You're right about the irregular verbs-- it's ridiculous to make someone wait to learn the imparfait tense before they're allowed to say useful phrases like je voudrais, "I would like". It's also very useful to hear conjugated verbs in context, anyway-- when you're just conjugating verbs, you only get through a couple of tenses before seeing that, to the ear, some verbs sound the same as other verbs when conjugated-- Assayez sounds like asseyais, but of course A) asseyez applies to the second person, asseyais to the first, and B) you'll only ever hear the latter as "j'asseyais" in real life, and as the mere "asseyais" without J' only really when conjugating as you are in French class.
(Especially in French class with rowdy students, "Asseyez" is what your teacher is yelling without any spoken context. Now do as you're told and sit down.)
I should have picked the more obvious example, in that all regular -er verbs sound the same as their conjugations for vous, comma ca: Parler "to speak", parlez "[you] speak".
It's also fun to count how many forms of bread Robert eats for breakfast.
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Date: 2003-10-09 02:51 pm (UTC)(Especially in French class with rowdy students, "Asseyez" is what your teacher is yelling without any spoken context. Now do as you're told and sit down.)
I should have picked the more obvious example, in that all regular -er verbs sound the same as their conjugations for vous, comma ca: Parler "to speak", parlez "[you] speak".
It's also fun to count how many forms of bread Robert eats for breakfast.