An elementary grammar of the French language1837 - 80 pages |
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absolve adding Adjectives adverbs aies anatomy aura avoir ayant called CLASS Compound COMPOUND TENSES conclus CONDITIONAL conduise confise CONJUGATION connoisse could'st couple coure cueille ending English été eût EXAMPLES exceptions fallu fear female FEMININE fish formed French Future Genders hadst hold IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD IRREGULAR VERBS J'aurai J'eus kind king Masculine ment meure mute NOTE NOUNS numbers offre osiers parlé Participle Past Participle person plais plant Plural prenois Present Present Participle Preterite PRONOUNS puni punish qu'il que tu que vous queens receive reçu reines repent RULE sell serve siez Singular soient sold sort sound speak spoken SUBJUNCTIVE term terminations thou didst thou hast thou may'st thou might'st thou shalt tree tressaille vende vendons vendu VERBS vowels
Popular passages
Page 12 - Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze, Treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt.
Page 20 - 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 37 - I may sell. que tu vendes, that thou mayest sell. qu 'il vende, that he may sell. que nous vendions, that we may sell. que vous vendiez, that you may sell. qu 'ils vendent, that they may sell.
Page 23 - Tu fus, thou wast. Il fut, he was. Nous fûmes, we were. Vous fûtes, you were. Ils furent, they were.
Page 25 - Que je sois, That I may be. que tu sois, that thou mayst be. qu'il soit, that he may be. que nous soyons, that we may be. que vous soyez, that you may be. q'uils soient, that they may be.
Page 19 - Tense. j'avais, I had. tu avais, thou hadst. il avait, he had. nous avions, we had. vous aviez, you had. '• avaient, they had. Perfect Tense. j'eus, I had. tu eus, thou hadst. il eut, he had. nous eûmes, we had. vous eûtes, you had. ils eurent, they had.
Page 22 - Présent que j'aie, that I may have que tu aies, that thou mayst have qu'il ait, that he may have que nous ayons, that we may have que vous ayez, that you may have qu'ils aient, that they may have...
Page 22 - That thou mayst have had. Qu'il ait eu, That he may have had. Que nous ayons eu, That we may have had. Qu'ils aient eu, That they may have had. Que vous ayez eu, That you may have had.
Page 24 - PRESENT. fui été, I have been. tu as été, thou hast been. il a été, he has been. nous avons été, we have been. vous avez été, you have been, ils ont été, they have been.
Page 26 - That thou mayst have been. Qu'il ait été, That he may have been. Que nous ayons été, That we may have been. Que vous ayez été, That you may have been. Qu'ils aient été, That they may have been.
Bibliographic information
| Title | An elementary grammar of the French language |
| Author | Edward Ward Foster |
| Published | 1837 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 80 pages |
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