Does anyone know any irregular er verbs (French)?
Any verbs with y in them are often irregular e.g. nettoyer – you substitute the y with i in the je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles form (nettoie, nettoies, nettoie, nettoient) but keep the y in the nous and vous forms (nettoyons, nettoyez) Another interesting thing which happens with some verbs is the use of accents or different letters – i.e. jeter – again, you use two t’s in the je, tu, il/elle, ils/elles form (jette, jettes, jette, jettent) and one t in the nous and vous form (jetons, jetez). Then, you can have -ger or -cer verbs which take a special form in the nous and vous form to retain their soft g or c sound – i.e. manger (mangeons) or lancer (lançons). As regards what you’re looking for, there are loads of -er verbs which in the past have unique or strange form. Only one I can think of the top of my head is être…