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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR, 



knowledge is not so difficult a matter as it is important. Let 

 our pupils try as we have advised them, and as we intend 

 further to point out, and they will find the task easy and 

 profitable ; we know what a little acquaintance with anatomy 

 has done for others by opening out the shortest way to their 

 object, and ensuring success. 



LESSONS IN FRENCH. XXXIIT. 



SECTION LXXV. THE IMPEEFECT AND PLUPEEFECT OF 

 THE SUBJUNCTIVE. 



1. The terminations of the imperfect of the subjunctive are 

 in all the verbs, regular and irregular, of the four conjugations, 

 sse, sses, t, preceded by a vowel with a circumflex accent, 

 salons, ssiez, ssent. 



2. CONJUGATION OF THE IMPEEFECT OF THE SUBJUNC- 



TIVE OF THE EEQULAE VERBS. 



Que je chantas -se 

 That I might sing 

 Que tu parlas -S6S 

 That tliou mightest 



speak 



Qu'il donna -t 

 That he might give 

 Que nous cherchas 



-sions 



That ice might seek 

 Que vous portas 



-siez 



Tliat you might carry 

 Qu'ils aimas -sent 

 Tliat they might love 



finis -se re?us -se rendis -se 



might finish might receive might render 



cheris -S6S aper9us -S6S vendis -S6S 



mightest cherish mightest per- mightest sell 



ceive 



fourni -t perfu -t tendi -t 



might furnish might father n'"ihtttnd 



puuis -sions couyus -sions euteudia -sions 



might punish might conceive might hear 

 saisis -Siez dus -siez perdis -siez 



might seize might oire might lose 



unis -sent di ; i ( -us -sent mordis -sent 



might unite might deceive might bite 



3. This tense is formed by adding to the second person 

 singular of the Preterite Indicative the following terminations, 

 viz., se for the first person singular, ses for the second ; sions 

 for the first plural, siez for the second, sent for the third. 



4. The third person singular is formed by putting a circum- 

 flex accent on the last vowel of the same second person singular 

 of the preterite indicative, and changing its final s into t. This 

 rule has no exceptions. 



Tu alias, j'allasse; tu finis, jefinisse. Thou wentest, I might go; thou 



finishedst, I might finish. 



5. All the observations made in Sect. 52, on the changes of the 

 stem of the irregular verbs, in the past definite, apply equally 

 to the imperfect of the subjunctive. 



6. The pluperfect of the subjunctive is formed from the im- 

 perfect of the same mood of one of the auxiliaries avoir, etre, 

 and the past participle of the leading verb : 



Que j'eusse fini j que je f usse venu. That I might have finished ; that I 



might have come. 



7. All the rules given on the use of the subjunctive in the 

 three preceding sections apply, of course, to the imperfect and 

 pluperfect of this mood. 



8. In the same manner as the present or future of the indica- 

 tive of the first part of a sentence governs, under the above- 

 mentioned rules, the verb of the second part, in the present or 

 past of the subjunctive ; so the imperfect and other past tenses 

 of the indicative, and the two conditionals, govern the verb in 

 the second part of the sentence, in the imperfect or pluperfect 

 of the subjunctive : 



Ne fallait-il pas que je lui parlasse ? Was it not necessary that I should 



speak to him ? 



II faudrait que je lui donnasse ce It would be necessary for me to give 

 livre. him that book. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 

 Voudriez-vous que je donnasse un Would you wish me to give that child 



coup de baton a cet enfant ? 



a bloio with a stick \ 



Je voudrais que vous tirassiez un ! I would wish you to fire your gun at 



coup de fusil sur cet oiseau. 

 Exigeriez-vous que nous revins- 



sions de bonne heure ? 

 Que voudriez-vous que ces homines 



fissent ? 

 Que vouliez-vons que je fisse ? 



that bird. 

 Would you require MS to return 



early ? 

 Wliat would you wish those men to 



do? 

 What did you wish me to do ? 



II faudrait que j'eusse moil argent. 



Je ne voulais pas que vous rnourus- 



siez de froid. 

 Elle craignait que vous ne mourus- 



siez de misere et de faim. 

 Voudriez-vous que je jetasse un 



coup d'oeil sur ces papiers ? 



It would la necessary far me to have 



my money. 

 I did not wish you to die with the 



cold. 

 She feared lest you might die with 



want and hunger. 

 Would you wish me to cast a glance 



upon these papers 1 



EXEECISE 145. 



Becasse, f. u-oodcocfc. Ivrogne, ni. drunkard. Rdtablissernent, m. re- 



Bord, m. shore. Lievre, in. hare. covery. 



Charg-er, 1. to load. Mer, f. sea. Saute, f. health. 



Coup, m. blow. Perdrix, f. partridge. Se reud-re, 4. ref. to ve- 



Coup de fusil, m. s?iot. Poste, m. 2'ost. pair. 



Coup d'oeil, m. gla?ice. Eessembl-er, 1. to re- Tir-er, 1. to fire, 



Demi-use 1 , half-worn. semJble. shoot. 



Fouet, m. whip. 



1. Voudriez-vous que j'achetasse un habit a demi-use? 2, 

 Je voudrais que vous en achetassiez un neuf. 3. Voulait-on 

 que ce soldat malade se rendit a son poste ? 4. On voulait 

 qu'il se rendit a son regiment. 5. Faudrait-il que je de- 

 meurasse au bord de la mer ? 6. II fandrait pour le retablisse- 

 ment de votre sante, que vous vous rendissiez en Suisse. 7. 

 Ne pensez-vous pas que cet enfant ressemble a sa mere ? 8. Je 

 ne pense pas qu'il lui ressemble. 9. A qui ressemble-t-il ? 10. 

 II ressemble a sa sceur ainee. 11. Consentiriez-vous que votre 

 fille epousat cet ivrogne ? 12. Voudriez-vous que nous 

 mourussions de misere ? 13. Je craignais que ces dames ne 

 mourussent [ 123 (5), Sect. 72, 9] de froid. 14. Ne voulez- 

 vous pas tirer sur ce lievre ? 15. Je tirerais sur cette becasse 

 si mon fusil etait charge. 16. Combien de coups de fusil 

 voudriez-vous que je tirasse ? 17. Si vous aviez de la poudre, 

 je voudrais que vous tirassiez sur cette perdrix. 18. Voulez- 

 vous que je jette un coup d'ceil sur cette lettre ? 19. Je vou- 

 drais que vous la lussiez. 20. Que voudriez-vous que je fisse ? 



21. Je voudrais que vous fissiez attention a vos etudes. 22. 

 Faudrait-il que je sortisse ? 23. II faudrait que vous restassiez. 

 a la maison. 24. Que voudriez-vous que je fisse a ce cheval ? 

 25. Je voudrais que vous lui donnassiez des coups de fouet. 



EXEECISE 146. 



1. What would you have me do ? 2. I would have you cast 

 a glance upon this letter. 3. Would you wish me to give that 

 dog blows with a stick ? 4. I would wish you to give that 

 horse blows with a whip. 5. Would you require us to return 

 at five o'clock ? 6. I would require you to return early. 7. 

 Do you think that your brother resembles your father ? 8. I 

 do not think he resembles my father. 9. Whom do you think 

 that he resembles ? 1$. I think he resembles my mother. 11. 

 How many shots have you fired ? 12.1 have fired five shots 

 at that woodcock. 13. Would you not have me fire at that 

 partridge ? 14. I would have you fire at that partridge, if 

 your gun were loaded. 15. Where would it be necessary for 

 me to dwell ? 16. It would be necessary for you to dwell on 

 the sea-shore ? 17. Would you have me die with hunger ? 

 18. I would not have you die of hunger. 19. Would you have 

 your brother die with cold ? 20. I would not have him die 

 with cold or want. 21. What would you have your son do? 



22. I would have him learn his lessons. 23. Would you have 

 him learn German ? 24. I would have him learn German and 

 Spanish. 25. Have you fired at (sur) that hare. 26. I have 

 not fired at that hare. 27. Would it be necessary for me to 

 go out ? 28. It would be necessary for you to go out. 29. 

 Would it be necessary for me to remain here ? 30. It would 

 be necessary for you to go to church. 31. What did you. 

 wish? 32. I wished you to write to me. 33. Did you wish 

 me to buy a coat half worn out ? 34. I wished you to buy a 

 good hat. 



KEY TO EXEECISES IN LESSONS IN FKENCH. 

 EXERCISE 26 (Vol. I., page 115). 



1. Etes-vous plus attentif que votre sceur ? 2. Je ne suis pae aussi 

 attentif que votre frere. 3. Avez-vous plus de courage que mon frere ? 

 4. J'en ai tout autant. 5. Le mare'chal a-t-il autant d'argeiit que de 

 fer ? 6. II a plus de celui-ci que de celui-la. 7. A-t-il plus de modestie 

 qne 1'Espagnol? 8. II en a davantage. 9. II en a plus que la soeur de 

 votre ami. 10. N'avez-vous pas froid, Monsieur ? 11. Non, Monsieur, 



