§ 55.-RULE.

There is only one conjugation for passive verbs. It is formed of the auxiliary être in all its tenses, simple and compound, and the participle past of the active verb which we wish to conjugate in the passive voice. See § 43, (4).

§ 56.-CONJUGATION OF REFLECTIVE VERBS [§ 43, (6.)].

MODEL VERB.

Que je me fusse flatté, m. flattée, f.
Que tu te fusses flatté or flattée,

Se flatter,

Qu'il se fût flatté,
Qu'elle se fût flattée,
Qu'on se fût flatté,
Que nous
flattées,

Que vous vous fussiez flattés or
flattées,

Qu'ils se fussent flattés, m.

Qu'elles se fussent flattées, f.

Se flattant,

PLUPERFECT.

nous fussions flattés or

PRESENT.

Je ne me flatte pas,
Tu ne te flattes pas,
Il ne se flatte pas,
On ne se flatte pas,
Nous ne nous flattons pas,
Vous ne vous flattez pas,
Ils ne se flattent pas,

&c.

&c.

that I might have flattered myself that thou mightest have flattered thy

self

that he might have flattered himself that she might have flattered herself that one might have flattered himself that we might have fluttered ourselves

that you might have flattered your selves

that they might have flattered themselves

INFINITIVE MODE.

that they might have flattered themselves

PRESENT.

PAST.

to flatter one's self | S'être flatté, to have flattered one's self

ARTICIPLE.

PAST.

flattering one's self | S'étant flatté,having flattered one's self

Flatté, m. flattée, f. flattés, m. p. flattées, f. p.

COMPOUND.

PRESENT.

flattered

857.-NEGATIVE FORM OF THE REFLECTIVE VERBS.

NE PAS SE FLATTER, NOT TO FLATTER ONE'S SELF.

INDICATIVE MODE.

I do not flatter myself
thou dost not flatter thyself
he does not flatter himself
one does not flatter himself
we do not flatter ourselves
you do not flatter yourselves
they do not flatter themselves
&c.
&c.

We will add a compound tense and the imperative conjugated in this form.

PAST INDEFINITE.

Je ne me suis pas flatté, m. flattée, f. I have not flattered myself
Tu ne t'es pas flatté or flattée,
Il ne s'est pas flatté,
Elle ne s'est pas flattée,
On ne s'est pas flatté,
Nous ne nous sommes
or flattées,

thou hast not flattered thyself
he has not flattered himself
she has not flattered herself
one has not flattered himself
we have not flattered ourselves

you have not flattered yourselves

they have not flattered themselves
they have not flattered themselves
&c.
&c.

pas flattés

Vous ne vous êtes pas flattés or

flattées,

Ils ne se sont pas flattés, m.
Elles ne se sont pas flattées, f.
&c.
&c.

Ne to flatte pas,
Qu'il ne se flatte pas,
Qu'on ne se flatte pas,
Ne nous flattons pas,
Ne vous flattez pas,
Qu'ils ne se flattent pas,
&c.

&c.

Te flattes-tu ?

Se flatte-t-il ?2

Se flatte-t-on ?

IMPERATIVE MODE.

§ 58.-INTERROGATIVE FORM OF THE REFLECTIVE VERB.

INDICATIVE MODE.

Me flatté-je? or1 ect-ce que je me

flatte ?

Nous flattons-nous ?
Vous flattez-vous ?
Se flattent-ils ?

&c.

&c.

do not flatter thyself
let him not flatter himself
let one not flatter himself
let us not flatter ourselves
do not flatter yourselves
let them not flatter themselves
&c.
&c.

PRESENT.

do I flatter myself?

dost thou flatter thyself?
does he flatter himself?
does one flatter himself?
do we flatter ourselves?
do you flatter yourselves?
do they flatter themselves?
&c.
&c.

PAST INDEFINITE.

Me suis-je flatté, m. flattée ? f.
T'es-tu flatté or flattée ?

S'est-il flatté ?

have I flattered myself?
hast thou flattered thyself?
has he flattered himself?
has she flattered herself?
has one flattered himself?

S'est-elle flattée ?

S'est-on flatté ?

Nous sommes-nous flattés or flat- have we flattered ourselves?
tées?

Vous êtes-vous flatés or flattées ?
Se sont-ils flattés? m.

Se sont-elles flattées? ƒ.

&c.

&c.

1 See § 98, and L. 25.

have you flattered yourselves?
have they flattered themselves?
have they flattered themselves?
&c.
&c.

2 See L. 4. R. 6.