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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...present participle, to denote the means or the manner of doing any thing, is rendered in French by en. Tu Dois is the second person singular of the indicative present of devoir, to owe, ought, must--one of the most important irregular French verbs. CONJUGATION OF THK IRREGULAR Veri! DOVOIT, TO OWl INFINITIVE MOOD Devoir, to owe. Present Participle. Past Participle. Devant, owing. Du, owed. INDICATIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Je dois, I owe, am owing, or do owe. Tu dois, thou owest, art owing, or dost owe. li doit, he owes, is owing, or does owe. Nous devons, we owe, are owing, or do owe. Vous devez, you owe, are owing, or do owe. lis doivent, they owe, are owing, or do owe. Imperfect. Je devais, I owed, or was owing. Tu devais, thou owedst, or wast owing. It devait, he owed, or was owing. Nous devious, we owed, or were owing. Vous deviez, you owed, or were owing. Is devaient, they owed, or were owing. Past Tense Definite. Je dug, I owed, or did owe. Tu dus, thou owedst, or didst owe. // dut, he owed, or did owe. Nous dumes, we owed, or did owe. Vous dutes, you owed, or did owe. lis durent, they owed, or did owe. Future. I shall owe. Je devrai, Tu devras, II devra, Nous devrons, Vous deirez, lis devront, or will owe. thou shalt owe, or wilt owe. he shall owe, or will owe. we shall owe, or will owe. you shall owe, or will owe. they shall owe, or will owe. 264. Thus are conjugated the seven verbs which usually make up the third conjugation with many grammarians in French. (87.) Redevoir, to owe again; apercevoir, to perceive; recevoir, to receive; concevoir, to conceive; decevoir, to deceive; percevoir, to collect. Part, part, is feminine by exception. Contraire, contrary, i9 masculine, because it is an adjective used as a noun. (183.) Decider, to decide; epu...
