In order to complete our view of the first conjugation, we shall now present the pupil with the verb geler, to freeze, as a model for tue conjugation of the impersonals belonging to it.

PRESENT ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR PRETERITE.
It froze, il gela.

PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE,

It will freeze, il gèlera.

PAST, OR COMPOUND of the PRESENT.

It has frozen, il a gelé.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE IMPERFECT.
It had frozen, il avait gelé.

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND OF
THE PRETERITE.

It had frozen, il eut gelé.

PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF The future.
It shall or will have frozen, il aura gelé.

PAST JUST ELAPSED.

It has just frozen, il vient de geler.

FUTURE INDEFINITE.

It is to freeze, il doit geler.

INSTANT FUTURE,

It is going to freeze, il va geler.

CONDITIONAL.

PRESENT.

It should freeze, il gèlerait.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.
It should have frozen, il aurait gelé.

SUBJUNCTIVE.

PRESENT.

That it may freeze, qu'il gèle.

PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT, &c.

That it might freeze, qu'il gelát.

That it may have frozen, qu'il ait gelé.

That it might have frozen, qu'il eût gelé,

NOTE.-The scholar would do well to exercise himself in conjugating, impersonally, some of the following verbs, which are all of

the first conjugation:

To snow, neiger.

To thunder, tonner.

To lighten, éclairer.

To seem, sembler.

To happen, arriver.

To thaw, dégeler.

To hail, grêler.

To drizzle, bruiner.

To concern, importer.

To go, aller, in such phrases as

Il y va de la vie, de l'honneur; life, honour is at stake.

I punish, I do punish, or I am punishing, je punis.

Thou punishest, tu punis.

He or she punishes, il ou elle punit.

One, any body, &c. punishes, on punit.

PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE.

SINGULAR.

PLURAL.

I shall or will punish, je punirai. | We shall punish, nous punirons.

Thou shalt punish, tu puniras.

He shall punish, il punira.

You shall punish, vous punirez.
They shall punish, ils puniront,

PAST, OR COMPOUND of the present.

I have punished, j'at puni, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND of the imperfect.
I had punished, j'avais puni, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COmpound of THE
PRETERITE.

I had punished, j'eus puni, &c.

PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE FUTURE
I shall have punished, j'aurai puni, &c.

PAST JUST ELAPSED.

I have just punished, je viens de punir, &c.

FUTURE INDEFINITE.

I am to punish, je dois punir, &c.

INSTANT FUTURE.

I am going to punish, je vais punir, &c.

IMPERATIVE.

Punish (thou), punis.
Let us punish, punissons.
Punish, punissez.

CONDITIONAL.

SINGULAR.

I should, &c. punish, je punirais.
Thou shouldst punish, tu punirais,
He should punish, il punirait.

PLURAL.

We should punish, nous punirions.
You should punish, vous puniriez.
They should punish, ils puniraient.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OFf the presENT
I should have punished, j'aurais puni, &c.

SUBJUNCTIVE.

PRESENT

SINGULAR.

That I may punish, que je punisse.
That thou mayst punish, que tu punisses.
That he may punish, qu'il punisse.

PLURAL.

That we may punish, que nous punissions.
That you may punish, que vous punissiez.
That they may punish, qu'ils punissent.

PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT

SINGULAR.

That I might punish, que je punisse.
That thou mightst punish, que tu punisses.
That he might punish, qu'il punít.

PLURAL.

That we might punish, que nous punissions.
That you might punish, que vous punissiez.
That they might punish, qu'ils punissent.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.
That I may have punished, que j'aie puni, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUnd of the iMPERFECT.
That I might have punished, que j'eusse puni, &c.

This conjugation, next to the first, is the most extensive: it embraces about three hundred verbs.

THIRD REGULAR CONJUGATION,

IN TIR, VIR, OR MIR,

EXEMPLIFIED IN SENTIR, TO FEEL OR TO SMELL.

INFINITIVE.
PRESENT.

To feel, sentir.