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Today we will

be:
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Relooking at adjectival
endings in French.
Look at agreement of
verb and subject in
different languages.

In French
I
You
He
She
We
You
They

we said the subject pronouns are:


je
tu
Il
Elle
Nous
Vous
Ils/Elles

In German they are:


I
You
He

ich
du
er

She
We
You
They

sie
wir
ihr
sie

Remember what do we have


to do with the verb and the
Agree them.
subject?
The

same pattern is applied to German.

Lets look at French!


The

present tense of er verbs is made


up out of 2 parts
Stem + ending
Porter = infinitive
Take the infinitive and remove the
ending er
port

You have to agree the subject


with the verb!

Lets take the verb porter.

Je porte =
ending
Tu porte =
ending
Il/elle
porte
ending
Nous portons
ending
Vous
portez
ending
Ils/elles portent
ending

e
es
e
ons
ez
ent

Word order.

In French, most describing words (adjectives)


come after the thing you are describing.

1.

2.

Clothing
Colour

e.g. Je porte un pantalon rouge.


1) Im wearing blue jeans.
Write the
sentences

2) Im wearing a yellow shirt.


3) Im wearing an orange skirt.

You have to agree the subject


with the verb!

Lets take the verb porter.

Je porte =
ending
Tu porte =
ending
Il/elle
porte
ending
Nous portons
ending
Vous
portez
ending
Ils/elles portent
ending

e
es
e
ons
ez
ent

How do we say?
I

am wearing trousers.
Je porte les pantalons.
Jean-Paul

is wearing a coat.
Il porte un manteau.
We

are wearing a jumper.


Nous portons un pull.
They

are wearing a yellow dress.


Ils portent une robe jaune.

Dictionary work. Look up


and record the following
verbs.

Worksheet lets make crazy


sentences.

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