Quérir, to fetch, is used in familiar conversation af ter venir, envoyer, aller, as, envoyez quérir, send for; allez quérir, go and fetch. ACQUERIR, to acquire. Part. pres. acquérant. Pust. acquis. IND. pres. acquiers, acquiers, acquiert, acquérons, acquérez, ao quièrent. Imper. acquérais. Pret. acquis. Fut. acquerrai. CoND. acquerrais. S'enquérir, to inquire, and requérir, to request, are conjugated as acquérir. Conquérir, to conquer, is seldom used but in the IND. pret. je conquis, &c. and in the SUBJ. imperf. je conquisse. Its chief use is in the compound tenses. Ouïr, to hear, is only employed in the INF. pres. ouïr. Part. past. ouï. IND. pret. j'ouïs, tu ouïs, &c. and SUBJ. imperf. j'ouïsse, tu ouïsses, &c. Its principal use is in the compound tenses, when it is generally accompanied by another verb; as, je l'ai, or je l'avais ouï dire, I have, or I had heard it said. VETIR, to clothe. Part. pres. vêtant.* Past. vêtu. IND. pres. vêts,* vêts,* vêt,* vêtons, vêtez, vêtent. SUBJ. pres. vête. Imperf. vêtisse. N. B. Vêtir, is seldom used in the forms marked with an asterisk, and is most frequently reflected. Revêtir, to clothe, to invest, is used through all the tenses; dévêtir, to divest, is principally used as a reflected verb, and in some forms only. EXERCISE ON QUERIR, &c. Send for the physician and follow exactly his advice. médecin and fetch my cane. canne f. suivez Go Every day he acquired celebrity by works de art. ouvrage m. pl. fait pour tion of an enlightened public. That I would acquire 2 subj-2 de art. riches at the expense of my honesty! He had acquired 1 dépens m. pl. probité f. Thus, accueillir, to welcome, and recueillir, to col lect. Saillir, to project, has only saillant, sailli; and the following forms: il saille, il saillait, il saillera, il saillerait, qu'il saille, qu'il saillit. But saillir, to gush cut, is regularly conjugated like finir; saillissant, je by his merit m. une great influence over the opinions of his con - f. de sing. -là partout con temporaries. I have inquired about that man (every where) temporain and have not (been able) (to hear any thing of him). Who en avoir de nouvelles of you? Sesostris, king of Egypt, je pu has requested it 4 ce qui 3 en 2 * Qui est conquered a great part of Asia. The formidable empire art. which Alexander conquered did not last -dre ind-6 2 longer durer plus long-temps his life. I have heard that important news, 1 than He dressed himself in haste and (went out) immediately. sortir sur-le-champ. the children with more que à art. hâte f. she would dress vêtir subj-2 de voudrais care. If his fortune permitted him, he would clothe all the poor of his character of an envoy. B * envoyé to be very warm; it is time to (throw off commencer faire chaud; da saillis, &c. ils saillissent, &c. Its principal use is in the EXERCISE ON BRANCH III. I will gather with pleasure some of these flowers and pr-pron. fruits, since you wish to have some. Do not gather puisque être bien-aise de these peaches, before they f. pl. avant que en country where they neither reap précieux 3 fait 1. f. 1 art That is a Ce corn, nor (gather) recueillir ni blé ni in ancient history important 1 de art. 2 -2 recueillir accueillir de misery, sickness, persecution, in a art. f. art. maladie f. art. f. en word, all the misfortunes in the world have (fallen upon) the rock, there gushed out (of it) a spring of (fresh running) rocher m. il ind-3 en source f. vif 2 water. The blood gushed from his vein with impetuosity. f. 1 ind-2 pl. demain veine f. = We shall assault the enemy to-morrow in their entrenchments. retranchement, Were we not overtaken by a horrible storm? At every word tempête f. à chaque ind-3 assailli de vieillard they said to him concerning his son, the good (old man) que on disait * leaped for joy. Shall you not shudder with fear? tressaillir ind-2 de joie. tressaillir peur f. N. B. Tressaillir, to start, conjugated like assaillir, makes in the fut. je tressaillirai, or tressaillerai, &c. IRREGULAR VERBS OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION. Avoir, to have, is conjugated at length, p. 123. Ravoir, to have again, and se ravoir, to recover, are only used in the present of the infinitive. Choir, to fail, has only the participle past, chu, chue, formerly chute, preserved in chape-chute. DECHOIR, to decay. (No Part. pres.) Part. past. déchu. IND. pres. déchois, déchois, déchoit, déchoyons, déchoyez, dé choient. (No Imperf) Pret. déchus. Fut. décherrai. CoND. décherrais, ient. Echoir, to fall to, to expire, has only now in use, the IND. pres. il échoit, sometimes pronounced il échet; the pret. il échut; fut. il écherra; cond. il écherrait; the imperf. SUBJ. que j'échusse, &c. and INF. échoir, échéant, échu. N. B. Choir, déchoir, échoir, take the auxiliary être. Falloir, to be necessary, is an impersonal verb, the conjugation of which has been given, p. 177. EXERCISE ON AVOIR, RAVOIR, &c. had apartments that I liked; I will endeavour to have them ind-2 un logement again. Beware prenes-garde poverty ? aimer veux essayer de 3. of falling. How has he fallen into inf-1 comment Since the publication of his last pauvreté ? Depuis dernier en work, he has much fallen in the esteem of the public. If he do not alter déchoir his conduct, he will decline every day that a changer -f. in his reputation déchoir de jour-en-jour de credit. He has put in the lottery, and he hopes loterie f. mis à capital prize will fall (to his share). That bill de and pr. pron. -m. lettre f expires at terme m. à la Saint of exchange has expired. The first term tot m. échoir, IND. pres. meus, meus, meut, mouv-ons, ez, meuvent. COND. mouvrais. IMPER. meus, meuve, mouvons, mouvez, meuvent. In the same manner are conjugated, émouvoir, to stir up, to move; promouvoir, to promote; and démouvoir, to make one desist. The first, whether in an actual or figurative sense, is much used. The second, is employed in speaking of a dignity. The third, is a law term, and is only used in the INF. pres. PLEUVOIR, to rain (impersonal). summer. You have drawn on me a bill of exchange; when Jean. tirer sur moi is it payable? I did not believe that I must so soon (have taken) échoir ind-1 that journey. He must have of (so many) enemies. tant de The spring ressort m. EXERCISE ON MOUVOIR, &c. which moves the whole machine is very inge is spiritual, * tuel ne Pouvez 2 tout 1 -f. moves the body at pleasure? That is a man Ce whom nothing moves, We had scarcely lost sight of émouvoir ind-3 à peine perdu vue f. 3 2 art. when there arose land a violent tempest. We s'émouvoir ind-3 grande lempête f. and pity. When the famous pr. pitié f. Quand célèbre d'Aguesseau was promoted to the dignity of chancellor, all |