Welcome to our lesson on French subject-verb agreement!In French, there is a fundamental rule: the verb must always agree with its subject in person and number.To find the subject, we ask one of two questions before the verb.Let's look at our first example: 'Les oiseaux chantent'. We ask 'Who is singing?'The answer is 'les oiseaux', which is third person plural, so the verb takes the ending -ent.For our second example with 'La neige tombe', we ask 'What is falling?'Since 'la neige' is singular, the verb takes a singular ending.In our final example, 'Tu parles français', we ask 'Who is speaking?'The subject 'tu' is second person singular, so the verb ends in -es.Here's a quick reference for regular -er verb endings.En français, quand nous avons plusieurs sujets, le verbe prend généralement la forme plurielle.Prenons un exemple simple: Le chat et le chien jouent dans le jardin.Il existe une hiérarchie importante entre les personnes grammaticales.Voyons maintenant des exemples concrets avec différentes personnes grammaticales.Et un autre exemple avec la deuxième et la troisième personne.Examinons maintenant les cas particuliers avec 'ou' et 'ni'.Avec 'ou', nous accordons avec le sujet le plus proche du verbe.De même pour 'ni', l'accord se fait avec le sujet le plus proche.
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