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Course Content
French Greetings3 Topics -
Subject Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to be"4 Topics
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The Verb "to have"3 Topics
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Negative Sentences3 Topics
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The Definite Article3 Topics
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The Indefinite Article3 Topics
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Zero Article3 Topics
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Partitive Articles3 Topics
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Adjectives4 Topics
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The Order of Adjectives3 Topics
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-ER Verbs (present)3 Topics
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Possessive Adjectives3 Topics
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Interrogatives4 Topics
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-IR Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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-RE Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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Possession3 Topics
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The Verb "to make" "to do"3 Topics
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Weather Expressions4 Topics
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Numbers 1-1004 Topics
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The Date3 Topics
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Telling Time3 Topics
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The Expression "there is" "there are"3 Topics
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The Verb "to go"2 Topics
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The Near Future3 Topics
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The Expression "it is necessary"3 Topics
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Demonstrative Adjectives3 Topics
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Possessive Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to put"3 Topics
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Below is a table that shows how to conjugate the verb to be, or être, in the present tense.
| Je suis | I am | First person singular |
| Tu es | You are | Second person singular |
| Il/Elle/On est | He/She/One is | Third person singular (masc/fem/neutral) |
| Nous sommes | We are | First person plural |
| Vous êtes | You are | Second person plural or formal second person singular |
| Ils/Elles sont | They are | Third person plural (masc/fem) |
What to know about être:
- Être is known as an irregular verb. An irregular verb means that when conjugating it, there is no regular pattern to follow.
- The unconjugated form of any verb (in this case, être) is called an infinitive.
Remember:
- As discussed in Module 2, the subject pronoun On can have either a singular or plural meaning in English, yet it is always conjugated in the third person singular form.That means that On est… can mean either “One is…” or “We are…”