Verbs in ier. Verbs in ayer. All verbs in er ending in the infinitive by ier, like apprécier (to appreciate), have two i's in the 1st and the 2d person plural of the Past Imperfect Indicative, and of the Present Subjunctive, which borrows those two persons of the plural from the Past Imperfect Indicative. All verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by ayer, like payer (to Il paye Ils payent N.B. However, according to Larousse and Littré, you may change the y into i in The 3d person singular of the Present Indicative Verbs in eyer. Il paie Ils paient Je paierais, etc. Je paîrai, etc. Je pa rais, etc. There are only two verbs ending in the Infinitive with the termina N.B. Notice that the first and second persons of the Past Imperfect Indicative and of the Present Subjunctive have an i after the y. nous grass eyions vous grass eyiez Que nous grass eyions Que vous grass eyiez Verbs in oyer. Verbs in uyer. Verbs in ger. Verbs in cer. Verb Arguer. Present Indicative Verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by oyer, like broyer (to pound), change y into i before the terminations e, es, ent, erai, erais. Je broje Tu brojes Il broje Ils broient Je brojerai Je broierais Verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by uyer, like appuyer (to lean), undergo the same changes as the verbs ending in oyer. J'appuie Il appuie Ils appuient J'appuierais Verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by ger, like manger (to eat), keep the e mute after g when the 9 is followed by a or o. Nous mangeons Je mangeais Verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by cer, like menacer (to threaten), take the cedilla under c when the c is followed by a or o. Nous menaçons The u is sounded in arguer (to argue), and therefore there is a diæresis over e and i placed after u, except in the 3d person plural of the Past Definite on account of the è grave: ils argu èrent. Verbs in guer. Verbs in ouer. All the other verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by guer, like voguer (to float), do not take the diaresis either over the e or over the i. The u is not sounded, and it is kept in the Present Participle. Vo guant Vous vo guiez Je vo gue Je vo gue rai All verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by ouer, like allouer (to grant), keep the e mute after u in the Future and in the Conditional. J'allouerai They have a diæresis over i in the 1st and 2d persons plural of the Past Imperfect Indicative, Verbs in eler. Nous allourons Vous allourez Que nous allouïons Que vous allouïez Some verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by eler, like appeler (to call), double the/ when is followed by an e mute. J'appelle Ils appellent J'appellerais e, es, ent in verbs are mute syllables. Here is the complete list of these verbs: Amonc eler to heap up *Appeler to call *Att eler to put horses to a carriage Cann eler to channel, to groove Carr eler to pave with tiles *Chanc eler to stagger Chapeler to rasp, to hack, to mangle Cis eler to chisel, to chase Dent eler to notch *Dét eler to take horses out of a carriage, to unyoke Ecart eler to quarter *Ensorc eler to bewitch *Épeler to spell According to Bescherelles there are no asterisk in the above list which double the Verbs in eter. *Etinc eler to sparkle *Fic eler to tie up, to cord *Gromm eler to mutter, to grumble Rat eler to rake *Renouv eler to renew *Ruiss eler to stream, to truckle *Tonn eler to tunnel (partridges) other verbs but those marked with an before an e mute. Some verbs in er ending in the Infinitive by eter, like jeter (to throw), double the t when t is followed by an e mute. Je jette Tu jettes Ils jettent Je jetterai Here is the complete list of these verbs: Aiguill eter to tag laces Banqu eter to banquet Bonn eter to fawn upon, to cringe to Buff eter to drink wine from the Cach eter to seal Coll eter to collar Coqu eter to flirt Coupl eter to lampoon Décach eter to unseal Décoqu eter to take off the oar or paddle Déj eter to bend Dépaqu eter to unpack Empaqueter to pack Épouss eter to dust Feuill eter to turn over the leaves Fur eter to rummage, to ransack Marqueter to speckle, to checker Parqueter to floor Rej eter to reject Rempaqueter to repack Souffl eter to box the ears, to buffet Encorn eter to put in a paper case List of Verbs of the First Conjugation having a circumflex accent on one of the |