Near the bottom of the lesson, the green box says ‘-CER and -GER verbs take ç and extra e in front of -a, but not in front of -è’ then is followed by an example with commença. I know that’s the correct spelling; so I don’t understand the ‘extra e’ bit. Please explain. Hang on, the penny is dropping...it’s an extra ‘e’ just after -ger and not -cer ? Perhaps this could be made clearer ?
-CER and -GER verbs take ç and extra e in front of -a, but not in front of -è,
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-CER and -GER verbs take ç and extra e in front of -a, but not in front of -è,
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate all French -er verbs - including "aller" - in the historic past (Le Passé simple)"
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