Conversation. LA CHAMBRE A COUCHER. C. C'est singulier. C. Je ne trouve pas mon_ éponge. G. Cherche-la bien. C. J'ai perdu mon savon. G. Où peut-il être? C. Tu le sais peut-être. G. Cela se pourrait. THE BEDROOM. This is singular. What is the matter with you? I do not find my sponge. Look for it well. I have lost my soap. Where can it be? You know, perhaps. That might be. LESSON XVII. THE AUXILIARY VERB “ETRE," to be. LESSON XVIII. THE AUXILIARY VERB “ ÊTRE," to be. (Simple Tenses.) Remark that there is no first person singular in the imperative. Avoir and être are called auxiliary verbs, because they help in the conjugation of other verbs. Où, where demain, to-morrow ici, là, here, there après-demain, after to-mor row aujourd'hui, to-day hier, yesterday avant-hier, the day before content, content Model Exercise. 1. Où seras-tu demain ? 2. Je serai ici demain et après-demain. 8. Ne seront-ils pas_ici aujourd'hui ? 4. Non, ils ne seront pas ici aujourd'hui. 5. Où étiez-vous hier? 6. J'étais là hier et avant-hier. 7. Je désirais qu'elles fussent contentes. 8. Sois satisfait. 9. Ne serais-tu pas content si j'étais le second? 10. Oui, mais je serais beaucoup plus satisfait si Georges était le premier. Exercise 18. 1. Would they not be content if they were here? 2. No, but we should be satisfied if we were there. 3. Where will you be to-morrow? 4. I shall not be here to-morrow, but after to-morrow. 5. We are here to-day and there to-morrow. 6. Where were they the day before yesterday? 7. They were there. 8. I desired that you might be here. 9. Let us be content. 10. He is much more satisfied than his brother. CONVERSATION. LA CHAMBRE A COUCHER. C. Les as-tu cachés ? C. Donne-les-moi vite ! G. C'est que tu me rendras ma brosse à tête, et ma brosse à dents. THE BEDROOM. Have you hidden them? Give them to me, quickly! That you will give me back my hair-brush, and my tooth-brush. LESSON XIX. THE AUXILIARY VERB “AVOIR.” (Compound Tenses.) This Verb is its own auxiliary. Compound tenses are formed by adding to the auxiliary the past participle of the verb which is being conjugated. (This tense is formed with the present conditional of the J'aurais_eu tu aurais eu il or elle aurait_eu auxiliary.) (I should have had) nous_aurions_eu Vous auriez eu ils or elles auraient_eu Exercise 19. Write out all the compound tenses of the indicative of avoir, and explain how they are formed. LESSON XX. THE AUXILIARY VERB “AVOIR," to have. (Compound Tenses.) The past participle, one of the primary tenses (see LESSON XVI.), helps to form, with an auxiliary verb, all the compound tenses. Autrefois, formerly beaucoup de, many prix (m.), prize temps (m.), time voiture (f), carriage chagrin (m.), sorrow |