You will walk, Vous vous promènerez. Ils or elles se promèneront. PRESENT. You will have walked, Vous vous serez promenés or ées. They will have walked, Ils se seront promenés or elles se seront promenées. CONDITIONAL MOOD. I should or would walk, Je me promènerais. Thou wouldst walk, Tu te promènerais. He would walk, We should or would walk, Nous nous promènerions. You would walk, They would walk, Ils or elles se promèneraient. PAST. I should or would have w lked, Je me serais or je me fusse promené or ée. Thou wouldst have walked, Tu te serais or tu te fusses promené or ée. He would have walked, Il se serait or il se fût promené. Elle se serait or elle se fût promenée. We should or would have walked, Nous nous serions or nous nous fussions promenés or ées. You would have walked, Vous vous seriez or vous vous fussiez promenés or ées. They would have walked, Ils se seraient or ils se fussent promenés or elles se seraient or elles se fussent promenées. Do not walk or walk not (ye or you), Ne vous promenez pas. Qu'ils or qu'elles ne se promènent pas. Let them not walk, EXERCISE ON THE PRONOMINAL VERBS. INDICATIVE PRESENT.-I yield to your reasons. He employs himself about trifles. The bird is flying away. We do not amuse ourselves. Are you rising? The flowers are blowing. Do they retract? Do they not stoop? IMPERFECT. I was nursing myself too much. se lever. se baisser. Thou wast warming thyself. The queen was walking on the terrace. Your partner was not well. They were making haste. They despaired without reason. Those gentlemen were laughing at you. They did not ex Mr. A.. did not stop one minute. We recognised ourselves in this portrait. You fell asleep. They met at Rome. FUTURE. I shall abstain from doing it. He will marry next year. The child will catch cold. She will perceive your design. We will go to bed early. Shall you remember his name? Will they not embark this morning. CONDITIONAL.-I should not yield to such reasons. dessein, m. se coucher. de bonne heure. se rappeler. Wouldst thou expose thyself to his fury? Would he not make his escape? We would not despair without reason. You would ruin yourselves. They would not retract. His friends would wonder. They would apply themselves too much to study. The verbs marked in this exercise are irregular; see for their conjugation the table of irregular verbs. have so ill. Let him not expose himself. Let us rest a little while. Hide yourself. Endeavour to please your parents. interfere in that business. SUBJUNCTIVE PRESENT.-I must enquire after him. Let them not ип речь. se cacher. s'efforcer de. I wish he may te better. For fear he should fly away. In order that we may agree. Until you fall asleep. In order that you may not be proud of that advantage. Those children must behave better another time. Is it not essential that they should contain themselves? IMPERFECT. That I might excuse myself. He was obliged to hide himself each time. It was in order that it might take root. He sent us here that we might rest. They required that we should rise at daybreak. They wish that they should not quarrel so often. It was necessary that they should make use of that instrument. PROMISCUOUS EXERCISE ON THE COMPOUND TENSES OF THE PRONOMINAL VERBS. I have not laughed at you. He has stolen away. Has she enquired after me? My mother has been tolerably well for some time. Did she not faint away? These flowers have faded away. Did they not laugh at me? I had flattered myself without foundation. Your uncle had married. We had confided too inconsiderately in him. She had not applied herself enough. We had not complained of that man. You had condemned yourself. They had hidden themselves to surprise me. I rejoiced at that news. When they had amused themselves sufficiently at his expense, they left him quiet. When I shall have walked enough, I shall return. You will have grown rich before him. I should have devoted myself entirely to the service of my country. He would have repented. We would not have meddled with their affairs. Is it possible that he should have disguised himself so cleverly? What a pity that they should have exposed themselves so rashly! It will never be believed that you have behaved so ill. Would he have wished that I should have ruined myself? We could have wished that you had extricated yourself from these difficulties. The compound of the present tense must be used here. Severa' grammarians have fallen into a great mistake by using did as the proper sign in English to express generally the sense of the imperfect tense of French verbs. Students thus misled would translate: did you read? did they not eat? and such like by: lisiez-vous? ne mangeaient ils pas? whereas it should be: avez-vous lu? n'ont-ils pas mangé? because did mostly represents the auxiliary verb in the compound of the present tense. The difference between: is so material that it would greatly perplex the French to understand the meaning of any one that should thus use the former expression for the latter. L |