8. COUDRE, to sew, active verb, with avoir. Infinitive. Coudre, cousant, cousu. Pres. Je cous-e, es, e; cous-ions, lez, ent. K Pret. Je cous-isse, isses, ît; cous-issions, issiez, issent. Imper. Couds, qu'il couse; cousons, cousez, qu'ils cousent. So conjugate DÉCOUDRE, to unsew. RECOUDRE, to sew again. 9. CRAINDRE, to fear, active verb, with avoir. Infinitive. Craindre, craignant, craint. Indic. Pres. Je crain -s, Pret. Je craign-is, Fut. Je craind-rai, Cond. Je craind-rais, Subj. ras, rais, e; craign-ions, iez, ent. Pres. Je craign-e, es, Imper. Crains, qu'il craigne; craignons, craignez, qu'ils craignent. 10. CROIRE, to believe, to think, active verb, with avoir. Infinitive. Croire, croyant, cru. Pres. Je croi-e, es, e; croy-ions. iez, croient. cr -ussions, ussiez, ussent. Pret. Je cr-usse, usses, ût; Imper. Crois, qu'il croie; croyons, croyez, qu'ils croient. I will sew it again. He will not make his ap- He does not fear me. Will she preserve these fruits well? It will not be enough for all our wants. My fortune has been enough for me. I have known him these ten years. Do you know Mr. B.! You appear to me a very honest man. He has refused to make his appearance before the judge. They have disappeared from society. She did not put out the lamp. The soldiers joined us yesterday. I pitied him, as soon as I saw him. You complain of his bad conduct. I do not believe a word of it. She believed it when I saw her. He will never appear again in the country. The horse did not feed at all. She does not know how to sew. Let her sew it over again. I feared him yesterday very much. To-day I fear him a little; to-morrow I shall not fear him at all. They have feigned strong pains. You will soon paint a picture very well. His father has never restrained him enough. I never should have believed it, if he had not said it. 11. CROÎTRE, to grow, neuter verb, with avoir. Infinitive. Croître, croissant, crû Pres. Je croiss-e, es, e; croiss-ions, iez, ent. cr -ûssions, ûssiez, ûssent. Pret. Je cr -ûsse, ûsses, ût; Imper. Croîs, qu'il croisse; croissons, croissez qu'ils croisent. ACCROÎTRE, to increase. So conjugate DÉCROÎTRE, to decrease. 12. DIRE, to say, to tell, active verb with avoir. Infinitive. Dire, disant, dit. Imper. Dise, qu'il dise; disons, dites, qu'ils disent. So conjugate CONTREDIRE, to contradict. forbid. INTERDIRE, to interdict, to MAUDIRE, to curse. ill, always allowed by de. PRÉDIRE, to foretell. MÉDIRE, to slander, to speak SE DÉDIRE, to retract. All, except redire, make-disez; maudire makes maudissez, in the second person plural of the indicative present and of the imperative. 13. ÉCLORE, to hatch, to blow, neuter and defective verb, with être. 14. ÉCRIRE, to write, active verb, with avoir. Infinitive. Écrire, écrivant, écrit. Pres. J'écriv-e, es, e; Pret. J'écriv-isse, isses, écriv-ions, iez, ent. ît; écriv-issions, issiez, issent. Imper. Ecris, qu'il écrive; écrivons, écrivez, qu'ils écrivent. Imper. Fais, qu'il fasse; faisons, faites, qu'ils fassent So conjugate CONTREFAIRE, to counterfeit. SATISFAIRE, to satisfy. PRACTICE ON THE PRECEDING VERBS. He did not grow. Will he decrease? Do not tell of it. Let him do it up again. Do you curse? He slanders. He has not foretold it. Will you tell it again? He retracts. Will you write? That he may have described. Do you subscribe? Do not that. You will undo it. Corn grows for men. His fortune increases; hers has decreased very rapidly. Say nothing about it. He will contradict all you may say. She would have prescribed it, if her sister had transcribed it well. He was proscribed from all good society. Why did you do it? He will do it over again early. He has cursed his existence. He slanders every body. He foretold it last year. Tell that again. He has already retracted the whole story. Write me a good letter. She describes very well what she sees. I never subscribe for books. Who will be satisfied with such a reason? She has done it. Rapidly, rapidement every body, tout le monde last year, l'année passée the whole story, l'histoire en tière books, des livres reason, raison, f. 16. FRIRE, to fry, active and defective verb, with avoir. Indic. Pres. Je fris, Fut. Je fri-rai, Cond. Je fri-rais, Imper. Fris. fris, frit. ras, ra; fri-rons, rez, ront. To supply the want of persons and tenses, we use the verb faire, with the infinitive frire; as, Je fais frire, tu fais frire. il fait frire. : |