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<span id="Verbes_en_-CER"></span><h5><strong>Verbes en -CER</strong></h5> <p>In the present tense and the imperative, this <strong>c</strong> > <strong>ç</strong> spelling change is found <span style="text-decoration:underline;">only</span> in the <strong>nous</strong> conjugation:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ nous commen<strong>ç</strong>ons le devoir. </span><em><span style="color:#808080;">We are starting the homework</span></em></p> <p>All verbs that end in <strong>-cer</strong> undergo this spelling change, including</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=164" title="VERBES EN -CER" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <span id="Verbes_en_-GER"></span><h5><strong>Verbes en -GER</strong></h5> <p>In the present tense and the imperative, this <strong>g</strong> > <strong>g<span class="mt-color-ff0000">e</span></strong> spelling change is found <span style="text-decoration:underline;">only</span> in the <span class="mt-color-333333"><strong>nous</strong></span> conjugation:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ nous mang<strong>e</strong>ons.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>We are eating.</em></span></p> <p>All verbs that end in <strong>-ger</strong> undergo this spelling change, including</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=165" title="VERBES EN -GER" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <span id="Verbes_en_-E___ER"></span><h5><strong>Verbes en -E___ER</strong></h5> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">For the present tense of verbs that end in <strong>-e_er,</strong> where _ indicates one or more consonants,* the stem change consists of changing the <strong>e</strong> before that consonant to <strong>è</strong> in all forms but <strong>nous</strong> and <strong>vous</strong>.</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=174" title="VERBES ACCENT CHANGE - CONJUGAISON" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <span id="All_verbs_that_end_in_-e_er_undergo_this_spelling_change.2C_including"></span><h5>All verbs that end in <strong>-e_er</strong> undergo this spelling change, including</h5> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=166" title="Verbes Accent change" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <span id="Verbes_en_-YER"></span><h5><strong>Verbes en -YER</strong></h5> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">All verbs that end in <strong>-yer</strong> are stem-changing verbs, but there are <span style="text-decoration:underline;">two different varieties</span>:</p> <ol class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> <li>Verbs that end in <strong>-ayer</strong> have an optional stem change</li> <li>Verbs that end in <strong>-oyer </strong>and <strong>-uyer</strong> have a required stem change</li> </ol> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block reference-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading"><strong><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text">❑ -ayer verbs </span></strong></p> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">In the present tense, <strong>-ayer </strong>verbs have an optional stem change: <strong>y</strong> changes to <strong>i </strong>in all forms but <strong>nous</strong> and <strong>vous.</strong></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=170" title="VERBE PAYER CONJUGAISON" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p>Or keep the regular conjugaison of en -er verb</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=171" title="VERBE EN -AYER (2)" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p>These two sets of conjugations for <strong>-ayer</strong> verbs are equally acceptable.</p> <p>All verbs that end in <strong>-ayer</strong> undergo this spelling change, including</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=167" title="VERBES -AYER" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block reference-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading"><strong><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text">❑ -oyer verbs</span></strong></p> <p>In the present tense, French verbs that end in <strong>-oyer</strong> and <strong>-uyer</strong> must change <strong>y</strong> to <strong>i</strong> in all forms but <strong>nous</strong> and <strong>vous.</strong></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=173" title="VERBE EN -OYER CONJUGAISON" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p>All verbs that end in <strong>-oyer</strong> undergo this spelling change, including</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=168" title="VERBES EN -OYER" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block reference-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading"><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text"><strong>❑ -uyer verbs </strong></span></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=172" title="VERBES EN -YER CONJUGAISON" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p>All verbs that end in <strong>-uyer</strong> undergo this spelling change, including</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=169" title="VERBES EN -UYER" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block reference-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading"><strong><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text">Conjugation With Same Endings </span></strong></p> <p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">French stem-changing verbs are conjugated with the same endings as regular -ER verbs but have two different radicals or stems. These stem changes occur in several French tenses and moods and moods, as shown in the following table. Remember that the stem-change for is optional for <strong>-ayer</strong> verbs and required for <strong>-oyer</strong> and <strong>-uyer</strong> verbs.</p>
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