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THIRD PRIMITIVE TENSE: PAST PARTICIPLE.

The Past Participle forms all the compound tenses with the help of the auxiliary verbs avoir and être:

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J'aurai conçu, l' shall have re- J'aurais rendu, I should have ren

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FOURTH PRIMITIVE TENSE: PRESENT INDICATIVE.

The Present Indicative forms one tense: that of the Imperative.

It forms the Imperative by suppressing the pronouns, also the 1st and 3d persons singular, and the 3d person plural:

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*For the first conjugation, the s of the termination es (2d person singular Present In

dicative) is also suppressed.

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FIFTH PRIMITIVE TENSE: PAST DEFINite.

The Past Definite forms one tense: the Imperfect Subjunctive.

It forms the Imperfect Subjunctive by adding se, ses (the 3d person singular changes s into t*), sions, siez, sent, to the 2d person singular:

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REMARK. Before attempting to learn the irregular verbs, the student should know thoroughly the terminations of the four conjugations, the formation of tenses, the two auxiliaries, and the use of these auxiliaries.

*The vowel preceding the t should always have a circumflex accent.

TWENTY-SECOND LESSON-Vingt-deuxième Leçon.

The week, la semaine.
Sunday, dimanche. *

Monday, lundi.
Tuesday, mardi.

Wednesday, mercredi.
Thursday, jeudi.
Friday, vendredi.

Saturday, samedi.

Spring, le printemps.

Summer, l'été, m.
Autumn, l'automne, m.
Winter, l'hiver, m.
The theater, le théâtre.
Dancing, la danse.
The ball, le bal.

The concert, le concert,

Study and conjugate the imperfect subjunctive of avoir, être, aimer, etc. Study and conjugate the verb pouvoir, to be able.

The subjunctive mode is very frequently used in French. We shall study its use in the Second Part. Let us only notice for the present that the French subjunctive is expressed in English:

1st. By the present indicative mode; as:

Though he is thirsty, he does not Quoi qu'il ait soif, il ne boit pas. drink.

Is it possible that you can not do Est-il possible que vous ne puisthat? siez pas faire cela ?

2d. By the future:

Do you think he will come to-day? Pensez-vous qu'il vienne au

jourd'hui ?

I don't think he will set out this Je ne crois pas qu'il parte ce evening?

3d. By the conditional:

I wish you would write to me.

I wish you would go there.

soir.

Je désire que vous m'écriviez.
Je désire que vous y alliez.

The names of the days of the week are masculine.

D. F. M.-10.

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The singular forms of tout, m., toute, f., with the definite article le or la, mean the whole; the plural forms, with the plural article les, mean every :

The whole day, tout le jour.
Every day, tous les jours.

EXAMPLES.

Could you lend me a thousand Pourriez-vous me prêter mille

francs?

For how long?

For a few days only.

francs?

Pour combien de temps?

Pour quelques jours seulement.

moi ?

When will you be able to go out Quand pourrez-vous sortir avec

with me?

I shall not be able to go out before Je ne pourrai pas sortir avant

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Have you been able to read that Avez-vous pu lire cette lettre ?

letter?

I have not.

Je n'ai pas pu la lire.

crayon ?

Have you not been able to find N'avez-vous pas pu trouver votre your pencil?

No; I don't know at all where it Non; je ne sais pas du tout où can be.

May I take your brother's?

il peut être.

Puis-je prendre celui de votre

frère ?

Certainly.

Did you skate last winter?

No, I can not skate.

Do you like dancing?

I do; only I dance very badly.

Have you all your books upon

your table?

I have not all of them.

Certainement.

Avez-vous patiné l'hiver dernier ?
Non, je ne sais pas patiner.
Aimez-vous la danse?

Oui; seulement je danse très-mal.
Avez-vous tous vos livres sur
votre table?

Je ne les ai pas tous.

I shall go to the theater on Satur- J'irai au théâtre samedi pro

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Ne pourriez-vous pas commencer d'étudier lundi prochain? Ne désirez-vous pas prendre une leçon tous les jours? Quel jour est-ce aujourd'hui? N'aimez-vous pas à apprendre le français ? Savez-vous patiner? Où pouvez-vous patiner? Avec qui allez-vous au parc pour patiner? Savez-vous danser? Dansezvous souvent? Quand comptez-vous aller au théâtre? Vos enfants vont-ils au théâtre? Quelle saison (season) aimez-vous le mieux ? Où comptez-vous aller l'été prochain? N'avez-vous pas encore vu mon beau petit chien? N'est-il pas très-joli? Allez-vous à Paris tous les ans?

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Could you give me a lesson on Thursday next? At what time? At three o'clock in the afternoon, if you can. I can not, I shall not have time. If you could come at ten o'clock in the (du) morning, I could give it to you at that time. We shall see. Do you often go to the theater? Two or three times

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