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tutor. 27. Take the key to him. 28. Bring me back the 

 books which I have lent you. 29. Do not bring them back to 

 me, read them. 30. Let us have patience, we shall soon have 

 money. 31. Let us speak to them, they are at my father's. 

 32. Tell them that I intend to write to them to-morrow morn- 

 ing 1 . 33. Go to church this afternoon. 34. Bring me back 

 my letters. 35. Do not carry them there, but bring them to 

 me as soon as possible. 



SECTION LXXI. 



1. A verb following another verb in the imperative, is put 

 in the infinitive (according to general rule, Sect. 20, 2). The 

 conjunction, which often comes between the two verbs in 

 English, is not used in French : 



Allez parler au nmsicien. 

 Alltz faire votre ouvrage. 

 Courez voir ces messieurs. 



Go and speak to the musician. 



Go arid do your work. 



Run and see those gentlemen. 



2. Prendre garde, to take care, to take heed when followed by 

 another verb in the infinitive, means to take care not to : 



Prenez garde de tomber. 



Take care not to fall. 



3. Prendre le deuil, means to go into mourning; prendre la 

 peine, to take the trouble; prendre les devants, to go on before; 

 prendre un parti, to take a determination ; prendre du cafe, du 

 the 1 , &c., to take coffee, tea, &o. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



Envoyez chercber le tapissiet 1 . 

 Allez chercber votre parapluie. 

 Courez voir votre pere. 

 Prenons garde de nous blesser. 

 Prenez garde de dechirer vos 



habits. 



K'avez-vous pas pris le deuil ? 

 Prenez la peine de vous osseoir. 

 Prenez du the 1 ou du cafd. 

 Quel parti avez-vous pris ? 



Send for the upholsterer. 



Go and fetch your umbrella. 



Run and see your father. 



Let us take care not to hurt ourselves. 



Take care not to tear your clothes. 



Have you not put on mourning f 

 Take the trouble to sit down. 

 Take tea or coffee. 

 What resolution have you taken ? 



EXERCISE 137. 



Attend-re, 4. to expect, Gat-er, 1. to spoil. Kobe, f. dress. 



to wait for. Gouverneur, m. gover- Se tai-re, 4. ir. to be 

 Chocolat, m. chocolate. or. silent. 



Conrrier, tn. courier. Lorsque, when. Soin, m. care. 



Croi-re, 4. ir. to be- Port-er, 1. to wear. Tach-er, 1. to stain, to 



lieve. Quelquefois, sometimes. spot. 



Deehir-er, 1. to tear. Tomb-er, 1. to /all. 



1. Allez voir mon frere, il a qnelque chose a vous communi- 

 quer. 2. Courez leur dire que je les attends. 3. Mon frere a 

 pris bien garde de dechirer ses habits. 4. Votre consine 

 a-t-elle pris garde de taoher sa robe P 5. Elle a pris garde de 

 tomber, car en tombant elle 1'aurait gatee. 6. Ces petites filles 

 ont-ellos pris le denil? 7. Elles viennent de le prendre. 8. 

 Pour qui prenez-vons le deuil ? 9. Je prends le deuil pour ma 

 mere. 10. Prenez-vous dn the ou du cafe le matin? 11. Nous 

 prenons du the et du cafe". 12. Ne prenez-vous pas quelque- 

 fois du chocolat? 13. Nous n'en prenons que lorsque nous 

 sommes malades. 14. Qnel parti le gouverneur a-t-il pris ? 

 15. II a pris le parti de se taire. 16. Prendrez-vons mon 'parti 

 (my part) ou celni de votre fils ? 17. Je prendrai le votre, si 

 je crois que vous avez raison. 18. Pourquoi ne prenez-vous 

 pas la peine de lire sa lettre ? 19. Parce qu'elle n'en vaut pas 

 la peine. 20. Votre courrier a-t-il pris les devants ? 21. II 

 n'a pu prendre les devants. 22. N'avez-vous pas tort de 

 prendre son parti ? 23. Je n'ai pas tort de le prendre. 24. 

 Avez-vous pris le the (your tea) ? 25. Nous n'avons pas pris 

 (our) le the, nous avons pris le cafe. 



EXERCISE 138. 



1. Has your brother taken care not to spoil his hat ? 2. He 

 has taken care not to spoil it, he has only one. 3. Go and 

 speak to your sister, she calls you (appelle). 4. Will you not 

 take a cup (tasse) of tea ? 5. I have just taken my tea. 6. 

 What have you said to your little girl ? 7. I have told her to 

 take care not to tear her dress. 8. Let us take care not to tear 

 that book. 9. My son has just brought it. 10. Has he taken 

 his tea ? 11. He has not yet taken tea, it is too early. 12. At 

 what hour do yon take tea at your house ? 13. We take tea at 

 Bii o'clock. 14. Do yon take tea or coffee for breakfast (a votre 



dejeuner) ? 15. We take coffee. 16. Is your courier gone on 

 before ? 17. He has not been able to go on before. 18. What 

 resolution have you taken ? 19. I have taken the resolution 

 to study my lesson. 20. Have you taken care not to tear your 

 books? 21. I have taken care not to stain them. 22. What 

 has your brother determined? 23. He has determined to re- 

 main silent. 24. Have you taken my part ? 25. I have taken 

 my brother's part. 26. Are you right to take his part ? 27. 

 I am right to take his part, because he is right. 28. Are you 

 not afraid to take his part ? 29. I am not afraid to take his 

 part. 30. Will you take your sister's part or mine r 31. I 

 will take my sister's part. 32. Go and read your book, you do 

 not know your lesson. 33. I know my lesson, and I know 

 also that you are my friend. 34. Let us go to our father, he 

 wants us. 



SECTION LXXIL THE SUBJUNCTIVE. 



1. All the French verbs, regular and irregular, end in this 

 tense with e, es, e, ions, iez, ent : 



2. CONJUGATION OF THE PRESENT OP THE SUBJUNCTIVE OF 



THE REGULAR VERBS. 



Que je chant -e fin -isse re9 -oive rend -e 



That I may sing may finish may receive may render 



Que tu parl -63 cber -isses aper? -Gives vend -68 



That thou mayest speak mayest cherish mayest perceive maijest sell 



Qu'il donn -e fourn -isse per9 -oive tend -e 



That he may give may furnish may collect may tend 



Que nous cherch -ions pun -issions cone -evions entend-ions 



That w may seek may punish may conceive may hear 



Que vous port -iez sais -issiez d -evlez perd -iez 



That you may carry may seize may owe may lose 



Qu'ils aim -ent un -issent de9 -oivent inord -ent 



That they may love may unite may deceive may bife 



3. In the first conjugation, the subjunctive is in the singu- 

 lar, similar to the present of the indicative. Exception : aller 

 je, vais, que j'aille. 



4. The first and second persons plural of the subjunctive, 

 in the four conjugations, are the same as the corresponding 

 persons of the imperfect of the indicative. The third person 

 plural is like the corresponding person in the indicative pre- 

 sent. Exceptions : avoir, subjunctive, nous ayons, vous ayez, 

 ils aient ; savoir, nous sachions, vous sachiez, ils sachent ; 

 etre, nous soyons, vous soyez, ils soient ; faire, nous fassions, 

 vous fassiez, ils fassent ; aller, ils aillent ; vouloir, ils veuil- 

 lent ; valoir, ils vaillent, etc. 



5. The subjunctive is formed from the participle present, 

 by changing ant into e, es, e, ions, iez, ent : as, chantant, je 

 chante ; finissant, je finisse ; rendant, je rende ; sachant, je 

 sache ; craignant, je craigne. 



6. In the following verbs the endings of the Present Sub- 

 junctive are formed as stated in No. 5 above, but the root ia 

 altered. The student will find them conjugated in the Second 

 Part of this Grammar, 64 : 



Acque'rir Concevoir Mourir Prendre 

 Aller D^cevoir Mouvoir (and 

 Apercevoir Devoir Percevoir its cote- 

 Avoir Etre Pburvoir pounds) 

 Boiro Faire Pouvoir Eecevoir 



Savoir Venir 

 Tenir (and (and 

 its com- its com- 

 pounds) pounds) 

 Valoir Vouloir 



7. The past of the subjunctive is formed from the subjunc- 

 tive present of one of the auxiliaries, avoir, 6tre, and the past 

 participle of the leading verb [ 46] : 



Que j'aie parle 1 , que je soia venu. 



That I may have spoken, that I may 

 have come. 



8. A verb is put in the subjunctive, when it is preceded by 

 another verb expressing consent, command, doubt, desire, sur- 

 prise, will, want, duty, necessity, regret, fear, apprehension, 



Ac. [ 123 (4)] : 



Je veux que vous lui parliez. I wish you to speale to him. 



Je desire que vous nrriviez a temps. I wish you to arrive in time. 



9. When the first verb expresses fear or apprehension, the 

 second must be preceded by ne, which, however, has no nega- 

 tive sense [ 123 (5), 134 (4) () (6)] : 



Je craius qu'il ce toinbe. 



I am afraid lest he fall. 



