Language Classes, 11/29

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Dream appears relatively cheerful today. The room seems a little bigger and sunnier, and the juice and pastries he set out might be especially delicious.

Languages of Europe: We have a quiz on conjugation of regular -er verbs today. In addition, we're going to discuss regular -ir verbs. The verb form that ends in -ir is called the infinitive (in English, the infinitive is the verb preceded by the word "to"). -ir is the infinitive ending. The verb without the -ir is called the stem or radical.

To conjugate an -ir verb, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate endings, as follows:
je -is; tu -is; il -it; nous -issons; vous -issez; ils -issent. For example, choisir -- to choose -- is conjugated je choisis, tu choisis, il choisit, nous choisissons, vous choisissez, ils choisissent.

Cat: We have a special guest today, groovy_cat. Cat, let me know when you wish to lead your talk. I understand you have some experience with a cat God that might interest my students?

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Languages of Europe, 11/29

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[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

*Hamlet signs in. He takes the quiz and does fairly well, given how simple regular -er verbs are to conjugate. He takes notes on conjugating regular -ir words, and makes a note to buy a Bescherelle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bescherelle) for when they get into the irregular ones.*


[OOC: And to be really nitpicky, 'ils/elles' is third person plural, and is usually listed after 'vous'.]

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[OOC: Yeah, the cut & paste scrambled them and I was too lazy to correct. Let me be un-lazy and fix it.]</small

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker signs in, does well on the quiz, then goes on to conjugate -ir verbs, trying to improve her accent.

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[absolutesnark]

Piper signs in and does well on the quiz. She then conjugates the verbs.

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[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie signs in and acquits himself fairly well on the quiz on -er verbs. When it comes to the -ir verbs, though, he seems to have a little bit of trouble getting the second and third person plural forms straight.

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Lisa aces the quiz, and then gets to work on the assignment.