J'avançais, I advanced.
Nous commençons, we begin.

4. Verbs in eter and eler double the t or l when it comes before e, es, ent, and the erai, erais of the future and conditional, as:

J'appelle, I call.
Je jetterai, I shall throw.

5. The following verbs, although ending in eter and eler, deviate from the foregoing, and make, by means of the grave accent, the following changes, as: acheter, etc.

J'achète, I buy.
Je pèle, I peel.
Il gèlera, it will freeze.
Je harcèle, I tease.

Of the same order are the following ending in:

ecer,
écer,
ébrer,
écher,
éder,
emer,
égler,
égner,
égrer,
éguer,
ener,
éler,
émer,
éner,
équer,
ever,
érer,
éter,
étrer.

Be it understood that those with an é change this also into è.

N. B.--For the better understanding of these and others, the student is referred to the models given in the Alphabetical Table, § 49.