GRAMMAIRE 2 STEM-CHANGING VERBS ADJECTIVES WITH NOUNS AGREEMENT WITH NUMBERS Chapitre 4
Stem-changing verbs The verbs préférer and acheter follow a slightly different pattern from other –er verbs. je préfèrenous préférons tu préfèresvous préférez il/elle/on préfèreils/elles préfèrent jachètenous achetons tu achètesvous achetez il/elle/on achèteils/elles achètent
Stem-changing verbs préférerto prefer espérerto hope répéterto repeat to practice to rehearse The é in the second syllabe changes to an è in the je, tu, il, elle, on, ils and elles forms!!! acheterto buy amenerto bring someone emmenerto take someone leverto raise promenerto take for a walk The silent e in the second syllable changes to an è in the je, tu, il, elle, on, ils, and elles forms!!!
Adjectives as nouns To avoid repetition, you can drop a noun, leaving an article and an adjective to stand for it. The article and the adjective agree in gender and number with the noun that was dropped. le tee-shirt bleu ou le blanc (notice tee-shirt was dropped before the adjective blanc) You often use this when talking about preferences. Est-ce que vous aimez la grande télé ou la petite? Je préfère la grande.
Agreement with numbers Youve already learned that the numbers quatre- vingts and multiples of cent take an –s unless they are followed by another number. The number un changes to une when followed by a feminine noun. M. Rocher a vingt et un livres. Il a aussi vingt et une règles.