Tirocinium Gallicum, the first rudiments of the French language |
Common terms and phrases
Adjectives Adverbs article aurais rendu &c auxiliary verb avais ay in day blanc white bon good book bread Cedilla commonest commonly Compound Tenses Conjunctive Consonants danger danger declined Diphthong Disjunctive donna he gave donnai I gave donnais thou eusses feminine fini &c finished First Pluperfect flatté followed following formed French FRENCH LANGUAGE Future-Perfect garçon boy give given hadst have had Imperat IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Interjections interrogatively J'ai J'aurai J'eus know Learn loved made by adding make Masculine meat mûr ripe Nasal Sounds Negatively Numbers Participle Participles.-Present Past Conditional Perf Perfect definite Person Plur Person Sing Personal Pronouns plaisir pleasure plume pen Possessive Pronouns Pres Present Conditional pretty receive received reçu &c reçusse render rendered same Second Pluperfect Simple Tenses sounded like ay SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable Third Person thou &c thou hast thou wilt thou wouldst turbot used vowel
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Page 18 - Fem. le mien la mienne les miens les miennes mine le tien la tienne les tiens les tiennes thine le sien la sienne les siens les siennes his, hers...
Page 7 - A, a; B, b; C, c ; D, d; E, e ; F, f; G, g; H, h; I, i; J, j; K, k ; L, 1; M, m ; N, n ; O, o...
Page 16 - Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze, Treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt.
Page 16 - Second. Troisième. Quatrième. Cinquième. Sixième. Septième. Huitième. Neuvième. Dixième. Onzième. Douzième. Treizième. Quatorzième. Quinzième.
Page 18 - Plur. mon, ma, mes, my. ton, ta, tes, thy. son, sa, ses, his, her, or its.
Page 24 - Future. Je donnerai, I shall give nous donnerons, we shall give tu donneras . thou wilt give vous donnerez, , you will give il donnera, he will give ils donneront, they will give.
Page 23 - Je serais, I should be nous serions, we should be tu serais, thou wouldst be vous seriez, you would be il serait, he would be ils seraient, they would be.
Page 21 - J'ai eu I have had, nous avons eu we have had, tu as eu thou hast had, vous avez eu you have had, il a ew-he has had, ils ont eu they have had. Compound of the Imperfect, or First Pluperfect. J'avais eu I had had, nous...
Page 21 - J'aurais I should have, nous aurions we should have, tu aurais thou wouldst have, vous auriez you would have, il aurait he would have, ils auraient they would have.
Page 21 - J'avais eu I had had, nous avions eu we had had, tu avais eu thou hadst had, vous aviez eu you had had, il avait eu he had had, ils avaient eu they had had.