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Learn French Verbs - How to Conjugate the Verb Etre, Avoir and Aller at the Present Tense!

Topic: Foreign Language TrainingPublished February 27, 2011

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Today, we are going to conjugate three important learn French verbs at the present tense.

In fact, you will never be able to speak French correctly if you don't learn how to conjugate these three verbs correctly. You will need them on a daily basis, so make sure that you memorize them right away.

A - The Verb Etre (To be)

1. Je suis
2. Tu es
3. Il est
4. Nous sommes
5. Vous etes
6. Ils sont

B - The Verb Avoir (To Have)

1. J'ai
2. Tu as
3. Il a
4. Nous avons
5. Vous avez
6. Ils ont

C - The Verb Aller (To Go)

1. Je vais
2. Tu vas
3. Il va
4. Nous allons
5. Vous allez
6. Ils vont

Now that we now how to conjugate them, let's take a couple of examples.

Example 1:

Je suis malade (I am sick)
Vous etes tres fort (you are very strong)

Example 2:

Nous avons une maison (We have a house)
Ils ont tres faim (they are very hungry)

Example 3:

Je vais a l'ecole (I am going to school)
Vous allez bien? (Are you well)

Make sure that you memorize those three verbs because you are going to use each of them many times during the day.

These verbs are also called "auxiliaires". What does this means? It means that you will use those verbs in conjunction with other verbs.

When we study the Past tense for instance, you'll learn that in order to say: I went, you will need to include the verb "etre". You will say: Je suis parti. As you can see, there are two verbs in the French sentence when there is only one in the English phrase.

For now, just memorize them.

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