The French Verb; Containing the Theory, and Model Conjugations of All the French Verbs with a Dictionary of Such Verbs as Present Any Peculiarities in Their Uses of Conjugations, Containing References to the Models and to Clmplete Tableaux of All the Irregular (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...Que vous vous soyez ecrit &c. Qu'ils s'ecrivent. Qu'ils se soient ecrit Imparfait. Imperfect. Imparfait. Imperfect. Que nous nous ecrivissions, that we Que nous nous fussions ecrit, that might write to each other, &c. we might have written to each other, &c. Que vous vous ecrivissiez Que vous vous fussiez ecrit Qu'ils s'ecrivissent Qu'ils se fussent ecrit INFINITIF. INFINITIVE. Present. Present. Passe. Past. S'ecrire, to write to each other. S'etre ecrit, to have written to each other. PABTICIPE. PABTICIPLE. Present. Present. Passe. Past. S'ecrivant, writing to each other. S'etant ecrit, having written to each other. Orservations.--Reciprocal verbs have only one number, the plural; and the reason of this is evident, inasmuch as two persons at east are required to perform the complete action expressed by a reciprocal verb. Verbs of this class, as well as those conjugated with but one pronoun, may have complements direct or indirect. In the phrase, nous nous ecrivons, for instance, the first nous is the subject, and the second nous is the complement, but it is also n complement indirect, because nous there means a nous, and the whole sentence is really equivalent to this other: nous ecrivons a nous, as is shown by the corresponding English sentence, we write to each other. In the 'phrase lis se voient, se is a complement direct, because it signifies each other and not to each other: the English translation is they see each other. VERB S'EJT ALLER, To go away. INDICATIF. Present. Present. Je m'en vais, I am going away, &c. Tu t'en vas Il s'en va Nous nous en allons Vous vous en allez Ils s'en vont. Imparfait. Imperfect. Je m'e...