...// &« menafa ; he threatened them. 7. When a verb ends in the infinitive in icr, as etudier, frier, &c., the i is doubled in the first and second person plural of the imperfect of the indieative, and of the present of the subjunctive. Ex. Nous etudiions quand tt we were studying when...

...; fuir, fuyant ; s'asseoir, s'asseyant, £c. Both ay and an i are required at the two first persons plural of the Imperfect of the Indicative, and of the Present of the Subjunctive : as — Nous payions, vous poyiez ; nous croyions, vous croyiez; que nous payions, que vous payiez...

...Verbs which in the infinitive end in ter, are written with double ii in the first and second persons plural of the imperfect of the indicative, and of the present of the subjunctive : as, prier, plier, inf. nous priions, nous pliions, vous frite*, vous pliiez, imperfect indicative,...

...j'appell-e, fappell-erai, j'achelt-e, j'achett-erai. Verbs ending, in their root, with y or t, form the first and second person plural of the imperfect of the indicative, and present of the subjunctive, by adding i to y or i, to distinguish them from the same persons of the...

...contribuer, to contribute, etc. — A diaeresis (••) is required over the i in the two first persons plural of the imperfect of the indicative and of the present of the subjunctive in those verbs, as — nous jouions, vousjouiez ; que nous contribuions , que vous contribuiez. The...

...: as, — prier, to pray ; etudier, to study, &c. — two ?'s must be used in the two first persons plural of the imperfect of the indicative and of the present of the subjunctive ; that is, the i which immediately precedes the termination er in the present of the infinitive, and...

...Verbs which in the infinitive end in ier, are written with double it in the first and second persons plural of the imperfect of the indicative, and of the present of the subjunctive : as, prier, plier, inf. nous priions, nous pliions; vous priiez, vous pliiez, imperfect indicative,...

...bow ; a dioeresis is put upon the i, thus, •/', to cause the u and ï to be pronounced separately in the first and second person plural of the imperfect of the indicative : nous saluions we bowed — vous saluiez you bowed ; and of the subjunctive present : que nous saluions...

...£c. 7. Verbs having the participle present in yant, as pager, ploger, appuger, &c., take ay and i in the first and second person plural of the imperfect...indicative, and of the present of the subjunctive ;. as, nous paifions, vous ployiez ; que nous payions, que vous plogiez. These verbs change also y...

...tie), nier (to deny), etc., of which the participle present is priant, liant, niant, etc., double the / in the first and second person plural of the imperfect of the indicative, and in the present of the subjunctive : nous priions, vous priiez, que nous liions, que vous liiez. 196....