Se préférer is a french first group verb. So it follow the regular conjugation pattern of the first group like:
aimer.
Follow this link to see all the endings of the conjugation of the first group verbs :
conjugation rules and endings for the first group verbs.
However, although the terminations are perfectly regular, stem can be irregular and have numerous variations.
Se préférer is conjugated the same way that verbs that end in :
-érer.
For sound purpose, verbs ending in
-é-consonne(s)-er except verbs in
-éer, ie verbs in:
-éber, -ébrer, -écer, -écher, -écrer, -éder, -éfler, -éger, -égner, -égrer, -éguer, -éjer, -éler, -émer, -éner, -éper, -équer, -érer, -éser, -éter, -étrer, -éver, et -évrer...
transform the
« é » in
« è » before silent endings.
Example:
« sécher » :
« il sèche »,
« nous séchons ». For sound purpose again, verbs ending in
-éger add the letter
« e » after the stem letter
« g » with endings in
« -a » or
« -o ».
The verb
se préférer is the reflexive form of verb
préférer. In grammar, a reflexive verb is, loosely, a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example, "I wash myself". More generally, a reflexive verb has the same semantic agent and patient (typically represented syntactically by the subject and the direct object) are the same. For example, the English verb to perjure is reflexive, since one can only perjure oneself. In a wider sense, the term refers to any verb form whose grammatical object is a reflexive pronoun, regardless of semantics; such verbs are also referred to as pronominal verbs, especially in grammars of the Romance languages. A reflexive verb is always conjugated with a reflexive pronoun. Here is the list of the french reflexive pronouns:
« me »,
« te »,
« se »,
« nous »,
« vous »,
« se ».
Se préférer verb is conjugated in negative form. The placement of the negative adverb follow the following rules:
- the adverb
« ne » is placed after the pronoun and before the verb.
- in simple tenses, the adverbs (
« ne ...pas »,
« ne...plus »,
« ne...jamais », etc...) surround the verb
se préférer.
- in compound tenses or in passive voice, the negative adverbs surround the auxiliary.
- With the reflexive verb
se préférer in simple tenses, the negative adverbs surround the reflexive pronoun and the verb.
- With the reflexive verb
se préférer in compound tenses, the negative adverbs surround the reflexive pronoun and the auxiliary.
