French Reader on the Cumulative Method the Story of Rodolphe and Coco the Chimpanzee (French Edition)

Extrait: ... m' give (ye) me lui him some of it! nous en! us leur them 25. Negatively: le lui him (it) him! la nous her (it) not to us! les leur them them! Ne me le him (it) me! nous la donne pas! Give (thou) her (it) not to us! les donnez pas! Give (ye) them m' me lui him nous en us not any! leur them § 38. On the Orthography of a Great Many Verbs of the First Conjugation. 1. Verbs ending in ger, whenever through the tenses the g comes in contact with a or o, insert an e between them, as: Nous changeons, we change. Je changeais, I changed. 2. Verbs ending in yer change the y to i before e, es, ent, as: ennuyer. Je m'ennuie, I am weary. Je m'ennuierai, I shall be weary 3. Verbs ending in cer, whenever through the tenses the c comes in contact with a or o, it takes a cedilla (ç), as: avancer, etc. J'avançais, I advanced. Nous commençons, we begin. 4. Verbs in eter and eler double the t or l when it comes before e, es, ent, and the erai, erais of the future and conditional, as: J'appelle, I call. Je jetterai, I shall throw. 126 5. The following verbs, although ending in eter and eler, deviate from the foregoing, and make, by means of the grave accent, the following changes, as: acheter, etc. J'achète, I buy. Je pèle, I peel. Il gèlera, it will freeze. Je harcèle, I tease. Of the same order are the following ending in: ecer, écer, ébrer, écher, éder, emer, égler, égner, égrer, éguer, ener, éler, émer, éner, équer, ever, érer, éter, étrer. Be it understood that those with an é change this also into è. N. B.--For the better understanding of these and others, the student is referred to the models given in the Alphabetical Table, § 49. § 39. Second Conjugation , ending in ir. Model Verb . finir, to finish. INDICATIVE MOOD. Simple Tenses . Present . Je finis, I finish. tu finis, thou finishest. il finit, he finishes. on finit, one finishes. nous finissons, we...