An Elementary Grammar of the French Language1839 - 80 pages |
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absolve adjectives adverbs auroit auxiliary verb brother Chart CLASS COMPOUND TENSES conclus CONDITIONAL MOOD conduise confise CONJUGATION connoisse cueille English été eût fallu favour fear FEMININE France French language Future GENDERS OF NOUNS give Grammar Had'st thou IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect IMPERSONAL VERBS INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD IRREGULAR VERBS J'aurai j'eusse letters Masculine may-be may-be-able may-have may-have of-the may'st-have might-be might-have might'st-have of-it of-the offre osiers ourche parlé Past Participle perceived Plural prenois Present Participle Preterite PRONOUNS puni punish pupil qu'il receive reçu render repent riez roient SECTION sell shall-be shall-have Should-be should-have sister sold sort speak spoken SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD thou didst thou hast thou may'st thou might'st thou shalt thou should'st to-go to-have to-him to-make to-morrow to-say to-see to-speak to-the to-you tree tressaille vendu verb avoir verb être voulusse vowels Wast thou will-be will-have would-be would-have would'st
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Page 24 - you may be. Qu' ils soient, that they may be. Imperfect. Que je fusse, that I might be. que tu fusses, that thou might'st be. qu 'il fut, that he might be. que nous fussions, that we might be. que vous fussiez, that you might be. qu 'ils fussent, that they might be.
Page 10 - CARDINAL NUMBERS. un, m. une, /. deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit neuf, dix, onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf. vingt, vingt-et-un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre,
Page 20 - COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT. Que j'aie eu, that I may have had. que tu aies eu, that thou may'st have had. qu'il ait eu, that he may have had. que nous ayons eu, that we may have had. que vous ayez eu, that you may have had. qu'ils aient eu, that they may have had.
Page 14 - Mas. Fern. le mien, la mienne, les miens, les miennes, mine, le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes, thine. le sien, la sienne, le nôtre, la nôtre, le vôtre, la vôtre, le leur, la leur, les siens, les siennes,
Page 20 - COMPOUND OF THE IMPERFECT. Que j'eusse eu, that I might have had. que tu eusses eu, that thou might'st have had. qu'il eut eu, that he might have had. que nous eussions eu, that we might have had. que vous eussiez eu, that you might have had. qu'ils eussent eu, that they might have had.
Page 18 - Preterite. J'eus eu, I had had, tu eus eu, thou hadst had. il eut eu, he had had. nous eûmes eu, we had had. vous eûtes eu, you had had. ils eurent eu, they had had. Future. J'aurai
Page 20 - MOOD. Present. Que J'aie, that I may have, que tu aies, that thou may'st have, qu'il ait, that he may have, que nous ayons, that we may have, que vous ayez, that you may have, qu'ils aient, that they may have. Imperfect. Que J'eusse, that I might have, que tu eusses, that thou might'st have, qu'il
Page 20 - may'st have, qu'il ait, that he may have, que nous ayons, that we may have, que vous ayez, that you may have, qu'ils aient, that they may have. Imperfect. Que J'eusse, that I might have, que tu eusses, that thou might'st have, qu'il
Page 23 - have been. IMPERATIVE MOOD. Sois, be (thou.) Qu'il soit, let him be. soyons, let us be. soyez, be, (ye.) Qu'ils soient, let them be. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present. Que je sois, that I may be. que tu sois, that thou may'st be, qu'il soit, that he may be. que nous soyons, that we may be. que
Page 18 - Present. J'ai eu, I have had. tu as eu, thou hast had. il a eu, he has had. nous avons eu, we have had. vous avez eu, you have had. ils ont eu, they have had. Imperfect.