Do you speak English? – Part 2

Do you speak English? – Part 2 – French Beginner’s Course – Conjugate verbs, negative sentences, ask a question in French. Learn French with Anne.

Semaine 11

In the previous lesson, you learned how to say that you are an English speaker, that you don’t speak French well (yet) and you’d like people to speak slower. Today, we are going over the verb ‘to speak’ and ‘to not speak’. We’ll start with conjugation patterns for -ER verbs, we’ll learn about negative sentences and questions. And a little practice to review all you’ve learned so far.

In the companion worksheet – 5 pages

* text

* translation

* conjugation of -ER verbs

* negative sentences

* how to ask a question in French

* practice on all of the above

Worksheet excerpt

 Conjugation of PARLER - TO SPEAK

French verbs do follow a pattern. This worksheet is about verbs that end in –ER in their infinitive form.

We will take PARLER as an example here. First, separate the root from the ending. The ending is -ER, so what’s left – PARL- – is the root.

pronoun

root

ending

translation 1

translation 2

je

parl

e

I speak

I am speaking

tu

parl

es

you speak

you are speaking

elle

parl

e

she speaks

she is speaking

Continue here with full AUDIO and worksheet

Related: How to ask a question . Greetings in French . French for Beginners Pod . English words in French . French words in English .

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