its shoere time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

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It’s “shoe”re time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

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Page 1: Its shoere time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

It’s “shoe”re time you learned the conjugation of a stem-

changing verb!

Page 2: Its shoere time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

The verb préférer is known as a shoe verb (or a stem-changing verb) because…

The “je”, “tu”, “il” and “elles” have a common stem and “nous” and “vous” have another stem.

Page 3: Its shoere time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

When a verb has two different stems that follow this pattern, it is often known as a shoe verb.

How did it get that name?Je Nous

Tu Vous

Il Elles

The conjugations that fit “in the shoe” (je, tu, il, elles) all have the SAME STEM!

The conjugations that fit “in the shoe” (je, tu, il, elles) all have the SAME STEM!

Page 4: Its shoere time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

Je préfère Nous préférons

Tu préfères Vous préférez

Il préfère Elles préfèrent

A stem-changing, shoe verb!

REMEMBER:é makes the long a sound!

Page 5: Its shoere time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

Je préfère manger la glace au chocolat. Tu préfères la classe de géometrie ou de

physique? Il préfère la classe d’allemand. Nous préférons parler français. Vous préférez aller au café ou au

restaurant? Elles préfèrent faire des magasins au

centre commercial. Elles adorent Rue 21.

Page 6: Its shoere time you learned the conjugation of a stem-changing verb!

The endings for préférer are normal (e, es, e, ons, ez, ent), it is the STEM

that changes.

The stem changes from an accent grave (è) in the je, tu, il, elles to an accent aigu (é) in the nous and vous forms.-- the change occurs for pronunciation purposes!