An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly

if we had ben, if ye, if they. se nous eussons esté, se uous eusses esté, silz eussent esté.

The conjunctive is both in the present and preterites, lyke the optatyve.

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Whan I shalbe, thou, he, THE FYRST FUTURE. Mais que soie, que tu sois, quil soit,

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we, ye, they shalbe. mais que nous soyons, que uous soyéz, quilz soient.

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THE FUTURE BOROWED OF THE POTENCIALL MODE.

I shulde be, thou shulde be, he shuld be, we shulde be, ye shulde be, they shulde be. Je seroye, tu serois, il seroit, nous serions, uous seriés, ilz seroient.

to be. haue ben. for to be, THE INFINITYVE, estre. THE PRETERIT, avoir esté, GERUNDIF, pour estre, in beyng. en estant, etc.

Also it is to be noted that there ben certayne answeres bothe in the affyrmatyon, and negation of a thyng: as whan one doth say, _I am_: and they may say, _ye be nat_: where he may answere agayne, _I am_: and the other grauntyng the same shall say, _so are ye_. And lykewise whan one doth affirme a thyng by way of negation: as whan he doth say, _I am nat_, if any wyll deny the same, he shall saye, _ye be_, and if he wyll graunt unto it, he shall saye, _no more are ye_. For example of the whiche I wyll make therof a conjugation full requisyte and necessary to the frenche tonge. But ye shall understande that thre verbes onely shall serve you to this purpose: that is to say, _have_, _do_, and _am_: for if one say _I am_, ye may say, _ye be nat_: _I have_, _ye have nat_: and _I do_, _ye do nat_: the whiche thre ben principall in this rule.

I am, thou art, he is. Je suis, tu es, il est.

I am nat, thou art nat, he is nat. Non suis, non es, non est.

But I am, But thou arte, but he is. Sy suis, Sy es, sy est.

So am I, So arte thou, so is he. Ce suis mon, ce es mon, ce est mon.

We be, ye be, they be. Nous sommes, uous estes, Ilz sont.

We be nat, ye be nat, they be nat. Non sommes, non estes, non sont.

But we be, but ye be, but they be. Sy sommes, sy estes, sy sont.

So we be, so be ye, so be they. Ce sommes mon, ce estes mon, ce sont mon.

And so forth thorow al the tenses and modes of all the tother twayne, as:

I was, I was nat, but I was: so was I. I sayde, Jestoye, non estoye, sy estoie: cestoie mon. Je dysoie,

I dyd nat, but I dyd, non faisoie, sy faisoie,