Re: strong verbs in French?

On 12/7/06, Kinetic <kinetic_wab@...> wrote:
> Between conjugated forms, there are loads.  As you pointed out, you get the
> closing consonants changing in stuff like pouvoir/je peux, but I get the
> feeling that those forms have just been corrupted.  You get a better idea by
> comparing the 2PL and 3PL forms - for example buvez/boivent, devez/doivent,
> voulez/veulent... is that the sort of thing you mean?
The real question is of course, how convincing will this be as an analogue
of Dutch strong verbs for francophones trying to learn Dutch.

My guess is that the more "stable" the closing consonants are, the more
convincing the examples will be. _vouloir_ has the |l|, _devoir_ has the |v|,
but _boire_ lacks the |v|. I could try ignoring that when I show them the
examples, though :)

Maybe: aimer - l'amour?

René