4 The verb aimer
In this section you will study the verb aimer in more detail. It might be a good idea to allocate a specific section of your language notebook to verbs.
Activity 5
You will have noticed that the verb is pronounced the same for:
- J’aime
- Tu aimes (the final S is not sounded)
- Il / elle aime
- Ils / Elles aiment (the final NT is not sounded)
But the pronunciation is different for:
- Nous aimons
- Vous aimez
| Je (I) to talk about yourself | J’aime les fruits. |
| Tu (you) to address somebody informally | Tu aimes le fromage ? |
| Il (he) to replace the name of a man | Alain, il aime les desserts. |
| Elle (she) to replace the name of a woman | Brigitte, elle aime le fromage. |
| Nous (we) to replace a group including yourself | Nous aimons les glaces. |
| Vous (you singular) to address a person formally (You plural) to address a group of people |
Laura, vous aimez le poisson ? |
| Annie et Paul, vous aimez le vin ? | |
Ils (they) to talk about a group of males or mixed group of males and females |
Marc et Paul, ils aiment le vin. |
| Luc et Anne, ils aiment la viande. | |
| Elles (they) to talk about a group of females | Julie et Louise, elles aiment la bière. |
Activity 6
Revise the verb aimer with different pronouns. Drag each pronoun to the right sentence.
Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 5 items in each list.
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J’ / Il / Elle
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Nous
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Ils / Elles
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Tu
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Vous
Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:
a.aimes la bière ?
b.aimons surtout les entrées.
c.aime beaucoup les croissants
d.aimez les desserts.
e.aiment beaucoup le fromage.
- 1 = c,
- 2 = b,
- 3 = e,
- 4 = a,
- 5 = d