What you do with others: -er verbs 1st persons singular and plural
Learning outcomes
I can use 'je' and 'nous' with a range of -er verbs to say what I do with others.
I can recall that most consonants at the end of French words are silent, as well as the letter e.
What you do with others: -er verbs 1st persons singular and plural
Learning outcomes
I can use 'je' and 'nous' with a range of -er verbs to say what I do with others.
I can recall that most consonants at the end of French words are silent, as well as the letter e.
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Key learning points
- The final consonant of a word is often silent in French, called the silent final consonant (SFC).
- The -e at the end of words is also silent, called the silent final e (SFe).
- To say 'I' + -er verb in French, the verb ending is -e; we call this the 1st person singular of the verb.
- To say 'we' + -er verb, the verb ending is -ons; we call this the 1st person plural.
- The verb 'manger' (to eat, eating) behaves differently in the 'nous' form; it keeps the 'e' before the -ons.
Keywords
Silent final consonant - Silent consonant (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
Silent final e - Silent e at the end of a word
Nous - The subject pronoun for 'we' in French
Common misconception
All verbs in the 'nous' form end in -ons.
Some verbs like 'manger' behave a little differently. The 'nous' form of 'manger' is 'mangeons' so that the g sound remains soft.
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