TABLE OF THE FORMATION OF TENSES AND PERSONS DERIVED FROM THE by omitting the by changing ai by changing r, by changing r, by changing by changing ant pronoun in the into asse in the re, or oir into re, or oir into ant into ais. into ons, ez, ent. active and neu- verbs in er, and rai; and enir rais; and enir ter verbs, and by adding se to into iendrai. into iendrais. putting a dis- the past de junctive pro- finite of the noun after a others. reflected verb. Je te parle, &c. Je lui vends, &c. &c. reçu ; j'avais vendu, &c.; nous avons pris; ils ont reçu, &c. all the compound tenses by means of the auxiliary verbs. Regular verbs are conjugated in the same manner as their respective models, either in er, ir, oir, or HOW TO FORM ALL THE PERSONS FROM THE FIRST PERSON OF EACH TENSE. Pres. indicative :— I. If the first person end in e, s is added to the second, and the third is similar to the first je parle, tu parles, il parle. II. If the first person end in s or x, the second is like the first, and the third changes s or x into t: je finis, tu finis, il finit ; je veux, tu veux, il veut. III. If the first end in cs, ds, ts, or ps, the second is like the first, and s is suppressed in the third, but ps is changed into pt. Je convaincs, tu convaincs, il convainc (convaincre, to convince). Je vends, tu vends, il vend. Je mets, tu mets, il met (mettre, to put). Je romps, tu romps, il rompt (rompre, to break). The other persons of the other tenses have no other terminations but those of the next table. |