The Imperfect of the Indicative, the Conditional, the Imperative, and
the Imperfect of the Subjunctive, are wanting in this Table. These four
tenses are formed as follows:—
The imperfect of the indicative is regularly formed from the present
participle by changing _ant_ into _ais_, as: _parl-ant_, _je parl-ais_;
_finiss-ant_, _je finiss-ais_, &c.
The conditional has always the same root as the future; so that the first
person of the future being known, it is easy to form the conditional, as:
_je parlerai_, _je parlerai-s_; _je finirai_, _je finirai-s_.
The imperative is always regularly formed from the present of the
indicative, by suppressing the pronouns, as: _je parle_, imperative,
_parle_; except in the verbs _avoir_, _être_, and _savoir_. The third
person singular and plural of the imperative are always the same as in
the present of the subjunctive, and belong to that tense.
The imperfect of the subjunctive is always regularly formed from the
preterit indicative by adding _se_, etc., to the second person singular,
as: _tu parlas_, _que je parlas-se_; _tu finis_, _que je finis-se_; _tu
reçus_, _que je reçus-se_; _tu vendis_, _que je vendis-se_.
_Infinitive._ _Present _Past _Present._ _Indicative
participle._ participle._ Preterit._
_FIRST CONJUGATION._
Aller allant allé je vais, allons j’allai
vas, allez
va, vont
Envoyer envoyant envoyé j’envoie, envoyons j’envoyai
envoies, envoyez
envoie, envoient
_SECOND CONJUGATION._
Acquérir acquérant acquis j’acquiers, acquérons j’acquis
acquiers, acquérez
acquiert, acquièrent
Assaillir assaillant assailli j’assaille, assaillons j’assaillis
assailles, assaillez
assaille, assaillent