Language/French/Grammar/Changes-in-the-stem-form-of-some-—er-conjugation-verbs
The stems of a number of verbs of the -er conjugation change their form when they are followed by an e. The majority of verbs ending in -eler or -eter double the final consonant of the stem when it is followed by -e in the present, future, conditional and present subjunctive:
appeler | jeter | |
Present | j'appelle, tu appelles, il/elle appelle, ils/elles appellent | je jette, . . . etc. |
Future | j'appellerai, . . ., nous appellerons, etc. | je jetterai, . . . etc. |
Conditional | j'appellerais, . . ., nous appellerions, etc. | je jetterais, . . . etc. |
Present Subjunctive | que j'appelle, que tu appelles, qu'il/elle appelle, qu'ils/elles appellent | que je jette, . . . etc. |
The following verbs, however, do not double the final stem consonant, but change the first e to è: acheter, celer, ciseler, corseter, crocheter, démanteler, écarteler, fureter, geler, haleter, marteler, modeler, peler (together with verbs derived from these like congeler, dégeler, etc.):
acheter | |
Present | j'achète, . . . etc. |
Future | j'achèterai, . . . etc. |
Other verbs which have an unstressed e in the syllable before the final –er also change that vowel to è in the same circumstances, for example mener, semer:
mener | |
Present | je mène, . . . etc. |
Future | je mènerai, . . . etc |
Verbs which have an é in the syllable before the final -er change that vowel to è in the same circumstances, for example espérer, révéler:
espérer | |
Present | j'espère, . . . etc. |
Future | j'espérerai, . . . etc |
Verbs of the -er conjugation whose stem ends in -y, for example employer, nettoyer, essayer, change the y to i in the same circumstances:
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employer | |
Present | j'emploie, . . etc. |
Future | j'emploierai, . . . etc |
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