1. The ending of the 2nd pers. sing. of the Imperative is e; but when the verb is followed by the pronoun y or en, object of that verb, you write es instead of e. Aller, and the six verbs in ir which take the endings e, es, e in the Present Indicative, follow that rule. Donnes-en; va en France; vas-y; cueilles-en une. 2 In the Future and Conditional of verbs in er, the e (preceding the r) is silent. VERBS IN IR. (Second Conjugation.) Finir, to finish. Conjugated in the order of its Principal Parts. PRINCIPAL PARTS. Fini r 1. je fini s, 2. n. finiss ons; 3. je fin is, 4. fini. VERBS IN ir NOT LIKE FINIR. Cueillir, saillir; ouvrir, couvrir, offrir, souffrir; que j'aie avoir ayant fini D -partir, sortir, sentir, mentir, servir, dormir, bouillir, se repentir; -fuir, acquérir, mourir, venir, tenir. * Qu'il finit, - The circumflex takes the place of the two ss, VERBS IN OIR. (Third Conjugation.) - Recevoir, to receive. Conjugated in the order of its Principal Parts. PRINCIPAL PARTS. Recevoir: 1. je reçois, 2. n. recev ons; 3. je reç us, 4. reçu. Only six verbs, (verbs in evoir) are conjugated like recevoir. Dec evoir, to deceive perc evoir, to collect Concevoir, to conceive apercevoir, to perceive devoir, to owe (must) red evoir, to owe still Past Participle masc. Devoir and redevoir have a circonflex in the singular: dû, dus. * Qu'il reçût,,- The circumflex takes the place of the two ss. VERBS IN RE. (Fourth Conjugation.) Vendre, to sell. Conjugated in the order of its Principal Parts. PRINCIPAL PARTS. Vendre: 1. je vend s, 2. n. vend ons; 3. je vend is, 4. vendu. VERBS IN re NOT LIKE VENDRE. Craindre and all verbs in indre; all given on next page. Conclure, rire, vaincre;-mettre, battre, suivre, vivre, écrire;-croire, traire, braire;-croître, naître, connaître, paraître, paître;-dire, faire, plaire, taire, lire, suffire, coudre;-résoudre, moudre, prendre, boire. When the last letter of the STEM is D or T, leave off the t of the endings. * Qu'il vendît. — The circumflex takes the place of the two ss. |