que j'aie été, that I may have been, que je n'aie pas été, that I may not have been, etc. etc. Plus-que-parfait. que j'eusse été, that I might have que je n'eusse pas été, that I might been, etc. not have been, etc. SYNOPSIS OF Avoir AND Étre. SIMPLE TENSES, to memorize: -1. Present Indicative, 2. Imperative, 3. Present Subjunctive. COMPOUND TENSES. Past Indefinite, use the Pres. Indic. of Avoir. PRONOUNS. ROOT OR STEM OF THE VERB. There are four conjugations in French, which are distinguished by the termination of the infinitive mode. The first ends in er, as, aim-er; the second in ir, as, fin-ir; the third in evoir or oir, as, rec-evoir, mouv-oir; the fourth in re, as, vend-re. PRES. INFINITIVE: Aim-er, to love. PRES. PARTICIPLE: Aim-ant, loving. PAST PART.: Aim-é, loved. PRES. INDIC.: J' aim-e. PAST DEFINITE: J' aim-ai. TERMINATIONS OF THE FIRST CONJUGATION. I I 1 did I shall I might That I Love, may love, etc. That I might love, etc. No pronouns. asse e ons ions assions ez |