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. 1850 Excerpt: ...ils ou elles payaient Obs. B. Verbs whose present participle ends in yant, as payer, payant; appuyer, to support, appuyant; croire, to believe, croyant; s'asseoir, to sit down, s'asscyant; employer, to employ, employant; envoyer, to send, snvoyant; essayer, to try, essayant; fair, to fee, fvyant; voir, to see, voynnt, -&c., do not drop the letter i after y in the first and second persons plural of the imperfect of the indicative, (and present of the subjunctive, of which hereafter.) When we received some money we employed it in purchasing good books. When you bought of that merchant you did not always pay in cash. Quand nous recevions de I'argeut nous 1'employions a acheter de bons livres. Quand vous achetiez chez ce mar chand vous no payiez pas touji nrs comptant. Has your sister succeeded in mending your cravat? She has succeeded in it. Has the woman returned from the market? She has not yet returned. Did the women agree to that? They did agree to it. Where is your sister gone to? She is gone to the church Votre sceur est-elle parvenue a raecommoder votre cravate? Elle y est parvenue. La femme est-elle revenue du marched Kile n'eu est pas encore revenue. Les femmes sont-elles convenues ie cela? Elles on sont convenues. Ou votre sceur est-elle all Elle est alle'e a 1'eglise. OF THE CONDITIONAL OR POTENTIAL PRESENT This mood is formed from the Future by changing the endings RAI, RA6, RA, KONS, REZ, RONT, into RAM, RAIS, RAIT, RIONS, RIEZ, RAIENT. Obs. C. It will be observed that the conditional is like the future as far as the letter R, after which it is exactly like the imperfect. Ex. I should have, thou wouldst have, he or she would have. We should have, you would have, they would have. J'aurais, tu aurais, il ou elle aurait. Nous aurions, vous auriez, .