Meriem, Your question is timely: I feel myself lacking in certainty on this one. However Eventail has the right answer. I refer you to Byrne & Churchill A Comprehensive French grammar (revised by Glanville Price) Section 353 p. 261. Verbs with e acute in the penultimate syllable - ceder, regner, repeter, agreer, etc (There is also a section on verbs with mute en in the penultimate syllable - acheter, geler, mener, soupeser. Regards, Derek Meacher ---------------------- Derek Meacher Admissions Officer School of Modern Languages University of Exeter Tel/Fax: 01392 264392 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%