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[pearl ore]

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[winged turtle]

It’s just a way of saying that the stem changes

In that it changes spelling when you conjugate

[cinder obsidian]

I foiund this online. it could be helpful > To find the stem of a verb, we simply take off the ending from the infinitive (-er, -ir, -re, -oir). Some verbs change their stems in their conjugated forms. To find the stem of these verbs in different tenses, we use the 1st person plural form.

[dense oak]

Im still little confused

[winged turtle]

What would you like to know?

[dense oak]

Can u give examples or smth

Plz

[lament jasper]

There's a bunch on your sheet

[winged turtle]

Yeah basically means that they are exceptions

There’s really not too much you can do except memorize when you have to add a letter of change an accent

For example

Jeter is nous jetons but ils jettent (with a extra t)

[dense oak]

Why no double t for nous?

[mossy marsh]

In jetons and jetez, the first E is essentially unpronounced because the part after T is pronounced.

In jette, jettes and jettent, the part after T is pretty much mute, so the E before T gets pronounced to compensate.

[dense oak]

Okay wait so when my sheet says if the next syllable is pronounced… what next syllable they talking about?

[mossy marsh]

For jetons, the syllable is tons, and the "ons" bit is pronounced, so E doesn't get pronounced. Same with jetez. You get the opposite with jette, jettes and jettent (the bits "e", "es" and "ent" after T aren't pronounced, so the E before T is pronounced therefore the consonant gets doubled).

[cinder obsidian]

dzton

[dense oak]

So sometimes consonants are doubled or accent changed?

[cinder obsidian]

dz voiced. vowels cords vibrate

e mute

[mossy marsh]

Yep, it just depends on the verb. For example, acheter uses the accent.

[dense oak]

What is the stem

Btw(

[lament jasper]

What

[mossy marsh]

A stem, or radical, is the part of a verb without the ending (that is, without -er, -ir or anything else).

In jeter, the stem is jet-.

[cinder obsidian]

the way it is pronunced bra

not exactly tho, but sounds like that, n'est-ce pas

dʒton

[lament jasper]

...jeton?
Why'd you reply to me then

[cinder obsidian]

I am using english phonetic symbols ok

you said 'what' and you tag me

[dense oak]

So then jetteront the new stem is teront?

[lament jasper]

I mean yeah I was confused why you were replying to me like I said

[cinder obsidian]

no biggie

[lament jasper]

What

[cinder obsidian]

you rock

[dense oak]

@mossy marsh

[mossy marsh]

Nope, in jetterons, the stem is jetter- and -ons is the ending for the future tense.

[dense oak]

Stem is infinitive form?

[mossy marsh]

Nope, just the form of a verb without an ending.

[dense oak]

Isnt infinitihe jetter and stem jet?

[lament jasper]

When you conjugate the infinitive you remove the ending (-er, -ir, -re) and add the ending for the conjugation you want
The part that isnt the ending (without -er, -ir, -re) is the stem
So conjugated verbs are stem + ending

More or less

Jeter is the infinitive, but yes jet- is the stem

[mossy marsh]

The stem for simple future usually just so happens to look like an infinitive (that's true of first and second group verbs), that's all. Also, if you didn't notice yet, jeter, with one T, is the infinitive but the stem for simple future is jetter-, with two T's.

[dense oak]

Thx