and the acute accent of the infinitive of those ending in is changed into a grave one, when the consonant following the first e of these terminations, comes before e, es, ent, and e (not accented), followed by r and one or more vowels: (7.) In the tables of peculiar, irregular, defective, and unipersonal verbs, we will place a model verb of each class embraced in the preceding remarks, and also include, in the same table, the names of the principal verbs coming under these remarks, with reference to the models. § 50.-REGULAR VERBS.-CONTINUED. SECOND CONJUGATION,-ENDING IN IR. Je finissais, I was finishing, or used | J'avais fini, to finish thou wast finishing PAST DEFINITE. I finished, did finish I have finished thou hast finished he has finished one has finished we have finished you have finished they have finished PLUPERFECT. Tu avais fini, I had finished thou hadst finished he had finished one had finished we had finished you had finished they had finished Il finit, you finished Vous eûtes fini, thou hadst finished he had finished one had finished we finished Nous eûmes fini, we had finished you had finished they had finished § 51.-REGULAR VERBS,-CONTINUED. THIRD CONJUGATION,-ENDING IN Je recevais, I was receiving, or I J'avais reçu, you have received they have received PLUPERFECT. I had received Tu avais reçu, thou hadst received PAST ANTERIOR. or been receiving 1 See note 2, § 49, (3.) Also, § 52. (1.) In the verbs of this conjugation, ending in cevoir, in order to preserve to the c its soft pronunciation, a cedilla (ç) is put under it, when it comes before a, o, u: Je reçois, I receive; J'aperçois, I perceive. (2.) There are only seven regular verbs in this conjugation. They § 53.-REGULAR VERBS.-CONTINUED. FOURTH CONJUGATION,-ENDING IN RE. Je vendais, I was selling or used to | J'avais vendu, he has sold one has sold we have sold you have sold they have sold I had sold or been selling thou hadst sold On avait vendu, he had sold one had sold we had sold you had sold they had sold |