S'en aller, to go away. II. COMPOUND TENSES. INFINITIVE. PARTICIPLE. s'en être allé, to have gone away. s'en étant allé, having gone away. Past Indef. Fut. Perf. P. Anter. Plupf. ne m'en suis-je ne t' en es-tu ne s'en est-il NEGATIVE-INTERROGATIVE. pas allé (-ée)? Have I not gone away? etc. pas allé ? pas allé ? 67 SECOND All Irregular and Anomalous Verbs of the Second Conjugation differ from the Regular Conj. (1) By the absence of the character -iss- in the Part. Pres. and its derived tenses Compare-fin-ir, fin-iss-ant, dorm-ir, dorm-ant. with n. fin-iss-ons, je fin-issais, with- n. dorm-ons, je dorm-ais. (2) By the Indic. -Pres.-Sing. inflections: compare-je fin-is, withje dor-s, je cueill-e, etc. The following drop their final je dor-s, n. dorm-ons il men-t, ils ment-ent. je dorm-e, n. dorm-ions tu dorm-es, v, dorm-iez il dorm-e, ils dorm-ent. je ment-e, etc. se repent-ant je me repen-s, n. n.repent-ons je me repent-e, etc. serv-ant je sent-e, etc. V. vêt-ez ils vêt-ent. je ser-s, n. serv-ons je vêt-s, n. vêt-ons tu vêt-s, je serv-e, etc. je part-e, etc. je sort-e, etc. je bouill-e, etc. il faill-e, etc. je vêt-e, etc. fu-ir fuy-ant to flee tu fui-s, v. fuy-ez il fui-t, ils fui-ent. CONJUGATION. The Imperfect (Indic. and Sub.), Future* and Imperative are only given when irregularly formed. * The Conditional invariably has the Future-stem. Of the Compound Tenses only the Past Indef. (Pres. Perf.) is given, and this only when conjugated with être. il offr-e, The stem vowel altered in the Sing. and 3d pers. Plur. :— j' acquier-s, n. acquér-ons j' acquièr-e, n. acquér-ions n. ten-ons ils tienn-ent. ten-ant ven-ant tienn-e, ten-ions tienn-es, ten-iez tienn-e, tienn-ent. vienn-e, ven-ions vienn-es, ven-iez vienn-e, vienn-ent. conquérir, to conquer. s'enquérir, to inquire; requérir, to require. querir, to fetch (Infinitive only). s'abstenir, to abstain; appartenir, to belong. contenir, to contain; détenir, to detain. entretenir, to keep up; maintenir, to maintain. obtenir, to obtain; retenir, to retain. soutenir, to sustain, to assert. advenir (or avenir), to happen; circonvenir, to impose upon; contrevenir à, to infringe; convenir, to suit; devenir, to become; disconvenir, to disagree; intervenir, to interfere; parvenir, to attain, to reach; prévenir, to warn; provenir, to proceed from; revenir, to come back; se souvenir de, to remember; subvenir à, to relieve; survenir, to happen. se mourir, to be dying, used in all simple tenses, except in the Pret. accourir, to hasten to; concourir, to concur; courre (le cerf), Obsol. Infin., to hunt (the stag, etc.); discourir, to discourse; parcourir, to run over; secourir, to help, etc. Obs. Ci-gît, here lies (on gravestones). issir (obsol.), to descend from, used in Comp. Tenses only:-je suis issu, etc. férir, to strike; P.P. féru (obsol.). |