-ETER - French Stem-Changing Verbs

French verbs > Stem-changing verbs > -ETER verbs

French stem-changing verbs are conjugated with the same endings as regular -ER verbs but have two different radicals or stems. Stem-changing verbs are sometimes also called boot verbs or shoe verbs, because if you circle the forms that have stem changes in the conjugation table below, the resulting shape looks like a boot or shoe.

For the present tense of verbs that end in -eter, the stem change consists of doubling the t in all forms but nous and vous.


   je  jette       nous  jetons
   tu  jettes     vous  jetez
   il  jette        ils  jettent

Verb conjugation group
   feuilleter - to leaf through
   hoqueter - to hiccup
   jeter - to throw
   projeter - to project
   rejeter - to reject

Exception: the verb acheter is conjugated like an -e_er verb.

These stem changes are not limited to the present tense; see jeter in all tenses or the lesson on -eter verbs in other tenses.

Note: Verbs that end in -eler have a similar stem change - they double the l in certain conjugations: -eler verbs.