VI and Subjunctive moods, and, lastly, the Imperfect and Perfect tenses, the proper employment of which is generally found so difficult by foreigners. In short, we have endeavoured to simplify and to reduce the rules to the most important general principles; it having been our object, principally through analysis and reflection, to bring into exercise, not merely memory, but judgment and intelligence. INDEX. PRELIMINARY PART. I. LETTERS: Consonants, vowels V.-DIPHTHONGS AND COMPOUND VOWELS. PAGE. 1 1 7 9 11 12 14 SECTION I. CLASSIFICATION AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF WORDS. CHAPTER I.-Noun or Substantive: Proper or Common.- § 1.-Gender known by the Meaning of the Noun . II.-Number in Nouns § 1.-Singular § 2.-Plural § 3.-Nouns having two Plurals. § 4.-Nouns having a Plural without taking s or x § 5.-Of Compound Nouns § 6.-Number of a Noun after a Preposition CHAPTER II.-Article: Definite and Indefinite § 1.-Adjectives doubling the last Consonant CHAPTER V.-Verbs.-RADICAL AND TERMINATION First Conjugation.-Verbs in er: chant-er . Second Conjugation.-Verbs in ir, oir, re: souri-re Conjugation of the Compound Tenses with avoir DIFFERENT KINDS OF VERBS §1.-Active Verb §2.-Passive Verb.-Conjugation. §3.-Neuter Verb §4.-Reflective Verb.-Conjugation § 5.-Unipersonal Verb.- Conjugation DIFFERENT FORMS OF CONJUGATING VERBS § 1.-Negative Verb.-Conjugation Verbs having Difficulties in their Conjugation 67 69 FORMATION OF THE TENSES.-Conjugation of RÉSOUDRE Table of Creative Tenses of Verbs in OIR Irregular and Defective Verbs in OIR. CHAPTER VI.-Invariable Words § 1.-De la Dérivation § 2. Redoublement des Consonnes §3.-Syllabes nasales: AN, EN, IN, ON, UN. § 4.-Orthographe de Syllabes initiales, médiales, finales. SECTION II. 70 70 74 74 79 80 82 82 83 84 84 85 85 95 96 97 SYNTAXE. CHAPITRE I-Eléments d'une Phrase § 1.-Sujet, Verbe, Attribut. § 2.-Compléments: direct, indirect, circonstanciel CHAPITRE II.-Du Nom § 1.-Article employé en français, et supprimé en anglais. 104 105 106 106 § 5.-Article invariable dans LE PLUS, LE MOINS, LE MIEUX 107 V. Adjectifs employés adverbialement. VI. Adjectifs déterminatifs même, quelque et tout §2.-Place de l'Adjectif § 3.-Complément de l'Adjectif CHAPITRE V.-Du Pronom § 1.-Pronom personnel: sujet, complément, attribut 139 CHAPITRE VII.-Du Verbe §1.-Du sujet.-I. Accord du Verbe avec son sujet, en II. Accord du Verbe avec son sujet, en personne 139 141 141 IV. Répétition ou Ellipse du Sujet et du Verbe 142 § 5.-Emploi des Temps. TEMPS DE L'INDICATIF. 142 145 146 |