This document discusses être verbs in French. It explains that être means "to be" in French and is used together with verbs to form sentences like "I am dead". The document lists the thirteen verbs that can be used with être, which are: mourir, rester, sortir, venir, aller, naître, descendre, entrer, tomber, retourner, arriver, monter, and partir. It provides the English translation and past participle form of each verb. Finally, it gives examples of how to use être verbs in sentences.

1. Être Verbs
By Alice

2. Être
Don't panic if you don’t know what êtreverbsare. After this
PowerPoint you will becomean expert!

3. Être
• So what is être?
ÊtreistheFrench for ‘to be’.
• Why do Ineed to kno w it?
You need to know êtreso you can get out of
homework. If you say ‘Je suis mo rt’. Thismeans‘I
am dead’. Thereforeyou can not possibly complete
homework, despitewhat your teacher thinks.

4. Être
• To beableto say ‘I am dead’ and get out of homework, you
need to learn how to say he/she/ or I using être. Click
anywhereon thisslideto find out how.
Je suis (I)
Tu es (You)
Il/Elle/On est (He / She/It)
Nous sommers (We)
Vous êtes (You) (Plural)
Ils/ Elles sont (They)
Thered wordsarethe être. Theblack
wordsarethehe/she/Ietc.

5. Être
• Thenext part of completing thesentence, istheverb.
You can‘t say ‘I am dead’ without the‘dead’ part, can
you?Go on to thenext slideto find out about the
verbs.

6. Être Verbs
Therearethirteen verbsthat go with être. Go to thenext slideto find
out what theverbsare.

7. Être Verbs
To help remember thethirteen verbs, they can beordered to spell
out aname: Mrs Van De Tramp
Mourir
Rester
Sortir
Venir
Aller
Naître
Descendre
Entrer
Tomber
Retourner
Arriver
Monter
Partir

8. Être Verbs
Mourir
Rester
Sortir
Venir
Aller
Naître
Descendre
Entrer
Tomber
Retourner
Arriver
Monter
Partir
But what do theseverbsmean? Click anywhereon thisslideto find
out.
(to die)
(to stay)
(to go out)
(to come)
(to go)
(to be born)
(to descend)
(to enter)
(to fall)
(to return)
(to arrive)
(to climb)
(to depart)

9. Être Verbs
Mourir
Rester
Sortir
Venir
Aller
Naître
Descendre
Entrer
Tomber
Retourner
Arriver
Monter
Partir
(to die)
(to stay)
(to go out)
(to come)
(to go)
(to be born)
(to descend)
(to enter)
(to fall)
(to return)
(to arrive)
(to climb)
(to depart)
Nearly there…But to beableto usetheseverbsin sentencesweneed to changethem to
thepast participle Otherwise‘I am dead’ would be‘I to die’ and ‘shecame’ would be
‘sheto come’. Click anywhereon thisslideto find out what the past participle would
be. Exampleof changing to infinitive: mo urir becomesmo rt.
mort
resté
sorti
venu
allé
né
descendu
entré
tombé
retourné
arrivé
monté
parti

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So now that you know thepast participle of
theverbsyou can makeasentence.
Iam dead = Jesuismort
He arrived = Il est arrivé
We climbed = Noussommesmontés

11. Well Done!
Well Done! Know you arean expert on Être. Try
practising everyday and you will get better . Remember to
usethehomework excuse, though I can't guaranteeit will
work!