The First Book of French Composition: Materials for Translating English Into French for Elementary Classes |
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adjective Æneid animal aura aurais aurait auriez auront Authorised Edition avait avoir birds c'est Clapin clock Cloth Comédie Conj conjugated deux English été frappé être Ex.-For Exercises Fcap Feminine France frap frappé or frappée FRENCH COMPOSITION French Grammar French Master French-English German h mute Hachette's hadst thou heures ils or elles imperative J. F. DAVIS J'ai J'aurai J'avais j'eusse KING WILLIAM STREET lavés or lavées London long hand masc masculine minutes NAFTEL Notes noun o'clock Paper cover parlé partc participle pas été pas eu Past definite pées personal pronouns petit Pluperfect plur plural possessive adjective preposition pres Prose puni punish qu'elle ait qu'elles aient qu'ils or qu'elles quatre RALPH HARVEY reçu rendered rendu Rule XIV School serais short hand singular speak struck SUBJUNCTIVE tenses Testard thou hadst translation verb Vivâ voici wash word wouldst
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Page 1 - wouldst be. il serait, he would be. elle serait, she would be. nous serions, we should be. vous seriez, you would be. ils or elles seraient, they would be. Past. J'aurais eu, I should have had. tu aurais eu, thou wouldst have had. il aurait eu, he would have had.
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Page 57 - 3. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following.
Page 2 - be. qu'elle soit, that she may be. que nous soyons, that we may be. que vous soyez, that you may be. qu'ils or qu'elles soient, that they may be. Imperfect. Que
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Page 95 - Je suis, I am. tu es, thou art. il est, he is. elle est, she is. nous sommes, we are vous êtes, you are. ils or elles sont, they are Imperfect.