The first group

○ Conjugation

• The pronunciation is the same for all singular persons (*je*, *tu*, *il*, *elle*, *on*) and the third-person plural (*ils*, *elles*): /parl/.

• It changes only for the first- and second-person plural (*nous* and *vous*): /nu.parlõ/ and /vu.parlé/.

Characteristics

• First-group verbs always end in -er in the infinitive.

• First-group verbs always have the same endings.

• 70% of verbs belong to the first group. It is the default conjugation group.

Phonological adaptations

• Verbs ending in -ger:

Verbs ending in -ger take a silent 'e' before the *nous* ending.

• Verbs ending in -cer:

Verbs ending in -cer take a cedilla (ç) before the *nous* ending.

• Verbs ending in -eler, -eter, and -ener:

Verbs ending in -eler, -eter, or -ener take a grave accent on the penultimate vowel with *je*, *tu*, *il*, *elle*, *on*, *ils*, and *elles*.

• The verbs *appeler* and *jeter*:

The verbs *appeler* and *jeter*, as well as their derivatives, do not follow the rule above exactly. Instead, they take a double consonant with *je*, *tu*, *il*, *elle*, *on*, *ils*, and *elles*.