FAMILIAR PHRASES. ON C'EST, IL EST, IT IS. It is the law which prescribes it. Was it the Phoenicians who in vented navigation? Was it not you who told it? It was you who had promised to acquaint me with the news. It was his friend who informed him of the particulars of the engagement. Was it the grenadiers or the light troops who first entered the city? It was the custom among the ancients. They say that it was the result. If it had been another, he would have miscarried in his undertaking. Is it the fourth regiment that will be embarked? It would be a pity to dismiss him. It would have been a great loss to the country. It is working too much indeed. To be satisfied with our lot is to be happy. To love nobody is not to enjoy the pleasures of friendship. It was not encouraging him to persist, to speak to him in this manner. It is with you as with him. It is with the sou as with the mo- Il en est du fils comme de la mère. ther. It is with poetry as with painting. | Il en est de la poésie comme de la peinture. It is with the diseases of the mind | Il en est des maladies de l'esprit as with those of the body. comme de celles du corps. FIRST REGULAR CONJUGATION, IN ER, EXEMPLIFIED IN PORTER, TO CARRY. I carry, I do carry, or I am carrying," je porte. Thou carriest, &c. tu portes. He or she carries, &c. il ou elle porte. PLURAL. We carry, &c. nous portons. They carry, &c. ils où elles portent. We, people, they, &c. carry, on porte. PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT. SINGULAR. I did carry, or I was carrying, je portais. He or she did carry, il ou elle portait. PLURAL. We did carry, nous portions. You did carry, vous portiez. They did carry, ils ou elles portaient. * The scholar will observe, that the French have in their conjugation no equivalent for do and did, and never use the participle present as the En glish do. PRESENT ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR PRETERITE. SINGULAR. I carried, je portai. Thou carriedst, tu portas. He or she carried, il ou elle porta. PLURAL. We carried, nous portâmes. You carried, vous portátes. They carried, ils ou elles portèrent. PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE. SINGULAR. I shall or will carry, je porterai. He or she shall carry, il ou elle portera. PLURAL. We shall carry, nous porterons. You shall carry, vous porterez. They shall carry, ils où elles porteront. PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT. PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE IMPERFEct. PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRETERITE. I had carried, &c. j'eus porté, &c. PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE FUTURE. I shall or will have carried, j'aurai porté, &c. PAST JUST ELAPSED. I have just carried, je viens de porter, &c. FUTURE INDEFINITE. I am to carry, je dois porter, &c. That we might That they might That you might carry, PLURAL. Que nous portassions. Qu'ils ou qu'elles portassent. PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT. That I may have carried, que j'aie porté, &c. PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE IMPERFECT, The pupil's attention is now requested to the conjugation of the reflective verb, s'habiller, to dress one's self; and, as such conjugations are difficult to the English learner, we will conjugate s'habiller, at full length, four various ways, as we have done avoir, as a model. |