A Grammar of the French TongueLongman & Company, 1851 - 299 pages |
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adjective adverb allé aura aurais aurait aurons auxiliary auxiliary verbs avait avez avoir Ayant bien brother C'est cloth Compound Tenses COND CONDITIONAL PAST Conjugation devoir Edition enemy English été aimé eusses eussiez eût EXAMPLES EXERCISE express faire fait falloir faut fini finished flatté flatter followed French friends FUTURE ABSOLUTE gender and number Grammar Greek happy heure homme Imperf IMPERFECT impersonal verbs INDICATIVE infinitive J'ai J'aurais J'avais J'eusse l'autre Latin m'en mieux mute neuter verbs noun parti participle past Past def PAST INDEFINITE personal pronoun PLUPERFECT plural possessive adjective pouvoir preposition Pres pron pronominal verb qu'il quoi received reçu regimen direct Remark rendered rendu réussir rien s'en serais Shrewsbury School Simple Tenses sing singular sortir speak SUBJ SUBJUNCTIVE substantive things Thou hadst thou mayst thou mightst thou wouldst tout verb être vouloir wilt wish words
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