blood gushed out with extraordinary impetuosity.-He sang, m. saillir is so prepossessed against me, that he will not agree that prévenu contre, p. vouloir, v. convenir I am in the right. You will become a great man, if avoir raison continuer, v. de you continue to study with the same assiduity.-He assiduité, f. would have come to see us last week, if it had not rained. -Do not go out to-day, you will suffer much plu, p. p. if you beaucoup, adv. le fine do. I should not suffer (so much) if it were faites, v. tant, adv. faisait, v. weather. The king has invested that nobleman with all revétir seigneur, m. de set out this morning, but pouvoir, v. partir his authority. You may remember de to come back this evening. ce soir. VERBS OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION. Asseoir, to sit. INF. Pres. asseoir. Part. act. asseyant. Part. past, assis, -ise. IND. Pres. assieds, assieds, assied; asseyons, -ez, -ent. Imperf. asseyais, -ais, -ait; asseyions, -iez, -aient. Pret. assis, -is, -it; assímes, -ites, -irent. Fut. assiérai, -as, -a; assiérons, -ez, -ont: or, asseierai, -as, &c. Cond. Pres. assiérais, -ais, -ait; assiérions, -iez, aient. IMP. assieds, -eie; asseyons, ez, -ient, SUB. Pres. asseie, -es, -e; asseyions, -iez, -ient. Imperf. assisse, -isses, it; assissions, -iez, -ent. This verb is generally used reflectively, s'asseoir, and its compound is rasseoir, to settle, se rasseoir, to sit down again. Seoir, in the sense of, to be seated, or situated, is only used in the participles present and past, séant, sis. Maison sise à Versailles; a house situate at Versailles. La cour royale de Paris, séant à Versailles. Seoir, to fit well, to become, to fit, is not used in the infinitive; its participle present is séyant. It has the following tenses, but only the third persons singular and plural. INF. Pres. sied; siéent. siéront. siéent. Cond. Pres. Imperf. séyait; séyaient. Fut. siéra ; siérait; siéraient. SUB. Pres. siée; The other tenses are never used. Surseoir, to prorogue, to put off, a compound of seoir, is only used in law, and is thus conjugated ;— INF. Part. act. sursoyant. Part. past, sursis, -ise. IND. Pres. sursois, &c.; sursoyons, &c. Imperf. sursoyais, &c. ; sursoyions, &c. Pret. sursis, &c.; sursîmes, &c. Fut. surseoirai, &c.; surseoirons, &c. Cond. surseoirais, &c.; surseoirions, &c. IMP. sursois, &c.; sursoyons, &c. SUB. Pres. surseoie, &c.; sursoyions, &c. Imperf. sursisse, &c.; sursissions, &c. Déchoir, to decay, to decline. INF. Pres. déchoir. Part. past, déchu, -ue. IND. Pres. déchois, -ois, -oit; déchoyons, -ez, -ient. [No Imperfect.] Pret. déchus, -us, -ut; déchúmes, -útes, urent. Fut. décherrai, -as, a; décherrons, -ez, -ont. Cond. Pres. décherrais, -ais, -ait; décherrions, -iez, aient. [No Imperative Mood.] SUB. Pres. déchoie, -es, -e; déchoyions, -iez, -ient. Imperf. déchusse, -usses, -út; déchussions, -iez, -ent. Choir, the root of the above verb, has only the infinitive and the part. past, chu, chue. Echoir, to fall to, is conjugated like déchoir, with this exception, that it is only used in the third persons. Its part. act. is échéant. Mouvoir, to move. INF. Pres. mouvoir. Part. act. mouvant. Part. past, mu, mue. IND. Pres. meus, meus, meut; mouvons, -ez, meuvent. Imperf. mouvais, -ais, -ait; mouvions, -iez, -aient. Pret. mus, mus, mut; múmes, mútes, murent. Fut. mouvrai, -as, -a; mouvrons, -ez, -ont. Cond. Pres. mouvrais, -ais, -ait; mouvrions, -iez, -aient. IMP. meus, meuve; mouvons, -ez, meuvent. SUB. PRES. meuve, meuves, meuve; mouvions, -iez, -ent. Imperf. musse, -es, mút; mussions, -iez, -ent. The compound of this verb is, Emouvoir, to stir up, to move. Pouvoir, to be able, to have in one's power. INF. Pres. pouvoir. Part. act. pouvant. Part. past, pu. IND. Pres. puis or peux, peus, peut; pouvons, -ez, peuvent. Imperf. pouvais, -ais, -ait; pouvions, -iez, -aient. Pret. pus, pus, put; púmes, -útes, urent. Fut. pourrai, -as, -a; pourrons, -ez,-ont. Cond. Pres. pourrais, -ais, -ait; pourrions, -iez, -aient. SUB. Pres. puisse, -es, -e; puissions, -iez, -ent. Imperf. pusse, pusses, pút; pussions, -iez, -ent. Pouvoir has a sort of imperative mood, used when a wish is expressed. Puissé-je, puisse-tu, puisse-t-il ; puissionsnous, puissiez-vous, puissent-ils. Ex. Puissé-je la revoir ! may I see her again! Remark.-1. When the words can, may, could, or might, express permission to do a thing, or a possibility of doing it, can and may are rendered by the present tense of the indicative of pouvoir *. Ex. Je puis vous vendre un bon cheval, s'il vous en faut un ; Vous pouvez aller au bal, mais revenez à dix heures; I can sell you a good horse, if 2. Could is rendered by one of the following tenses, viz. the imperfect, preterite definite, or indefinite, or conditional present; and might by this last tense. Je ne pouvais mieux faire ; Vous pourriez vous tromper, Ex. I could do no better. he could not come with us last week. you might mistake, as well as he. 3. Could or might, being joined to the verb to have, immediately followed by a participle past, must be rendered by the conditional past of the above verb, with the partiçiple turned into the present of the infinitive mood. Ex. Savoir, to know. INF. Pres, savoir. Part. act. sachant. Part. past, su, sue. IND. Pres. sais, -is, -it; savons, -ez, -ent. Imperf. savais, -ais, -ait; savions, -iez, -aient. Pret. sus, sus, sut; súmes, sútes, surent. Fut. saurai, -as, -a; saurons, -ez, -ont. Cond. Pres. saurais *, -ais, -ait; saurions, -iez, -aient. IMP. Pres. sache, sache; sachons, -ez, -ent. SUв. Pres. sache, -es, -e; sachions, -iez, -ent. Imperf. susse, susses, sút ; sussions, -iez, -ent. Valoir, to be worth. INF. Pres. valoir. Part. act. valant. Part. past, valu. IND. Pres. vaux, vaux, vaut; valons, ez, -ent. Imperf. valais, -ais, -ait; valions, -iez, -aient. Pret. valus, -us, ut; valúmes, -útes, -urent. Fut. vaudrai, -as, -a; vaudrons, ez, -ont. Cond. Pres. vaudrais, -ais, -ait; vaudrions, -iez, -aient. Suв. Pres. vaille, -es, e; valions, -iez, vaillent. Imperf. valusse, -usses, -út; valussions, -iez, -ent. The compound of this verb is prévaloir, to prevail, which is conjugated as valoir; but it makes, in the present tense of the subjunctive, Que je préval-e, -es, -e; préval-ions, -iez, -ent. Voir, to see. INF. Pres. voir. Part. act. voyant. Part. past, vu, vue. IND. Pres. vois, vois, voit; voyons, -ez, voient. Imperf. voyais, -ais, -ait; voyions, -iez, -aient. Pret. vis, vis, vit; vimes, vites, virent. Fut. verrai, -as, a; verrons, -ez, -ont. Cond. Pres. verrais, -ais, -ait; verrions, -iez, -aient. Imp. vois, voie ; voyons, -ez, voient. SUB. Pres. voie, -es, -e; voyions, -ez, voient. Imperf. visse, visses, vít ; vissions, -iez, -ent. Entrevoir, to have a glimpse of. Prévoir, to foresee. Prévoir differs from voir in the future and conditional present. Ex. Fut. prévoirai, -as, -a; prévoirons, -ez, -ont. Cond. Pres. prévoirais, -ais, -ait; prévoirions, -iez, -aient. Ex. * This tense, conjugated negatively, is often Englished by cannot. Je ne saurais vous le dire; I cannot tell it to you. de voir, except, -ites-rent. Fut. pourvoirai, -as, Cand Pres, pourvoirais, -ais, -ait; Sus imperi, pourvusse, -usses, -út; * Willing. Part. past, voulu, -ue. TOLS,, veulent. Imperf. oral, as, -a; voudrons, ONITTLI -DIS. -ait; voudrions, -iez, 1. TER S Prs revilee, -es, e; voulions, JRGIL DINESS, asses, it; voulussions, -iez, 1. Vien te veris Ted synes a will, choice, TTC 1, and can be expressed by I se rent pas nunger; Era, a French by the present I vil e choose to go there, 2. And would, having the same scation, is to be rendered by me of the flowing tenses, viz. the imperfect, preterite, definite or indefinite, or conditional present. Ex. Il vouint absolument partir he would (or chose) absolutely to hier: set out yesterday. Que voudriez-vous que je fisse? what would you have me do? 3. When would is joined to the verb to have, immediately followed by a participle past, they are to be rendered by the preterpluperfect or conditional past of the above verb Strictly speaking, this verb has no Imperative, since we cannot command any one to be willing, but a second person plural of the Imperative is often and elegantly used to make a request, or ask a TAVOUR. Ex. VEUILLEZ faire cela pour moi; be so kind as to do that for me. |