SECOND CLASS OF AUXILIARY VERBS. 1. There is a class of auxiliary verbs which have been overlooked, though they play an important part in the construction of most sentences. We mean those verbs which form with other verbs, and without the help of a preposition, a complex idea often translated in English by one single word, as: to order, faire faire; to fetch, aller chercher; to mean, vouloir dire, &c. We give here a complete list of them, adding at the same time a verb after these auxiliaries, in order to show how they are to be translated when they appear in that capacity. IL VAUT MIEUX étudier que perdre son temps, it is preferable, or better, to study than lose one's time. (Il vaut mieux que . quires the subjunctive.) ... re AIMER MIEUX, to prefer, to like better, to choose rather, to have rather, to have best. J'aime mieux lire que jouer, I like better to read than to play; I like reading better than playing. IL FAUT être exact, it is necessary to be punctual. faut, p. 288.) (See Il POUVOIR lire, to be able to, to be possible to, to be probable to, to have the permission to, read. The verbs can and may are used in other tenses than the infinitive. VOULOIR travailler, to will, to intend to, to be pleased to, to choose to, to wish to, to like to, work. DEVOIR payer, to ought to, to be a duty to, to be obliged to, to be (intend) to, pay. Should and must are also used. LAISSER faire, to allow to, to suffer, to permit to, do; and, also, to let (one) do. entendre à quelqu'un, to give a person to understand. SAVOIR écrire, to know how to, to be accustomed to, to be able to, write. FAIRE faire quelque chose à quelqu'un, to cause one to do a thing, to get a person to do a thing. bâtir une maison, to have, to get, a house built. FAIRE entendre, to give a broad hint. en aller, to send away. FAILLIR oublier, to have nearly forgotten, to have like, to be near, to forget. VOIR danser quelqu'un, to see one dance. OSER parler, to dare to speak. ALLER parier, to be going to speak, to be on the point of speaking. chercher, to fetch. voir, to go and see, and look at. S'EN ALLER chercher, to go and fetch. voir, to go and see, and look at. ENVOYER chercher, prendre, to send for. business. paître, promener, to send off, to send about one's VENIR voir, to come and see. ENTENDRE dire, to hear, to hear say. parler de, to hear of. PRÉFÉRER boire, to prefer to drink, to prefer drinking. DAIGNER parler, to deign, to condescend, to speak. COURIR appeler, to run and call. PRÉTENDRE lire, to pretend to read, to be reading. PARAÎTRE aimer, to seem to like, to be fond of. SEMBLER écrire, to seem to be writing. DESIRER parler, to wish, to be willing, to speak. COMPTER partir, to intend to set off. ESPÉRER s'en aller, to hope to go away. PENSER venir, to think of coming. |