Épellation irrégularités (spelling Irregularities)

Spelling irregularities only affect -er

1. Verbs ending with -cer and -ger

• cer adding ç before an a or an o tp preserve the soundh of the c

• ger requires -e after the g before an a or an o

Example: commencer, manger

Present Participle

    commençant        mangeant

Same conjugation with all the verb forms past, subjunctive (conjugation)

2. Verbs ending with -eler and -eter

• -eler double the l before -e, -es, -ent

Example: appeler

But: some verbs in -eler including the following are conjugated like acheter

• -eter takes double t before -e, -es, -ent

Example : jeter (to throw)

But: some verbs in -eter including the following are conjugated like acheter

3. Verb ending with -oyer and -uyer the y changes to i before -e, -es, -ent

Example : employer (to use) and ennuyer(to bore)

Note: envoyer(to send) and renvoyer(to dismiss) have an irregular future and conditional: j'enverrai, j'enverrais, je renverrai, je renverrais

• Verbs ending in -ayer change from y to i is optional eg: baleyer(to sweep), payer(to pay), essayer(to try)

je balaie or balaye

je paie or paye

j' essaie or essaye

4. Verb in e + consonant + er like acheter, enlever, mener, peser change the last e of the stem to è before -e, -es, -ent

Example : acheter(to buy)

Verbs like acheter

5. Verb in é + consonant + er like espérer(to hope) change é to è before -e, -es, -ent in present and subjunctive but in the future and conditional é is retained

Example : espérer

Verbs like espérer includes verbs in -éder, -érer, -éter