2. LIST OF NEUTER VERBS THAT ARE CONJUGATED WITH ÊTRE,

*Venir, to come;

*Devenir, to become ;
*Parvenir, to reach; to succeed;

*Revenir, to return; to come back;

être venu, to have come.
être devenu, to have become.
être parvenu, to have become.
être revenu, to have returned.

3. NEUTER VERBS THAT TAKE SOMETIMES AVOIR AND SOMETIMES ÊTRE.

Some neuter verbs take avoir for their auxiliary when they express action only, and être when they express rather the state resulting from the action, as:

REM. Several of the above verbs, under 2 and 3, are sometimes used as transitive verbs, in which case they are conjugated with avoir

1. Je suis arrivé ce matin. 2. Ma tante est arrivée hier au soir. 3. Le train était parti quand nous sommes arrivés. 4. Mes cousines sont arrivées de bonne heure. 5. Jules est allé au bureau. 6. Mes sœurs sont allées à l'église. 7. Le marchand est entré dans son magasin. 8. Le médecin est rentré tard hier au soir. 9. Nos amis sont retournés chez eux. 10. Mes parents sont restés à la campagne jusqu'à samedi. 11. Ces pommes sont tombées de l'arbre. 12. La femme du notaire est morte hier au matin. 13. Notre voisine est née à Berlin. 14. Nous sommes partis de bonne heure. 15. Ils sont sortis après le déjeuner. 16. Mes cousines sont venues à la ville pour aller au bal. 17. Elles sont arrivées à temps pour le souper. 18. Cette famille est devenue très-pauvre. 19. Les fils de notre voisin sont devenus soldats. 20. Votre lettre m'est parvenue trop tard. 21. Mes parents ne sont pas encore revenus. 22. La procession est déjà passée; elle a passé par ici.

Theme 31.

1. We arrived in time for the train. 2. My sister came with me. 3. My father came alone last evening. 4.† Henry and William came together. 5. Mary went to see her aunt. 6. The children went for a walk. 7. The procession had entered the church when I came byt (passed). 8. My sisters came in early. 9. My aunt has returned home. 10. Those are pears that fell from the trees. 11. We stayed in the country until Saturday. 12. Our friend, the notary, died last night. 13. I was born in this city. 14. They started

+ Put the verb in the past indefinite tense.

after breakfast. 15. We went out after supper. 16. That 'family has left for Europe (pour l'Europe). 17. Our neighbors have become very rich. 18. Your letter did not reach me in time. 19. Our friends have not yet come back to town. 20. The soldiers have passed; they passed by here.

THIRTY-SECOND LESSON.

PRONOMINAL VERBS.

1. Pronominal verbs are conjugated with two pronouns of the same person; the one is the subject, the other the direct, or indirect, object, of the verb.

In the compound tenses of pronominal verbs the auxiliary verb être is used for the auxiliary verb avoir. The past participle is subject to the same rule of agreement as the past participle of transitive verbs; that is, it agrees with its direct object, when the direct object precedes the participle.

CONJUGATION OF THE PRONOMINAL VERB.

SE COUPER, To Cut One's Self.—(Model Verb.)