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action adjective ADVERBS aient aller arrived avoir better bien brother called comes Compound Cond Conditional conjugated conjunction cousin ending English été EXERCISE EXERCISE ON RULES expect express faire fait father France French friends future give governs grand Imperf Imperfect INDICATIVE INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive Italy J'ai levé live livres means mother NEGATIVELY never noun nous object observed parlé participle past past perceive person plural preceded preposition Pres present Pret Preterite pronoun puni punish qu'il received reçu reflective rendered repent rise risen seen sell sentence singular sister sold soon speak spoken SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive tell tense thing thou tout Turn vendu verb wish write yesterday
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Page 44 - NUMBERS 1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth 10th tenth llth eleventh 12th twelfth 13th thirteenth 14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth...
Page 6 - There are two numbers ; the singular and the plural. The singular number is that which denotes but one ; as, The boy learns. The plural number is that which denotes more than one ; as, The boys learn.
Page 117 - J'eus, I had. Tu eus, thou hadst. Il eut, he had. ' Nous eûmes, we had. Vous eûtes, you had. Ils eurent, they had, PAST INDEFINITE.
Page 157 - Indéfini j'ai vendu, I have sold tu as vendu, thou hast sold il a vendu, he has sold nous avons vendu, we have sold vous avez vendu, you have sold ils ont vendu, they have sold...
Page 157 - Plus-que-Parfait j'avais vendu, / had sold tu avais vendu, thou hadst sold il avait vendu, he had sold nous avions vendu, we had sold vous aviez vendu, you had sold ils avaient vendu, they had sold...
Page 117 - J'eus eu, I had had. Tu eus eu, thou hadst had. Il eut eu, he had had. Nous eûmes eu, we had had. Vous eûtes eu, you had had. Ils eurent eu, they had had.
Page 122 - Prèsent je serais, I should be tu serais, thou wouldst be il serait, he would be nous serions, we should be vous seriez, you would be ils seraient, they would be Conditional.
Page 117 - J'avais eu, I had had. tu avais eu, thou hadst had. il avait eu, he had had. nous avions eu, we had had. vous aviez eu, you had had. ils avaient eu, they had had. Past Anterior. J'eus eu, I had had. tu eus eu, thou hadst had. il eut eu, he had had. nous eûmes eu, we had had. vous eûtes eu, you had had.
Page 5 - English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, PARTS OF SPEECH ; namely, the ARTICLE, the SUBSTANTIVE or NOUN, the ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1.
Page 85 - ... according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A grammar of the French language, with practical exercises |
| Author | Nicolas Wanostrocht |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1860 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Aug 21, 2007 |
| Length | 433 pages |
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