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Plur. 1st pers.

Plur. 2d pers.

Finissez vos travaux.

Plur. 3d pers.

Qu'ils finissent.

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Finissons une fois pour toutes. Let us finish once for all.

FOURTH CONJUGATION.

Réponds sans hésiter.
Qu'il réponde.

Complete your labours.
Let them finish.

Reply without hesitating.
Let him reply.

Let us reply to his letter.
Reply then at last!
Let them reply.

THE INFINITIVE PRESENT

is a Verbal Noun, and as such is used either as the Subject or Object of a Verb, or as the Complement of Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives; i.e. if the Extension of a Verb, Noun, or Adjective is a Verb, that Verb must be in the Infinitive:

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(a) Without Preposition, after certain Verbs only (see § 140):

parl-er à présent.

Il veut fin-ir demain.

répond-re ce soir.

to speak now.

He wants to finish to-morrow.

to reply this evening.

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(b) With the Preposition de after most Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives (§ 141) :

Il refuse de parler.

L'art de bâtir.

Vous êtes libre de répondre.

(c) With the Preposition à, after Nouns,
Une chambre à coucher.

Il a réussi à finir.

Elle est prompte à répondre.

Il partit sans parler.

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(d) With other Prepositions: pour, sans, après, par (see § 144):—

Il est venu pour finir.

Il finit par répondre.

He has left without speaking.

He has come in order to finish.
He ended by replying.

1 In the first Conjugation the s of the 24 pers. sing of the Indicative is dropped in the Imperative.

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Une créature parlante. A speaking Une personne parlant bien. A per

creature.

son speaking well. Une nouvelle réjouissante. Glad- Une personne se réjouissant de . . .

dening news.

A person rejoicing at.

Une ligne descendante. A descend- Une famille descendant de . . .

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SYNOPTIC TABLE OF THE

In order to conjugate a verb in full it is necessary to know the

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FORMATION OF SIMPLE TENSES.

Principal Parts from which all other Moods and Tenses are derived :

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(1) The Compound Tenses of the Active and Reflexive Voice.
(2) All Tenses of the Passive Voice.

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II. COMPOUND TENSES.

These are formed by means of an Auxiliary Verb + the Perfect Participle of the Verb to be conjugated; hence it is necessary first of all to know the conjugation of the Auxiliary Verbs avoir and être :

AUXILIARY VERB, AVOIR, to have. I. SIMPLE TENSES.

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