que j'aie aimé, that I may have que je n'aie pas aimé, that I may loved. etc. etc. not have loved. Plus-que-parfait. que j'eusse aimé, that I might que je n'eusse pas aimé, that I have loved. N. B. etc. might not have loved. etc. There are about five thousand verbs in the first conjugation, and nearly all are conjugated like aimer. ORTHOGRAPHICAL REMARKS ON THR VERBS OF THE FIRST CONJUGATION (AND ALSO ON THE VERBS IN cevoir). ger. - Verbs ending in ger retain e before a, o; as, mangeant, mangeons, je mangeais, etc. C.- Verbs in which c has the sound of s in the infinitive, as, placer, effacer, recevoir, etc., take c cedilla (ç) before a, o, u; as, I placed, je plaçai, il plaça, nous plaçames; I received, je reçus, il reçut, etc. y.-Verbs which have y preceding the termination er of the infinitive, as, envoyer, payer, essayer, etc., change y into i before e mute; as, I send, etc., j'envoie, tu envoies, ils envoient; I pay, etc., je paie, tu paies, ils paient; I shall try, etc., j'essaierai, tu essaieras, il essaiera, etc. yer, ier. - Verbs ending in yer, ier, as, payer, se fier (to trust), etc., require i after y and i in the first and second persons plural: 1st, of the imparfait de l'indicatif. 2d, of the subjonctif présent. Nous payions, vous payiez— que nous payions, que vous payiez. vous vous fiiez, é, e. - Verbs which have é or e in the next to the last syllable of the infinitive, require a grave accent (è) on that é or e before a consonant followed by an e mute; as: Répéter, to repeat-je répète, tu répètes; je répèterai, etc. eler, eter. - Verbs having e mute before the terminations ler, ter, double 1 and when followed by e mute; as: Appeler, to call-j'appelle, il appelle; j'appellerai, etc. Except geler, to freeze; peler, to peel; acheter, to buy, etc., A LIST OF SOME REGULAR VERBS CONJUGATED LIKE aimer, |