PAST, OR COMPOUND of the presENT.
That I may have sold, que j'aie vendu, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRETERITE.
That I might have sold, que j'eusse vendu, &c.

THE FOLLOWING ARE VERBS CONJUGATED
LIKE VENDRE.

ttendre.

To expect.
Attendre.

To wait for.

Battre.

To beat.
Abattre.

To pull or cut
down.
Combattre.
To fight.
Débattre.

To argue.
Rabattre.
To abate.
Descendre.
To come down.
Condescendre.
To comply.
Fondre.
To melt.
Confondre.
To confound.
Morfondre.
To chill.
Tendre.
To stretch.
Etendre.

To spread.
Entendre.
To hear.
Entendre.

To understand.

Dépendre.

To depend. Suspendre. suspend, to hang.

Nous l'attendons le mois prochain.
We expect him next month.

Pourquoi ne m'avez-vous pas attendu?
Why did you not wait for me?

Il a dit en ma présence qu'il le battrait.

He said in my presence that he would beat him.
Il a fait abattre tous les arbres du chemin.

He caused all the trees on the road to be cut down.

Nous combattimes toute la journée.

We fought the whole day.

La question a été débattue hier au soir.
The question was argued yesterday evening.
J'en rabattrai dix pour cent.

I will abate ten per cent on it.

Dites-lui de descendre, dès qu'il aura fini.

Tell him to come down, as soon as he has done.
Il ne condescendra jamais à cela.

He will never comply with that.

On a fait fondre toutes les cloches.

They have caused all the bells to be melted.

Il ne faut pas confondre l'innocent avec le coupable.
The innocent must not be confounded with the guilty.
Ce vent de nord vous morfondra.
This north wind will chill you.
Tendez la corde dans la cour.
Stretch the rope in the yard.
Etendez le linge dans le jardin.
Spread the linen in the garden.

Je n'ai pas entendu un mot de ce qu'il a dit,

I have not heard a word of what he said.

Il entend parfaitement bien le Français.

He understands the French language perfectly well.
Cela ne dépend pas de moi.

That does not depend on me.

Suspendez mon manteau à un clou.

Suspend (or hang) my cloak on a nail.

* Battre and its derivatives have a trifling irregularity in their orthography, losing one t in the three first persons of the present of the indicative, and second person singular of the imperative: example, je bats, tu bats, il but-buts. Rompre, and its derivatives, require t to be added to the third person singular of the ndicative present: example, il rompt, corrompt, &c.

Pondre.
To lay eggs.
Correspondre.
To correspond.
Répondre.
To answer.
Perdre.
To lose.

Répandre.
To spill.
Répandre.
To spread.
Rompre.
To break.
Corrompre.
To corrupt.
Interrompre.
To interrupt.
Tondre.
To shear.
Tordre.
To twist.
Survendre.

To oversell.

Nos poules commencent déjà à pondre.
Our hens already begin to lay eggs.
Je correspondrai volontiers avec lui.
I shall willingly correspond with him.
Il n'a répondu à aucune de mes lettres.
He has answered none of my letters.
Il a perdu tout son argent au jeu
He has lost all his money at play.
Vous avez répandu du bouillon sur la table.
You have spilled some broth on the table.
C'est lui qui a répandu la nouvelle.
It is he who has spread the news.
Il a eu le bras rompu en deux endroits.
His arm has been broken in two places.
Le luxe corrompt les mœurs des nations.
Luxury corrupts the manners of nations.
Il m'interrompit tout à coup, en disant-
He interrupted me suddenly, by saying-
Avez-vous fait tondre vos brebis?

Have you had your sheep shorn?

Il a tordu plusieurs branches de l'arbre.
He has twisted several branches of the tree.
Il est de l'intérêt d'un marchand de ne jamais sur-
vendre.

It is the interest of a shopkeeper never to oversell

SEVENTH REGULAR CONJUGATION, IN UIRE,
EXEMPLIFIED IN TRADUIRE, TO TRANSLATE

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF the present.
I have translated, j'ai traduit, &c.

PAST ANTERIOK, OR COMPOund of the imperfect. I had translated, j'avais traduit, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRETERITE.

I had translated, j'eus traduit, &c.

PAST POSTERIOR, or comPOUND OF THE FUTURE.
I shall have translated, j'aurai traduit, &c.

PAST JUST ELAPSED.

I have just translated, je viens de traduire, &c.
People, they, &c. have just translated, on vient de traduire.

FUTURE INDEFINITE.

I am to translate, je dois traduire, &c.

INSTANT FUTURE.

I am going to translate, je vais traduire, &c

IMPERATIVE.

Translate (thou), traduis.
Let us translate, traduisons-
Translate, traduisez.