CONDITIONAL.

PRESENT.

There should be, il y aurait.

PAST OR COMPOUND OF THE CONDITIONAL

There should have been, il y aurait eu.

SUBJUNCTIVE.

PRESENT.

That there may be, qu'il y ait.

PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT.
That there might be, qu'il y eût.

PAST, OR COMPOUND of the subJUNCTIVE PRESENT
That there may have been, qu'il y ait eu.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND Of the imperfect of THE SUBJUNCTIVE.

That there might have been, qu'il y eût eu.

NEGATIVELY.

INDICATIVE.

PRESENT.

There is or there are not, il n'y a pas.

PRESENT ANTERIOR, Or imperfeCT.
There was or there were not, il n'y avait pas.

PRESENT ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR PRETERITE.
There was or there were not, il n'y eut pas.

PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE.

There shall not or there will not be, il n'y aura pas.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.
There has not or there have not been, il n'y a pas eu.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF the impeRFECT.
There had not been, il n'y avait pas eu.

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND of the

PRETERITE.

There had not been, il n'y eut pas eu.

PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND of the futuRE.
There shall not have been, il n'y aura pas eu.

PAST JUST ELAPSED.

There has not or there have not just been, il ne vient pas d'y avoir.

FUTURE INDEFINITE.

There is or there are not to be, il ne doit pas y avoir.

INSTANT FUTURE.

There is not or there are not going to be, il ne va pas y

CONDITIONAL.

PRESENT.

There should not be, il n'y aurait pas.

PAST, OR COMPOUND of the condITIONAL.
There should not have been, il n'y aurait pas eu.

SUBJUNCTIVE.

PRESENT.

That there may not be, qu'il n'y ait pas.

PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT.
That there might not be, qu'il n'y eût pas.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT

That there may not have been, qu'il n'y ait pas eu.

avoir.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF the imperFECT. That there might not have been, qu'il n'y eût pas eu.

INTERROGATIVELY.

INDICATIVE,

PRESENT.

Is there or are there? y a-t-il?

PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT.
Was there or were there? y avait-il?

PRESENT ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR Preterite Was there or were there? y eut-il ?

PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE.
Shall or will there be? y aura-t-il?

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.
Has or have there been? y a-t-il eu?

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE IMPERFECT. Had there been? y avait-il eu?

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND OF

THE PRETERITE.

Had there been? y eut-il eu?

PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE FUTURE. Shall there have been? y aura-t-il eu?

PAST JUST ELAPSED.

Has or have there just been? vient-il d'y avoir?

FUTURE INDEFINITE.

Is there or are there to be? doit-il y avoir?

INSTANT FUTURE.

Is there or are there going to be? va-t-il y avoir?

CONDITIONAL.

PRESENT.

Should or would there be? y aurait-il?

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.
Should there have beeu? y aurait-il eu?

INTERROGATIVELY AND NEGATIVELY.

INDICATIVE.

PRESENT.

Is or are there not? n'y a-t-il pas ?

PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT.
Was or were there not? n'y avait-il pas?

PRESENT ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR PRETERITE.
Was or were there not? n'y eut-il pas?

PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE.
Shall or will there not be? n'y aura-t-il pas?

PAST, OR COMPOUND OFf the preseENT.

Has there or have there not been? n'y a-t-il pas eu?

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF The imperfect. Had there not been? n'y avait-il pas eu?

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND OF THE

PRETERITE.

Had there not been? n'y eut-il pas eu?

PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF THE FUTURE. Shall there not have been? n'y aura-t-il pas eu?

PAST JUST ELAPSED.

Has there or have there not just been? ne vient-il pas d'y avoir?

FUTURE INDEFINITF

Is there or are there not to be? ne doit-il pas y avoir?

INSTANT FUTURE.

Is there or are there not going to be? ne va-t-il pas y avoir?

CONDITIONAL.

PRESENT

Should there not be? n'y aurait-il pas?

PAST, OR COmpound of the presENT.

Should there not have been? n'y aurait-il pas eu?

REMARK.

Such other verbs as are conjugated in the third person singular are called impersonals; but this denomination, which was intended to characterize those verbs, is improperly applied,-for the word impersonal means what is without person, which is not the case with respect to those verbs, which admit of the pronoun il, and this word represents a subject understood, which must exist; for verbs have been introduced to speak of the existence of subjects, together with an attribute. When we say, for instance, il pleut, it rains, it repre sents such a subject as heaven, sky, atmosphere, weather, &c.; and the expression it rains, implies that the heavens or skies issue or pour rain. Had the Romans, when they used the word pluit, been asked, what rains? they would have readily replied, cælum. The term impersonal can only be given to the infinitive mood, which is indeed without person. Wailly and Beauzée are, therefore, very correct in denominating the infinitive the impersonal mood.