IMPERATIVE.

Receive (thou,) reçois.
Let us receive, ricevons,
Receive, recevez.

CONDITIONAL.

SINGULAR.

I should, &c. receive, je recevrais.
Thou shouldst receive, tu recevrais.
He should receive, il recevrait.

PLURAL.

We should receive, nous recevrions.
You should receive, vous recevriez.
They should receive, ils recevraient.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT
I should have received, j'aurais reçu, &c.

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.

That I may have received, que j'aie reçu, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND OF The imperfect.
That I might have received, que j'eusse reçu. &c.

N. B. The Scholar will exercise himself in conjugating the verb devoir, which is also an auxiliary in the French conjugation, as may have been noticed.

THE FOLLOWING VERBS

ARE CONJUGATED LIKE RECEVOIR.

Apercevoir.
To perceive.
Concevoir.
To conceive.
Décevoir.

To deceive, to
disappoint.

Devoir.

To owe.
Deroir.
To be obliged.

Redevoir. To owe still. Percevoir. To gather. To collect,

Je l'ai aperçue le premier.

I perceived her first.

Je ne conçois pas ce que vous me dites.

I do not conceive (or understand) what you tell me.
Ses espérances ont été déçues.

His hopes have been disappointed.

Il doit beaucoup d'argent à ses créanciers.
He owes a great deal of money to his creditors.
Tout citoyen doit obéir aux lois de son pays.
Every citizen is obliged (or ought) to obey the laws
of his country.

Il nous redoit environ cinq cents piastres.
He still owes us about five hundred piasters.
Il est préposé pour percevoir les taxes.

He is appointed to collect the taxes.

The irregular verb falloir occurs so frequently in speech, that we give here its conjugation.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB

FALLOIR, TO BE NECESSARY, NEEDFUL, OR
REQUISITE; VIZ.

INFINITIVE.

PRESENT

To be necessary, falloir.

PRESENT ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR preterite.
It was necessary, il fallut.

PRESENT POSTERIOR, OR FUTURE.

It will be necessary, il faudra.

PAST, OR COMPOUND of the PRESENT.
It has been necessary, il a fallu.

PAST POSTERIOR, OR COMPOUND of the FUTURE,
It will have been necessary, il aura fallu.

CONDITIONAL.

PRESENT.

It should be necessary, il faudrait.

PAST.

It should have been necessary, il aurait fallu.

SUBJUNCTIVE.

PRESENT.

That it may be necessary, qu'il faille.

PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT.
That it might be necessary, qu'il fallút.

I sell, I do sell, or I am selling, je | We sell, nous vendons.

PAST, OR COMPOUND of the preSENT.

I have sold, j'ai vendu, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR, OR COMPOUND of the imperFECT. I had sold, j'avais vendu, &c.

PAST ANTERIOR PERIODICAL, OR COMPOUND of the

PRETERITE.

I had sold, j'eus vendu, &c.

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

I should, would, or could sell, je | We should sell, nous vendrions

vendrais.

Thou shouldst sell, tu vendrais.

He should sell, il vendrait.

You should sell, vous vendriez.
They should sell, ils vendraient

PAST, OR COMPOUND OF THE PRESENT.

I should have sold, j'aurais vendu, &c.