Les verbes acheter et préférer Stem Changers
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Les verbes acheter et préférer Stem Changers Unité 6 Lecon 18
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Les verbes acheter et préférer Stem Changers. Unité 6 Lecon 18. In French 1A a few irregular verbs were introduced to you as well as a group of verbs called « er » verbs. In lesson 18 we are going to learn about another group of verbs called stem changers. Acheter – to buy. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Les verbesacheter et préférerStem Changers
Unité 6
Lecon 18
In French 1A a few irregular verbs were introduced to you as well as a group of verbs called « er » verbs. In lesson 18 we are going to learn about another group of verbs called stem
changers.
Acheter – to buy
Préférer – to prefer
Acheter – to buy
Je achète
Tu achètes
Il/ Elle achète
Nous achetons
Vous achetez
Ils/Elles achètent
Notice that the stem of the verb is the same for the je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles forms, but
different for the nous and vous forms.
Amener – to bring ( a person)
Je amène
Tu amènes
Il/ Elle amène
Nous amenons
Vous amenez
Ils/Elles amènent
The verb amener is conjugated in the same way that acheter is conjugated.
The verb amener is to bring a person. The verb apporter is to bring a thing. Apporter is a regular « er » verb.
Préférer – to prefer
Je préfère
Tu préfères
Il/ Elle préfère
Nous préférons
Vous préférez
Ils/Elles préfèrent
The verb préférer has accents on the infinitive and the accents change on the je, tu, il/elle, and Ils/Elles forms. The accents are the same on the nous and vous forms
Espérer – to hope
Je espère
Tu espères
Il/ Elle espère
Nous espérons
Vous espérez
Ils/Elles espèrent
Although the verb espérer only has one accent, it is the same as préférer in that the accent changes from an accent aigu to an accent grave on the je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles forms.
Mettre – to put,place(not a stem changer, but irregular
Je mets
Tu mets
Il/ Elle met
Nous mettons
Vous mettez
Ils/Elles mettent
The verb mettre has several meanings . . .
To put, place Je mets mes livres sur la table
I put my books on the table.
To put on, wear Caroline met une robe rouge.
Caroline puts on a red dress.
To turn on Nous mettons la telle.
We turn on the TV
The verbs permettre – to permit, allow, let and promettre- to promise are
conjugated in the same way as mettreJe permets
Tu permets
Il/ Elle permet
Nouspermettons
Vouspermettez
Ils/Elles permettent
The verbs permettre – to permit, allow, let and promettre- to promise are
conjugated in the same way as mettreJe promets
Tu promets
Il/ Elle promet
Nous promettons
Vouspromettez
Ils/Elles promettent
