PAST. (I should have) BRANCH 1. BRANCH 2. BRANCH 3. BRANCH 4. BRANCH 5. the (public) censure. craindre 1 du public 3 f. 2. despair? They Would my pro art. désespoir m. tectors introduce an unknown person into the world? introduire inconnu m. * IMPERATIVE. Depict in thy idyl all the charms rural champêtre 2 peindre idylle attendre art. of a douceur f. exter art. exté life. Expect not happiness from nal objects; it is in thyself. Know the powers of thy mind rieur 2 m. pl. I before force f. thou writest. Let us unite prudence with avant de * écrire joindre art. f. à art. courage. Let us not descend to useless particulars. m. descendre dans des 2 larité 1 Let us not (give offence) by an air of haughtiness. Seem déplaire * des m. pl. paroître 2 neither to cheerful nor too grave. Ye sovereigns, make * souverain pl. rendre his friendship. Sweet doux SUBJUNCTIVE. PRESENT. (that I may) BRANCH 1. BRANCH 2. BRANCH 3. BRANCH 4. BRANCH 5. SUBJUNCTIVE PRESENT. That I may fear that cloud of ene nuée f. 3 critique f. pl. répondre un si 2 he may lead his pupil step by step to a perfect knowledge conduire élève pas à of the art of speaking and writing. inf-1 pr. inf-1 enchanting style. That we may teur 2 m. 1 sciences. connoissance That we may entice by an séduire confound the arts with the That you may have the same end in view.` they may not depend on any body. That but m. 2 tendre à 1 That they may not in dépendre de personne crease our sufferings. croître peines. ac IMPERFECT. That I might not melt into tears. That fondre en larme I would acknowledge the truth. That he might (draw a picture) of reconnoître peindre grâce distressed virtue. That he might please by her accomart. malheureux 2 1 IMPERFECT. (that I might) BRANCH 1. BRANCH 2. BRANCH 3. BRANCH 4. BRANCH 5. rend-it pl-ût par-usses rédui-sît joi-gnît rédui-sissions joi-gnissions nous rend-issions pl-ussions par-ussions vous rend-issies pl-ussies par-ussiez rédui-sissiez joi-gnissies rend-issent pl-ussent par-ussent rédui-sissent joi-gnissent ils Pronominal verbs, as was said page 121, are conjugated throughout, in each person, with a double personal pronoun, and as all their compound tenses are formed by means of the auxiliary verb être, their participle past must always agree in gender and number with the objective pronoun, when it is direct, otherwise not. Their inflections all follow the conjugations to which they belong. plishments more than by her beauty. That we might conduct f. pl. him to court. That we should affect art. cour f. conduire such low feindre de art. si bas 2 sentiments. That you might hear their justification. That In all participles past, except absous, dissous, résous, which are to be seen in their places, the feminine is formed by adding e mute to the masculine, and the plural by adding s to the singular, both masculine and feminine, when it does not already end with this letter, the French language not admitting a final double conso nant. As there is some difficulty in conjugating pronominal verbs, some few are here selected, which it will prove advantageous to practise. PRETERIT INDEFINITE.-I (have been) tolerably well for assez bien depuis some time. Didst thou not lose thyself in the wood? (It is se porter s'égarer * Оп said) that he killed himself (out of) despair. Have we flattered dit se tuer de se flatter qurselves without foundation? Ladies, have you walked * this morning? this portrait ? -m. fondement Mesdames, dame se reconnoître deceive thyself? He (is never happy) tromper * se porter |