CONJUGATION OF THE

AUXILIARY VERB, AVOIR, TO HAVE.

I had, j'eus.

Thou hadst, tu eus.

He or one had, il ou on eut.

We had, nous eúmes.

You or ye had, vous eûtes.

They had, ils ou elles eurent.

PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE,

* The verbs venir, devoir, aller, have other tenses, used as auxiliaries, which, though useful to be learned, can at first be dispensed with. They will be found in pages 157 and following, where they are placed to avoid increasing, at present, the number of tenses.

When a verb is used negatively, ne (or n' before a vowel or h mute is placed before it, and is immediately succeeded by either of the following words, complementary to the negation:-pas or point, rien, jamais, personne, plus; which, with ne, answer, in English, to the