PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT. I have sold, j'ai vendu, &c. PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE IMPERFECT. PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRETERITE. I had sold, j'eus vendu, &c. PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF the future. I should, would, or could sell, je | We should sell, nous vendrions. vendrais. Thou shouldst sell, tu vendrais. He should sell, il vendrait. You should sell, vous vendriez. They should sell, ils vendraient. PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT. I should have sold, j'aurais vendu, &c. PAST, OR COMPOUND Of the preSENT. PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRETERITE. THE FOLLOWING ARE VERBS CONJUGATED Attendre. To expect. To wait for. Battre*. To beat. To pull or cut To fight. To argue. To come down. To spread. To understand. Dépendre. To depend. To suspend, to hang. S LIKE VENDRE. Nous l'attendons le mois prochain. Pourquoi ne m'avez-vous pas attendu? Il a dit en ma présence qu'il le battrait. He said in my presence that he would beat him. Il a fait abattre tous les arbres du chemin. He caused all the trees on the road to be cut down. Nous combattimes toute la journée. We fought the whole day. La question a été débattue hier au soir. I will abate ten per cent on it. Dites-lui de descendre, dès qu'il aura fini. He will never comply with that. On a fait fondre toutes les cloches. They have caused all the bells to be melted. Il ne faut pas confondre l'innocent avec le coupable. This north wind will chill Je n'ai pas entendu un mot de ce qu'il a dit. I have not heard a word of what he said. Il entend parfaitement bien le Français. He understands the French language perfectly well. That does not depend on me. Suspendez mon manteau à un clou. Suspend (or hang) my cloak on a nail. * Battre and its derivatives have a trifling irregularity in their orthography, losing one t in the three first persons of the present of the indicative, and second person singular of the imperative: example, je buts, tu bats, il bat-bats. Rompre, and its derivatives, require t to be added to the third person singular of the indicative present; example, il rompt, corrompt, &c. Pondre. To lay eggs. Répandre. To oversell. Nos poules commencent déjà à pondre. Have you had your sheep shorn ? Il a tordu plusieurs branches de l'arbre. He has twisted several branches of the tree. It is the interest of a shopkeeper never to oversell. SEVENTH REGULAR CONJUGATION, IN UIRE. |