PRESENT.-Hast thou no diamonds? Have you no 2indulgent 'parents? PRETERIT INDEFINITE.-Hast thou not had contempt and even hatred même haîne f mépris m. for that man? Have you not had better examples? IMPERFECT.— meilleur exemple m. Had they not 2inattentive 'children? sévère censeur m. enfant m. PLUPERFECT.-Had I not had other views?. Had we not had amethysts, rubies, and topazes? autre vue? f. améthyste f. PRETERIT DEFINITE.-Had I no great wrongs rubis m. used 2far-fetched 'expressions? perfide f. ? tort m. PRETERIT ANTERIOR.-Had he not Had they not excellent models? modèle m. eu très-recherché FUTURE ABSOLUTE.-Wilt thou not lead a 2more regular life? Will you not have 2fashionable 'gowns? FUTURE ANTERIOR.-Shall I have à la mode robe f. had no sweetmeats? Shall we not have had a good preacher ? confiture f.? CONDITIONAL. PRESENT.-Should she not have 2clear 3and 4just 'ideas? clair prédicateur m. Would NOTE.-The verb être, to be, must of course be thoroughly learned before the fol!owing exercises are written. EXERCISES ON ETRE, TO BE.-See Verbs, page 24. INDICATIVE. PRESENT.-I am very glad to see you. that book? Is she aise de voir really amiable? véritablement Art thou not pleased with satisfait de We are happy. Are you heureux. not too condescending? Are your friends still in London? complaisant? encore à Londres ? * About such sentences, see Verbs, page 8, art. 63. PRETERIT INDEFINITE.-Have I not been constant? Hast thou alway been steady? She has been faithful. Have we been firm and courage. ferme Have those men always been good IMPERFECT. I was too busy to see you. Wast not thou occupé pour recevoir troublesome? Was this girl idle? Were we not too untractable? You importun? fille paresseux ? indocile? were not 2quiet enough. They were vain, frivolous, and coquettish. tranquille assez. f. frivole coquette. PLUPERFECT. I had hitherto been very indifferent. Hadst thou not jusqu'alors insouciant. Deen too imprudent? Had his wife been sufficiently modest and épouse assez reserved ? We had not yet been sufficiently attentive. appliqué. They had not been grateful. réservé ? encore jaloux? PRETERIT DEFINITE.-Perhaps Peut-être que reconnaissant. assez Had you I was not sufficiently prudent. Wast thou 2discreet 'enough on that occasion? assez Was not that princess Were you not too hasty? FUTURE ABSOLUTE.-To-morrow I shall be (at home) princesse prompt7 till chez-moi jusqu'à (twelve o'clock.) Wilt thou always be restless, brutal, and sour? midi Will inquiet, bourru, chagrin ? your father be (at home) this evening? Shail we not be Will you always then 'be capricious, obstinate, and donc quinteux, opiniàtre, particular? Will not your scholars be troublesome! pointilleux ? écolier incommode? FUTURE ANTERIOR.-Shall I not have been too severe ? Thou writ have been too distrustful. défiant. Will not his sister have been whimsical and 8œur fantasque capricious? Shall we not have been 2eager enough? Will you not empressé have been inconsiderate? Will not the judges have been just? * 256. It is customary, through respect, in speaking of a person's relations, to prefix to the name Mr., Mrs., or Miss: thus we say, Monsieur votre père; Monsieur vore frère; Madame votre mère; Mademoiselle votre sour, &c. Would'st thou CONDITIONAL PRESENT.-I would not be so rash. téméraire. be as consistent in thy behaviour as in thy language? Would not conséquent dans conduite f. propos m. pl. his son be ready in time? Should we be always incorrigible? You would fils not be 'disinterested 'enough. Would not those ladies be always virtuous ? vertueux ? prêt à désintéressé dame PAST. (Had it not been for) your instructions, I should have been Sans proud and haughty. dédaigneux hautain. conseil m. Would'st thou not have been malicious and malin sarcastic? Would that man have been SO destitute of common sense? ricaneur? tellement dépourvu bon sens? Certainly we should not have been so ridiculous. Would you not have been si ridicule. indulgent? plus complaisant? more kind and They would not have been so ungenteel sing. table, humane, and prudent. humain malhonnête. 257. As the third person singular and plural of the imperative mood belong rather to the subjunctive, they are there exemplified. 258. Before the subjunctive can form a complete sense, it must be preceded by another verb. For the sake of brevity, therefore, complete sentences will only be given on the present tense. This remark applies alike to the four conjugations. PRETERIT.-That I should have been so hasty and impatient. That emporté si thou should'st have been so (puffed up) with pride. That she should have bouffi de been so fickle. That we should have been so (headstrong). That you should têtu. volage. have been so avaricious. That they should have been so unreasonable. déraisonnable. avare. 259. Observe, the verb être serves as an auxiliary to conjugate the passive verbs through all their tenses, the compound tenses of the pron minal verbs, and those of about fifty neuter verbs. See VERBS, p. 162. † See page 76, art. 251. IMPERFECT. That I should not be humane and generous. That thou PLUPERFECT.-That I might have been more studious. That thou ight'st have been more circumspect. That she might have been more circonspect. attentive to her duty. devoir m. pl. That we might have been less addicted to livré à That you might have been more assiduous and more assidu That they might have been less daring. har di. First Conjugation in ER. See VERBS, page 34 and following, and 48 and following. plus NOTE.-The verb parler, to speak, must of course be thoroughly learned before the following exercises are written. 260. OBSERVE, that in the following exercises the French verbs, which are found under the English verbs, are in the infinitive present; it is for the student to put them in the tenses required by the meaning of the English sentences. 261. Adverbs, with few exceptions, must be placed after the verb in simple tenses, and between the auxiliary and the participle in compound tenses, when this adverb is only a single word. EXERCISES ON THE FIRST CONJUGATION IN ER. INDICATIVE PRESENT.-I willingly give volontiers donner Do I prefer pleasure to my duty? préférer art. m. enemies? He does not propose 2salutary ennemi ? sincèrement devoir m. proposer un art. that plaything to your sister. joujou m. Dost thou not irritate thy irriter 'advice to his friends. We avis m. peace and tranquillity. We do not neglect f. ne négliger please 'you. Do you not admire the beauty of that sincerely love art. paix f. (any thing) to paysage m. rien pour plaire landscape? Do not your parents comfort the afflicted? They (make use of) all employer art. moyen m. pl. pour réussir. PRETERIT INDEFINITE.-I have (given up) my watches with my sister? Has the céder cousin. Hast thou not exchanged changer de montre tutor given fine engravings to his pupil? précepteur gravure f. aventure f. (a long while) of your adventure. We have spoken pupille m. Have you not insisted (too much) long-temps upon that point? Have your aunts prepared their tante préparer IMPERFECT. I unceasingly thought of my misfortunes. sans cesse penser à dread his presence and firmness? redouter f. sa fermeté ? Didst thou Did not that woman accuse her friend of accuser amie f. We did not protect that bad man. You despised a légèreté f. f. Did the Romans disdain so 4weak 'an enemy? m. calice m. fleur. malheureusement sans Had his father rejected these advantageous 'offers? épouser PRETERIT DEFINITE.-Did I not gladly give peaches and flowers not your cousin relate that charming history with (a great deal) of avec beaucoup He lightly judged of my intentions. Did we not shew légèrement juger montrer courage, constancy, and firmness? Did you visit the grotto and the PRETERIT ANTERIOR.-I had soon wasted my money and exhausted my resources. bientôt manger argent m. tôt épuiser Had not assez Hadst thou (very soon) reinforced thy party? ressource f. vite renforcer parti m. Alexander soon surmounted all obstacles? We had not 2soon 'enough Alexandre surmonter tous art. nı. shut the shutters, and (let down) the curtains. Had you not quickly fermer volet dined? In (the twinkling) of an eye, they had dispersed the mob. diner ? Dans |