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adjective Adrastus adverb agrees in gender aura aurait aurez auront avait avez avoir bien brother C'est campagne compound tenses CONDITIONAL MOOD CONJUGATION DEFECTIVE VERBS deux devoir été être EXERCISE expresses an action fait fini finished followed French language frère FUTURE ABSOLUTE gender and number gens h mute hast homme IMPERATIVE MOOD IMPERFECT impersonal verb INDEFINITE INDICATIVE MOOD Indur INFINITIVE MOOD IRREGULAR AND DEFECTIVE j'ai j'aurai j'avais king levé levez-vous livres noun parlé parler participle past participle present placed PLUPERFECT plur plural preceded preposition PRETERIT DEFINITE pronominal verbs pronoun received reçu regimen rien rise risen sell signification sing singular sister sœur sold sound speak spoken stantives subj SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive TABLE OF MASCULINE Telemachus TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS-Continued thieves bande thing third person thou hadst thou mayst thou shalt thou shouldst tive tout vend vendu voir vois vowel
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Page 16 - A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced to any simpler word in the language ; as, man, good, content.
Page 69 - The possessive adjectives, in French, agree in gender and number with the object possessed, and not with the possessor, as in English.
Page 172 - The man who lives under an habitual sense of the divine presence keeps up a perpetual cheerfulness of temper, and enjoys every moment the satisfaction of thinking himself in company with his dearest and best of friends.
Page 55 - Le fils, the son. Les fils, the sons. La voix, the voice. Les voix, the voices. Le nez, the nose. Les nez, the noses.
Page 15 - French ten classes of words called parts of speech, namely: the article, the substantive, the adjective, the pronoun, the verb, the participle ; the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. The first six are variable, and the four others invariable^ CHAPTER I.
Page 211 - ... settlement, their parents having driven them out of the hive, which was unable to contain them all. After a rambling excursion, the queen, by whom all their motions were directed, settled on the branch of a lofty tree. They all immediately clustered round her, and soon formed a large, black bunch, depending from the bough. A man presently, planting a ladder, ascended with a beehive, and swept them in. After they were quietly settled in their new habitation, they were placed on a stand in the...
Page 24 - The Infinitive Mood expresses a thing in a general and unlimited manner, without any distinction of number or person; as, 'to act, to speak, to be feared.'.
Page 71 - When the two substantives to which the adjective relates are of different genders, the adjective is to be put in the masculine plural.
Page 201 - ... if he is really adapted to govern in peace, he has all the qualifications which are necessary to secure his subjects against their enemies. For he is just, moderate, and easy, with regard to his neighbours ; he never undertakes any thing against them which may disturb the public peace, and he is faithful to his alliances. His allies love him, do not fear him and have an entire confidence in him. If...
Page 69 - Pluriel masculin féminin masculin et féminin mon ma mes, my ton ta tes, thy son sa ses, his, her, its notre notre nos, our votre votre vos, your leur leur leurs, their V.