Sing. 1. me fui, I went away.

2. te fuiste, thou wentest away. 3. se fué, he went away.

Plur. 1. nos fuimos, we went away. 2. os fuisteis, you went away. 3. se fuéron, they went away.

Sing. 1. me fuése or fuéra,

I might go away.

2. te fuéses or fuéras, thou mightst go away. 3. se fuese or fuera, he might go away.

Plur. 1. nos fuésemos or fuéramos, we might go away.

2. os fueseis or fuerais,
3. se fuesen or fueran,

you might go away. they might go away.

Future tense.

Sing. 1. quando me fuére,

Plur.

when I shall go away. when thou shalt go away. when he shall go away. when we shall, &c. when you shall go, &c.

2. quando te fuéres,
3 quando se fuére,
1. quando nos fuéremos,

2. quando os fuér eis,

3. quando se fuéren, when they shall go away.

Compound tenses.

Comp. of the pres. me haya ido, I may have gone away. Comp. of the imperf. me habría ido, I should have, &c. Comp. of the preter, me hubiése or huliéra ido, I might

The passive verbs are formed by adding to the auxiliary ser, the participle passive of the verb we intend to conjugate; as, ser amado, to be loved.

we are loved. you are loved.

they are loved, &c.

and so on, for all the moods, tenses, and persons.

Reciprocal verbs.

Reciprocal verbs are often confounded with the reflective ones. There is, however, a great difference be tween them: the latter can be conjugated in the singular number, as you may see, page 71; whereas the former have no singular, and can be only conjugated in the plural, as you will see in the following examples.

Infinitive mood.-Amarse to love one another.

Nos amámos unos á olros tiernamente,
We love one another tenderly.

Infinitive mood.-Pelearse to fight.
Imperfect tense.

Se peleaban valientemente, they did fight one another

valiantly,

SECTION VI.

Conjugation of a series of irregular verbs in an alpha

Preterpetf.

Future.

abor-rect, rectste, reció,

abor-recimos, reclsteis, reciéron.
abor-receré, -recerás, -recerá,

Subjunctive. abor-rexia, -rezcas, -rezon,

abor-recerémos, -rtcertis, -recerán.

Imperfect.

Preterite.

abor-rezcámbs, -rezcais, -rexcan.
abor-recería, recerías, receita,
abor-receriamos, rece lais, -recerían.
abor-recise reciéses -reciése

Future.

Imperative.

or

abor-reciéramos, reciérais, -reciéran.
ator reciére, reciéres, reciére,
abor-reciéremos, reciéreis, reciéren.
aborréce, hate thou.

aborrezca, let him hate.

aborrezcámos, let us hate.

aborrec d, hate you.

aborrezcan, let him hate.

Observation.

The irregularity of this verb, and of all others ending. in acer*, ecer, and ocer, consists in having a x placed before the c in the first person singular of the present indicative; in all the persons of the present subjunctive ; and in the third person singular, and first and third persons plural of the imperative.

The verbs hacer and vencer are the only exceptions from this rule, being conjugated like the regular ones.

The compound tenses of the verb abrir to open, are irregular only in the participle, which makes abierto, opened.

The only exception to this rule is the verb hacer, whose irregularity will be noticed in its place.