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A LIST OF VERBS

WHICH ARE REFLECTIVE IN FRENCH ONLY.

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S'accorder, to agree.

S'asseoir, to sit down.

S'attacher, to adhere, to stick.
Se baigner, to bathe.
Se baisser, to stoop.
Se cantonner, to canton.
Se coucher, to go to bed.
Se débattre, to struggle.
Se déborder, to flow over.
Se dédire, to retract.
Se défier, to distrust.

Se dépêcher, to make haste.
Se démettre, to resign.
Se désister, to give over.
S'élancer, to leap upon.
Semparer, to seize upon.
S'emporter, to get in a passion.
S'empresser, to be eager.
S'en aller, to go away.
S'endormir, to fall asleep.
S'enfuir, to run away.
S'enhardir, to grow bold.
S'enraciner, to take root.
S'enrhumer, to catch cold.
S'enrichir, to grow rich.
S'entretenir, to discourse with.
S'envoler, to fly away.
S to blow.
to bloom.

S'épanouir,
S'esquiver, to steal away.
S'étonner, to wonder.
S'évanouir, to faint away.
S'évaporer, to evaporate.

S'évertuer, to strive.
Se facher, to get angry.
Se faire, to get used.
Se farder, to paint.
Se fier, to trust.
Se figurer, to fancy.
Se flétrir, to fade away.
Se fondre, to melt.
Se formaliser, to find fault.
Se glisser, to creep in.
Se hater, to make haste.
S'imaginer, to fancy.
Singerer, to intermeddle.
Sinsinuer, to steal in.
Se lever, to rise.

Se liquefier, to liquefy.
Se marier, to get married.
Se méfier, to distrust.
Se méprendre, to mistake.
Se moquer, to laugh at.
Se mutiner, to mutiny.
Se piquer, to pretend to, &c.
Se plaindre, to complain.
Se promener, to walk.
Se rappeler, to recollect.
Se réjouir, to rejoice.
Se repentir, to repent.
Se reposer, to rest.

Se ressouvenir, to remember.
Se révolter, to rebel.
Se saisir, to seize upon.
Se soumettre, to submit.
Se souvenir, to remember.
Se vanter, to boast.

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The scholar, knowing, from the conjugation of porter and s'habiller, how the tenses of a regular verb are formed from the infinitive, may, by comparing any verb of that conjugation with aller, acquire a very just idea of what constitutes the irregularity of a verb.

↑ Etre is used instead of avoir, to form the past tenses: thus, we say, je suis allé, I have gone, and never j'ai ulle.

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Ishould,would,or could go, j'irais. | We should go, nous irions.

SINGULAR.

Thou shouldst go, tu irais.

He should go, il irait.

You should go, vous iricz.
They should go, ils iraient.

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S'EN ALLER, TO GO AWAY, IS THUS CONJUGATED.

INFINITIVE.

PRESENT.

To go away, s'en aller.

PAST.

To have gone away, s'en étre allé.

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SINGULAR.

I go, I do go, I am going away, je m'en vais, ou je m'en vas,

Thou goest away, tu t'en vas.

He or she goes away, il ou elle s'en va.
One, any body, &c. goes away, on s'en va.

PLURAL.

We go away, nous nous en allons.

You go away, vous vous en allez.

They go away, ils ou elles s'en vont.

People, we, they, &c. go away, on s'en va.

And so on through the other tenses.

PAST TENSES.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.

I have gone away, je m'en suis allé, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND of the impeRFECT. I had gone away, je m'en étais allé, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND of the

PRETERITE.

I had gone away, je m'en fus allé, &c.

PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE FUTURE.
I shall have gone away, je m'en serai allé, &c.

IMPERATIVE.

Go (thou) away, va-t-en.

Let us go away, allons-nous-en.

Go away, allez-vous-en.

And so on through the other tenses.

We conclude, at once, what relates to the irregular verbs of this conjugation, by observing that the verb enroyer, to send, is irregu lar, in two tenses, viz. the present posterion or future of the indicative, and the conditional present.

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NOTE. There are some trifling irregularities in the spelling of a few verbs belonging to this conjugation, among which we shall notice those of the verbs ending in ger and cer. In order to soften the pronunciation, these require thate should be placed immediately before the vowel a.-EXAMPLE, changer, manger, must be written-changeant, mangeant; changeais, mangeais, &c. in the participle present and present anterior or imperfect of the indicative; and, not changant, mangant, changais, mangais. For the same reason, in those in cer, as recommencer, avancer, &c. the letter c before a takes the sound of 8, which is signified by placing, under the c, a cedilla; thus, ç. Hence, we must write commençant, avançant ; commençais, avançais, with the cedilla. The verb puer, to stink, which, according to the inflection of a regular verb, should make, in the three first persons, je pue, tu pues, il pue; makes, on the contrary, je pus, tu pus, il put.

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