dottelm

[stuck marsh]

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[mental cliff]

because it's irregular

[golden prawn]

there's no other reason for why a verb changes its letters depending on the grammatical person other than etymology
you just need to remember the conjugation of the verb, as well as other verbs that follow the same pattern, like reprendre, surprendre, comprendre, etc...

[minor canopy]

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[dull oasis]

The d is only present in the infinitive (and the future and conditional which are derived from it)

It's not too uncommon for a spurious d to pop up before a -re ending: other examples include moudre (stem moul-), coudre (stem cous-), résoudre (stem resolv-)

[bronze belfry]

And the singular persons in the present tense as well as the imperative prends.

You know what? The original Latin verb prendere has the d in almost all conjugations.

Boy, did the verb get skewered along French history.

[dull oasis]

True, and that also applies to the other verbs, but it's silent so it doesn't count in my book. It's an esthetic letter eddentially