Le Verbe Porter

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Date: Saturday, 16 August 2025, 11:14 AM

1. Le Verbe Porter

The French verb  PORTER ( to wear ) like the verb HABITER, belongs to the family of verbs with infinitives ending in -ER
We have seen previously that to conjugate these verbs , drop the -er from the infinitive to form the stem. Next, add the -er endings (-e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent) to the stem to form the present tense of the verb. If you forget, let's review again the video :

 

 

2. Conjugaison

Now, let's look at the conjugaision of the verbe PORTER. 

Je 

porte

I wear

Tu 

portes

You wear

Il 

porte

He wears 

Elle

porte

She wears        

Nous      

portons      

We wear

Vous

portez

You wear

Ils 

portent

They wear

Elles

portent

They wear


Examples :

      Je porte une robe rouge.                                                 - I wear a red dress.

    Nous portons nos costumes traditionelles.                     - We are weariing our traditional costumes.

3. Je porte ...

 
What are you wearing today?

Let's look at some of the items that we usually wear :

Poster - Les VĂȘtements - Little Linguist

Example : 


Let's choose the skirt.
Je porte une jupe .


(do not forget the colour )

 Je porte une jupe bleue.



Let's try another one - the white shirt

Je porte une chemise blanche.


and then, the tshirt and the jeans.

Je porte un tshirt jaune et un jean bleu.

BRAVO !!

4. Qu'est ce qu'il porte ?

Now.let's try this :

Qu'est ce qu'il  porte ?    - What does he wear? 

Il porte un costume noir, une chemise blanche et une cravate bleue.
Il porte aussi des chaussures en cuir noires et une ceinture noire.


                          - He is wearing a black suit , a white shirt and a blue tie.
                            He is also wearing black leather shoes and a black belt.



5. Additional Vocabulary on Clothes

Let's watch this video for more examples on items that we usually wear.

 

 

6. Exercices