For conjugating recev-oir interrogatively, etc., see Lessons XXVII., and donn-er on pages 42 and 47.)

Exercise 61.

Write out the simple tenses of dev-oir, to owe; past participle: d-û.

LESSON LXII.

THE THIRD CONJUGATION “RECEV-OIR," to receive.

(Simple Tenses.)

In this conjugation, in forming the future and the conditional from the infinitive, drop of: recev-oir, je recev-r-ai, je recev-r-ais.

Remark that in this conjugation the letters ev of the stem recev- are dropped in the singular of the present indicative, je reç-ois, etc., in the whole of the past definite, in the singular and in the third person plural of the imperative, in the whole of the imperfect subjunctive, and in the past participle.

Note also that the letters ev of the stem recevbecome oiv, reçoiv- in the third person plural of the present indicative, in the singular and in the third person plural of the present subjunctive, and in the third persons of the imperative.

The letter c takes a cedilla whenever it is fol lowed by o or u: je reç-ois, reç-u.

Percev-oir, to collect (taxes)

l'impôt (m.), the tax

apercev-oir, to perceive le génie, genius

concev-oir, to conceive

la pensée, the thought
beaucoup de, much, many
décev-oir, to deceive
de la part de, from

Codel Exercise.

1. Tu percevais les impôts dans la ville. 2. Nous reçûmes hicr des présents de nos parents. 3. Nous ne les apercevons pas encore. 4. Cet homme de génie conçoit de belles pensées. 5. Ils leur doivent beaucoup d'argent. 6. Que vous ne les déceviez pas ! 7. Ils ne recevront pas de fort beaux cadeaux. 8. Reçois ce présent de la part de ton ami.

Exercise 62.

1. They received many presents from their uncle. 2. You will collect the taxes here to-day. 8. That they might perceive him soon. 4. They are not men of genius, they will never conceive beautiful ideas. 5. We owed (past def.) them some money. 6. Do not deceive us. 7. That you may receive some fruit to-morrow. 8. They would not perceive us here.

LESSON LXIII.

THE THIRD CONJUGATION “RECEV-OIR,” to receive.

(Compound Tenses.)

(For the formation of the compound tenses, as Lessons XXXII. and XXXIV.)

The auxiliary verb of recev-oir is avoir.

INFINITIVE.

INDICATIVE.

CONDITIONAL.

(I should have received)

nous aurions reçu
Vous auriez reçu
ils auraient reçu

PERFECT.

SUBJUNCTIVE.

(That I may have received)

Que j'aie reçu que tu aies reçt qu'il ait reçu

que nous ayons reçu que vous ayez reçu

qu'ils aient reçu

PLUPERFECT.

(That I might have received)

Que j'eusse reçu
que tu eusses reçu
qu'il eût reçu

que nous eussions reçu
que vous eussiez reçu
qu'ils eussent reçu

There are only seven verbs in oir conjugated as shown in Lessons LXI. and LXIII., namely:-,

1. dev-oir, to owe

2. redev-oir, to owe still 3. recev-oir, to receive

4. percev-oir, to collect (taxes)

5. apercev-oir, to perceive

6. concev-oir, to conceive
7. décev-oir, to deceive

Exercise 63.

Write out the compound tenses of apercevoir,

to perceive.

LESSON LXIV.

THIRD CONJUGATION.

The Compound Tenses, with some of the
Prepositions.

Prepositions stand before the noun they govern,

and must be repeated before every noun.

List of some of the most commonly used pro

positions :

de, of or from

à, to or at

avant, before (of time)

après, after (of time) devant, before (of place) derrière, behind