 | F. C. Meadows - 1835 - 734 pages
...avere. It must be observed that, besides its own, every past-participle after this passive auxiliary must agree, in gender and number, with the noun or pronoun to which it belongi. PRESENT. PRESENT. lo s6no, I am. tu sei, thuu art. egli, ella, si e, he, &c. is. noi siinio,... | |
 | lady Eliza Dorothea Tuite - 1838 - 338 pages
...Mary. " When you use the past participle, without employing a helping verb, the participle must then agree in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it relates. EXAMPLE. Un homme aim£ du publie. Une femme aim£e du publie." *' You observe, that in this... | |
 | Marin J George de La Voye - 1847 - 714 pages
...be, quel qu'il soit ; quelque riche que vous soyez. [328.] R.—When tout is an adjective, it agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers : tout prince, toute princesse, tous les hommes, toutes les femmes ; nous sommes tous sujets à la... | |
 | F L. Murgeaud - 1847 - 244 pages
...Windsor. CHAPTER III. OF ADJECTIVES. An ADJECTIVE expresses the quality of an object, and always agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it is joined or relative. SECTION I. FORMATION OF THE FEMININE OP ADJECTIVES. They become feminine by... | |
 | André Sears - 1850 - 426 pages
...throughout all its tenses with the auxiliary être, to be. In passive verbs, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers. INFINITIVE MOOD. Present, Etre aimé, to be loved ; étant aimé, being loved. Present Indicative.... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet - 1853 - 446 pages
...past participle used without être or avoir (209.) is a mere adjective, and, as such (102.), AGREES IN GENDER AND NUMBER with the noun or pronoun to which it relates. (See p. 76 for the formation of the feminine.) 1. Ile respectent les lois établies. 2. Elle... | |
 | William Chapman (teacher of French.) - 1856 - 236 pages
...used without an auxiliary, or constructed with the auxiliary être, is always an adjective, and agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers. Examples : Without the auxiliary. Un enfant chéri. Des enfants chéris. Une robe déchirée. Des robes... | |
 | Charles Henri Schneider - 1861 - 360 pages
...all its tenses with the auxiliary ETRE, to be. EULE 430. In passive verbs, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers ; the feminine is formed by adding an e mute, and the plural by the addition of an s. EULE 431. The... | |
 | V. de Fivas - 1862 - 328 pages
...PARTICIPLE. 585. (I.) The Past Participle employed without an auxiliary, agrees, like an adjective, in gender and number, with the noun or pronoun to which it relates ; as, Lea mecliants ont bien de la peine I The wicked have much difficulty in a demeurer UNIS... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet - 1863 - 508 pages
...Are we in Scotland ? — Yes, we are. I. — AGREEMENT OÏ1 ADJECTIVES. 71. dF The adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers. Adjectives become plural according to the same rules as nouns (p. 99) : 1, Un enfant charmant, des... | |
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In passive verbs, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers ; the feminine is formed by adding an e mute, and the plural by the addition of an s. 
