Completer - in future simple

David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Completer - in future simple

The lesson - and the quizzes based on it - use the grave accent for all 6 endings in this tense.

But all of the online conjugators that I have checked with use the acute accent.

As do all of the exmples in context on the web.

Asked 6 years ago
Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Apparently it's changed. (Also true of préférer)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compl%C3%A9ter

"One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written compléter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written complèter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today."

 

Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

At the Le Figaro site you can find both forms for such verbs.  

https://leconjugueur.lefigaro.fr/conjugaison/verbe/completer.html

Verbe conjugué avec la nouvelle orthographe.

1re forme  2e forme

Completer - in future simple

The lesson - and the quizzes based on it - use the grave accent for all 6 endings in this tense.

But all of the online conjugators that I have checked with use the acute accent.

As do all of the exmples in context on the web.

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