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
he was finishing
one was finishing
we were finishing
you were finishing
they were finishing

PAST DEFINITE.

I finished, did finish
thou didst finish
he finished

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,
Il avait fini,
On avait fini,
Nous avions fini,
Vous aviez fini,
Ils avaient fini,

I had finished thou hadst finished he had finished one had finished we had finished you had finished they had finished

Il finit,
On finit,
Nous finîmes,
Vous finîtes,
Ils finirent,

you finished Vous eûtes fini,
they finished Ils curent 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
Il avait reçu, he had received
On avait reçu, one had received
Nous avions reçu, we had received
Vous aviez reçu, you had received
Ils avaient reçu, they had 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,
Nous avions vendu,
Vous aviez vendu,
Ils avaient vendu,

he had sold one had sold

we had sold you had sold they had sold