ad according to the pronom:

Je - is

Tu - is

Il/Elle/On - it

Nous - issons

Vous - issez

Ils/Elles - issent

Some pronoms can be replaced with a noun. Je and Tu are not replaceable. Il can be replaced by a masculine, singular noun (Joey, Max, or french masculin pronoms (canard)). Elle would be the same, except feminine. On refers to a singilar group, like la classe, or la troupe de Guides. Nous refers to a group and "moi" or me (Nancy, Bob and I/Me), while Vous refers to a group and "toi" or you (Nancy, Bon and you). Finally Ils refers to a plural group with at least one male noun in it, while Elles is strictly for a group of female nouns.

Endings for "er" verb conjugated like "aimer", take off the "er" and add according to the pronom:

Je - e

Tu - es

Il - e

Elle - e

On - e

Nous - ons

Vous - ez

Ils - ent

Elles - ent

When conjugated this type of verb, you drop the "er" from the end of the "infinitif" (the parent name of the verb, unconjugaed) and add the endings according to the pronom that is supplied.

Passé Composé

Passé Composé has two parts. The "auxilière" and the "participe passé". The "auxilière" always either avoir or être in present tense. The "participe passé" is the verb that needs to be conjugated.

Ex: Conjugate the verb "aller" in "passé composé"   -   Je suis allé   "suis" = auxilière   "allé" = participe passé

The verbs that conjugate with être are few, but important. Just remember "La Maison d'être" or DR MRS VANDERTRAMP

                Verbe                   participe passé

D             descendre             descendu

R             rentrer                   rentré

M            monter                  monté

R             revenir                  revenu

S             sortir                     sorti

V             venir                     venu

A             aller                      allé

N             naître                    né

D             devenir                 devenu

E             entrer                    entré

R             rester                    resté

T             tomber                  tombé

R             retourner               retourné

A             arriver                   arrivé

M            mourir                   mort

P             partir                     parti

Verbs conjugated with être also accord themselves with the subject. If the subject is masculine, singular, nothing changes. If the subject is feminine, singular, they add an "e" on the end of the participe passé. If the subject is masculine, plural, they add an "s" on the end of the participe passé. And finally, if the subject is feminine, plural, they add "es" to the end of the participe passé.

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