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... 1 15 2 DIPHTHONG , viz . oua or oua . 1. With verbs in the present of the indicative and sub junctive moods , as Je reçois , que je reçoive , -I receive , & c . 2. With substantives , adjectives , pronouns , & c OF THE e MUTE . 35.
... 1 15 2 DIPHTHONG , viz . oua or oua . 1. With verbs in the present of the indicative and sub junctive moods , as Je reçois , que je reçoive , -I receive , & c . 2. With substantives , adjectives , pronouns , & c OF THE e MUTE . 35.
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... indicative , the subjunctive , and the imperative . Each mood contains one or more tenses . MOODS . The INFINITIVE contains three parts , The INDICATIVE contains five Tenses , TENSES . * the present . the gerund . the participle past ...
... indicative , the subjunctive , and the imperative . Each mood contains one or more tenses . MOODS . The INFINITIVE contains three parts , The INDICATIVE contains five Tenses , TENSES . * the present . the gerund . the participle past ...
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... Indicative . - The second and third persons singular are formed on the first , and the three persons plural are formed on the gerund , by changing the ant to ons , for the first person , ez for the second , and ent for the third ...
... Indicative . - The second and third persons singular are formed on the first , and the three persons plural are formed on the gerund , by changing the ant to ons , for the first person , ez for the second , and ent for the third ...
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... Indicative Preterite 2nd 3rd 4th 39 99 99 Future Conditional for the 4 conj . Present + for the 4 conj . Subjunctive Preterite 2nd 3rd 99 99 4th 99 Imperative Mood + for the 4 conj . ais , ais , ait , ions , iez , aient . ( 1st ...
... Indicative Preterite 2nd 3rd 4th 39 99 99 Future Conditional for the 4 conj . Present + for the 4 conj . Subjunctive Preterite 2nd 3rd 99 99 4th 99 Imperative Mood + for the 4 conj . ais , ais , ait , ions , iez , aient . ( 1st ...
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... INDICATIVE MOOD . Present Tense . Singular . Plural . Il a , J'ai , Tu as , thou hast . he has . I have . Nous avons , Vous avez , Ils ont , Imperfect Tense . we have . you have . they have . J'avais , Tu avais , Il avait , I had . Nous ...
... INDICATIVE MOOD . Present Tense . Singular . Plural . Il a , J'ai , Tu as , thou hast . he has . I have . Nous avons , Vous avez , Ils ont , Imperfect Tense . we have . you have . they have . J'avais , Tu avais , Il avait , I had . Nous ...
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accusative action adjective adverbs aient aller amis answer avez avez-vous avoir Ayant bien c'est celui-là Compound conjugated conjunction crown 8vo dative deux devoir DISJUNCTIVE PRONOUNS elle English est-ce été êtes être EXERCISE faire fait faut femme following verbs frappé FRENCH LANGUAGE friends gender and number Geography gerund give Grammar homme IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense implies INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive INFINITIVE MOOD interrogative J'ai l'autre l'un ladies learner letter levé livre m'en maison manière means mettre mieux MOOD nominative noun object parle parler participle père person placed plural prendre preposition Present Tense Preterite Tense pron pronoun qu'il quoi rait riez ront rules sentence singular small 8vo sound speak spoken ssiez Subj subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive thou tout Turn venir Verbs requiring veux Voilà Voulez-vous vouloir vowel words
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Page 216 - Robinet hastening to support her with his other hand, let his basket drop into the stream. As soon as she was safe over, he jumped in and recovered it, but when he took it out, he perceived that all the salt was melted, and the pepper washed away. Nothing was now left but the onions. Well ! (says Robinet') then I must sup to-night upon roasted onions and barley bread. Last night I had the bread alone. To-morrow morning it will not signify what I had.
Page 207 - The horse, snorting somewhat disdainfully, replied, " It is true you inhabit three elements, but you make no very distinguished figure in any one of them. You fly, indeed ; but your flight is so heavy and clumsy, that you have no right to put yourself on a level with the lark or the swallow. You can swim on the surface of the waters, but you cannot live in them as fishes do; you cannot find your food in that element, nor glide smoothly along the bottom of the waves. And when you walk, or rather waddle,...
Page 217 - Neapolitan dominions, and with the wreck of his fortune, went to settle on one of the islands in the Archipelago, belonging to the state of Venice. Here his industry and capacity in mercantile pursuits raised him in a course of...
Page 217 - They used their victory with considerable rigour ; an.d in particular having imprisoned Uberto, proceeded against him as a traitor, and thought they displayed sufficient lenity in passing a sentence upon him of perpetual banishment, and the confiscation of all his property.
Page 218 - I fear my captors already suspect enough to demand a large ransom. My father is indeed one of the first men in Genoa. His name is Adorno, and I am his only son.
Page 216 - A noise in the hedge now attracted his notice, and he spied a squirrel nimbly running up a tree, and popping into a hole between the branches. " Ha ! " thought he, "what a nice present a nest of young squirrels will be to my little master ! I'll try if I can get it." Upon this, he set down his basket in the road, and began to climb up the tree. He had half ascended, when casting a look at his basket, he saw a dog with his nose in it, ferreting out the piece of kid's flesh. He made all possible speed...
Page 218 - At length, having a safe opportunity of sending him to Genoa, he gave him a faithful servant for a conductor, fitted him out with every convenience, slipped a purse of gold into one hand, and a letter into the other, and thus addressed him : — 13.
Page 206 - I am certainly a more noble and perfect animal than you, for the whole range and extent of your faculties is confined to one element. I can walk upon the ground as well as you ; I have, besides, wings, with which I can raise myTOL.
Page 219 - That son of a vile mechanic, who told you that one day you might repent the scorn with which you treated him, has the satisfaction of seeing his prediction accomplished. For know, proud noble ! that the deliverer of your only son from slavery is The banished Uberto.
Page 217 - He collected some debts due to him in the Neapolitan dominions, and with the wreck of his fortune went to settle on one of the islands in the Archipelago, belonging to the state of Venice.