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... parlé au vin marchand ? -She has bought a gold watch . - Bring Elle a acheté une or montre . Apportez - moi mon velours me my velvet ( Do you see ) those de l'eau . Voyez - vous ces cap . They drink spring water . bonnet . Ils boivent ...
... parlé au vin marchand ? -She has bought a gold watch . - Bring Elle a acheté une or montre . Apportez - moi mon velours me my velvet ( Do you see ) those de l'eau . Voyez - vous ces cap . They drink spring water . bonnet . Ils boivent ...
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... parle ( There are ) a bird officier oiseau , m . in the monstre , m . аих and a cage . — An ( ungrateful man ) is a monster cage , f . ingrat , m . eyes of a feeling man . -Alexander was a great warrior , sensible2 1 œil , m . and a ...
... parle ( There are ) a bird officier oiseau , m . in the monstre , m . аих and a cage . — An ( ungrateful man ) is a monster cage , f . ingrat , m . eyes of a feeling man . -Alexander was a great warrior , sensible2 1 œil , m . and a ...
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... parle savantes gens , f.t good news . You have fine fruit . She appris , p . p . bonne nouvelle , f . avez beau , adj . fruit , m . has worthy friends . - Bring me good pens . - I prefer digne , adj . good water to bad cider . — I have ...
... parle savantes gens , f.t good news . You have fine fruit . She appris , p . p . bonne nouvelle , f . avez beau , adj . fruit , m . has worthy friends . - Bring me good pens . - I prefer digne , adj . good water to bad cider . — I have ...
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... . 45 , 46 . I was in the company of eleven gentlemen and compagnie , f . messieurs nine ladies . He has spoken to three officers and two parlé officiers generals . The army of général , m . armée NUMERAL ADJECTIVES . 47.
... . 45 , 46 . I was in the company of eleven gentlemen and compagnie , f . messieurs nine ladies . He has spoken to three officers and two parlé officiers generals . The army of général , m . armée NUMERAL ADJECTIVES . 47.
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... parle , he speaks to him . 4. If the verb be used in the first or second person of the imperative affirmative , the pronoun follows it . Ex . Suivez - LES , follow them ; dépéchons - NOUS , let us make haste . But if the verb be in the ...
... parle , he speaks to him . 4. If the verb be used in the first or second person of the imperative affirmative , the pronoun follows it . Ex . Suivez - LES , follow them ; dépéchons - NOUS , let us make haste . But if the verb be in the ...
Common terms and phrases
acheté adjective ADVERBS aient aller aperçus arrived attendu auxiliary verb avait avez avoir better bien brother C'est ceive COMPOUND TENSES Cond conjugated conjunction cousin craindre definite article deux devoir English été EXERCISE ON RULES express faire fait father faut frère future gender and number homme IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperf Imperfect IMPERSONAL VERBS INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD irent J'ai J'aurais jamais l'autre levé livres mère mieux mother NEGATIVELY neuter verbs never noun parlé parler participle past passer perceive père person plural pouvoir preceded preposition Pres Pret Preterite pronoun puni punish qu'elle qu'il que vous received reçu reflective verb rendered in French repent risen sell sentence singular sister sœur sold speak spoken SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive tell temps thing tout undeclined vendu venir verb étre voir vouloir yesterday
Popular passages
Page 6 - There are two numbers ; the singular and the plural. The singular number is that which denotes but one ; as, The boy learns. The plural number is that which denotes more than one ; as, The boys learn.
Page 119 - I may have had. que tu aies eu, that thou mayst have had. qu'il ait eu, that he may have had. que nous ayons eu, that we may have had. que vous ayez eu, that you may have had.
Page 117 - J'avais eu, I had had. tu avais eu, thou hadst had. il avait eu, he had had. nous avions eu, we had had. vous aviez eu, you had had. ils avaient eu, they had had.
Page 325 - Believe de me, I have long suspected them, and now I am very certain that both your cousins and they have had a share in the booty. — We should often be ashamed of our finest actions, if the world knew all the motives which cause them.
Page 44 - NUMBERS 1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth 10th tenth llth eleventh 12th twelfth 13th thirteenth 14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth 21st...
Page 5 - English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, PARTS OF SPEECH ; namely, the ARTICLE, the SUBSTANTIVE or NOUN, the ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1.
Page 117 - J'eus eu, I had had. Tu eus eu, thou hadst had. Il eut eu, he had had. Nous eûmes eu, we had had. Vous eûtes eu, you had had. Ils eurent eu, they had had.
Page 85 - ... according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it...
Page 138 - I may speak. que tu parles, that thou mayst speak. qu'il parle, that he may speak. que nous parlions, that we may speak. que vous parliez, that you may speak. qu'ils parlent, that they may speak. Imperfect.
Page 140 - This takes place in the first and second persons plural of the Imperfect of the Indicative, and of the Present of the Subjunctive: Words.