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vouloir, with the participle past turned into the present of

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Vous n'auriez pas voulu prendre les armes, si &c. Nous aurions pu l'arrêter, si nous eussions voulu ;

you would not have taken up arms, if &c.

we could have stopped him, if we would, or had chosen.

4. In all other instances, will and would, being in English only the signs of the future and of the conditional, are rendered by putting in either of those tenses the verb to which they are prefixed.

Il viendra demain ;

Ex.

he will come to-morrow.

Ils écriraient s'ils avaient le they would write if they had temps;

time.

EXERCISES ON THE FOREGOING VERBS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS.

Why

Pourquoi, adv.

do you not sit down, sir?-You come to

s'asseoir

venir

see me very seldom. Let us sit down upon the grass.

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rarement, adv.

herbe, f. Do not make (so much) noise, I cannot learn my faire, v. tant, adv. pouvoir apprendre lesson. Do you know what has happened to her? No, I do est arrivé, v. lui

not. As soon as he saw he could not make her hear

Aussitôt que, c.

voir

s'en aller.

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reason, he went away.-We went there ourselves, and

nous-mêmes,

soon knew what she asked.-See the letter she wrote

bientôt, adv. savoir

me. We will not sit down till you have determined

set out.-Mrs. P. desired me

prier

not come to see you this

écrire

ne s'être déterminé à to tell you she could

que

de dire, v.

to

pouvoir, cond.

week, but she would cersemaine, f.

Put s'être in the subjunctive present.

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Cannot you lend* me three or four guineas?

prêter, v.

guinée, f.

I would, I could soon know whether Mrs. D. has seen

le vouloir,

your aunt

tante, f.

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or not.-I went into the park, but I could

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not find her on account of the crowds of people that were

à cause, p.

there. This cloth cost five-and-twenty shillings a yard, drap, m. valoir

but the colour becomes you well.-Do you not see the

seoir

defects of it?-When you know your lesson, come and défaut

repeat it to me. répéter

marry Miss B.?

épouser, v.

(fut.)

Did you not know that Mr. A. was to

I knew it, but I was not willing

mais, c.

to tell your brother of it.-I believe you could learn

parler à

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apprendre, v. would.-Could you

beaucoup, adv.

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If your brother come with me, will he be able to follow

me?-What will you

avec, p.

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bet that he will not come without parier, v.

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changement, m. sans, p.

(at it)?—It (is better) to be unfortunate

valoir mieux

malheureux, adj.

*Observe that the verbs pouvoir and rouloir require no preposition Defore the following infinitive.

than criminal. We saw them yesterday. They did not

arriver, v.

leur

hier, adv.

foresee what would happen to them.-We ought to make devoir, v. faire, v. choice (of those) friends to whom we choix, m.

a judicious judicieux, adj.

des

intend to give our confidence.-Do you know where

vouloir, v.

Miss B. lives?

demeurer, v.

it me?

confiance, f.

où, adv.

Yes, I do. Why will you not tell

dire

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Severity and rigour may excite fear, but not love.

Sévérité, f. rigueur, f.

crainte, f.

amour, m.

You saw with what goodness she received him.-I would bonté, f. recevoir, v.

not tell her what I think (about it), for fear of giving her de crainte

en

the least subject of complaint.-If you foresee the danger,

moindre

plainte, f.

prévoir

why do you not endeavour to avoid it? They wanted

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to withdraw, but your brother hindered them (from it), and
se retirer, v.
desired them to sit down again.-You can speak to Mr. B.

prier
whenever you please, but I may not take

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You know the esteem and friendship that I have for him : savoir estime, f.

you

know that his father is one of my oldest friends.-I shall

ancien

not see your brother (any more), but I will see you again

revoir

(Every body) thinks that, if they

plus, adv.

as soon as I can. (fut.)

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finir, v. believed him, he would have persuaded me croire, v.

de

they might

(I had) j'avais voulu to go to Italy

with him. He (could have) done his work in less than aurait pu faire, v.

en, p.

de

ten minutes, if he had not amused himself in reading.s'amuser, v. (171) à

want that book you may take it, it

If you

avoir besoin de

lire, v.

is at your

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service. If he sold all his horses now, the best of them

vendait

would not be worth ten guineas.

valoir

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I spoke to her

(a long while), but could not persuade her to come with long-temps, adv.

de

me.

VERBS OF THE FOURTH CONJUGATION.

Absoudre, to absolve, to acquit.

INF. Pres. absoudre. Part. act. absolvant. Part. past, absous, -oute. IND. Pres. absous, -ous, -out; absolvons, -ez, -ent. Imperf. absolvais, -ais, -ait; absolvions, -iez, -aient. Fut. absoudrai, -dras, -dra; absoudrons, -drez, -dront. Cond. Pres. absoudrais, -drais, -drait; absoudrions, -driez, -draient. IMP. absous, absolve; absolvons, -ez, -ent. SUB. Pres. absolve, -res, -re; absolvions, -riez, -rent.

The compounds are,

Dissoudre, to dissolve.

Résoudre, to resolve.

Dissoudre wants the same tenses as absoudre. Résoudre has its participle past, résolu, résolue, when it means.

determined, and résous, when it denotes the transition of one thing into another: this last participle has no feminine. And it has the two following tenses, which absoudre has not. Pret. résolus, -us, -ut; résolûmes, -ûtes, -urent. SUB. Imperf. résolusse, -usses, -ût; résolussions, -iez, -ent.

Astreindre, to oblige; atteindre, to reach, to hit, to attain, to overtake; and aveindre, to reach, to fetch out, are conjugated like craindre, page 210.

Astreindre and aveindre are nearly obsolete.

Battre, to beat.

INF. Pres. battre. Part. act. battant. Part. past, battu, -ue. IND. Pres. bats, bats, bat; battons, -ez, -ent. Imperf. battais, -ais, -ait; battions, -iez, -aient. Pret. battis, -is, -it; battîmes, -îtes, -irent. Fut. battrai, -tras, -tra; battrons, -trez, -tront. Cond. Pres. battrais, -trais, -trait; battrions, -triez, -traient. IMP. bats, batte; battons, -cz, -ent. SUB. Pres. batte, -es, -e; battions, -iez, -ent. Imperf. battisse, -isses, -ît; battissions, -iez, -ent.

The compounds of this verb are,

Abattre, to pull down, to throw Se débattre, to struggle.

down.

Combattre, to fight.

Débattre, to debate.

Rabattre, to abate, to beat down.

Rebattre, to beat again.

Boire, to drink.

INF. Pres. boire. Part. act. bouvant. Part. past, bu, buc. IND. Pres. bois, bois, boit; buvons, -ez, boivent. Imperf. buvais, -ais, -ait; buvions, -iez, -aient. Pret. bus, bus, but; bûmes, bûtes, burent. Fut. boirai, -ras, -ra; boirons, -rez, -ront. Cond. Pres. boirais, -rais, -rait; boirions, -riez, -raient. IMF. bois, boive; buvons, -ez, boivent. SUB. Pres. boive, -es, -e; buvions, -iez, boivent. Imperf. busse, busses, bût; bussions, -icz, -ent.

Boire dans quelque chose, is to drink out of something.

Of imboire, to imbibe, only the participle imbu is used.

Braire, to bray.

This verb is seldom used, except in the present tense of the infinitive mood, and the third person singular and

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