The largest family of French verbs are the –ER verbs.  These are regular verbs that end in the letters –ER.

 

When you conjugate these verbs, you begin by removing the -er ending.  That leaves you with the “stem.”  Then you add the appropriate endings.  Follow the chart below.

 

   PRONOUN

     ENDING 

  PARLER > parl-

  AIMER > aim-

 MANGER > mang-

        je (j')

         -e 

        parle 

          aime

         mange 

           tu

        -es

       parles

         aimes

        manges

        il/elle

         -e 

         parle 

          aime 

         mange 

         nous

       -ons 

       parlons 

        aimons

       mangeons

         vous

        -ez 

        parlez 

         aimez 

        mangez 

      ils/elles

       -ent

       parlent 

        aiment 

        mangent 

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 Practice!

Write out the correct form of the following French verbs.

                1.  je/parler                  6.  ils/manger 

                2.  il/jouer                    7.  elles/voyager 

                3.  on/chanter               8.  je/aimer      

                4.  tu/attaquer              9.  vous/adorer       

                5.  elle/texter               10.  nous/calculer