The 5-step process

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The 5-step process

• to conjugate verbs and translate ANYTHING
• into French!

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FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL THE PERSONAL
PRONOUNS

• je I
• tu you
• il he
• elle she
• on we
• nous we
• vous all of you (or you formal)
• ils they (boys or
• boysgirls)
• elles they (girls)

• Have you noticed ?
• There are two ways to say we in French!
• What are they?
• On and nous.

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Look at those pronouns again!!!

• Notice how il/elle/
• on are together now.
• Also ils/elles are together
• Why?
• Because they will share a verb ending!
• Youll see

• je I
• tu you
• il / elle / on he / she / we
• nous we
• vous all of you
• ils /elles they (boys)/they (girls)

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NOW YOU NEED TO KNOW THE VERB ENDINGS

• E
• ES
• E
• ONS
• EZ
• ENT

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NOW YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT VERB ENDING GOES WITH
EACH PRONOUN

• je -e
• tu -es
• il / elle / on -e
• nous -ons
• vous -ez
• ils /elles -ent

LOOK OUT FOR THIS !!! There is only one ending
for il/elle/on -E !!! There is only one
ending for ils/elles -ENT !!!
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How to translate a verb into French JUST FOLLOW
A SIMPLE 5-STEP PROCESS

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Imagine you want to say I play in French
I ?

• Step 1 How do you say I in French?

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Thats right I is je
Je

• I je

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We are trying to say I PLAY, so we need to
translate the VERB into French
to play in French is

• Step 2 How do you say to play in French?

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Thats right jouer is to play !!!
jouer au foot to play football
jouer au tennis to play tennis

• jouer to play

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• Step 3 Remember to take off the ER ending from
  the verb
• This is very important !!!!
• Jouer becomes JOU-

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Now you need to know what ending goes with the
pronoun you are using.
Je jou___

• Step 4 What is the ending for the pronoun
  I am using (in this case, je)?

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Thats right e is the ending for je !!!

• je -e

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We are almost there
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Now you need to put everything together

• Step 1 How do you say I in French?
  
• Step 2 How do you say to play in French?
• Step 3 Remember to take off
• the ER ending from the verb
• Step 4 What is the ending for the pronoun I
  am using (in this case, je)?
• Step 5 And now put everything together!

JE
JOUER
JOU
E
JE JOUE
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YOU HAVE DONE IT!!!
JE JOUE I play