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

by Giles Du Wés

Whan I shulde knowe, thou shulde , he shulde: we shulde,
Quant je cognoistroye, que tu cognoistrois, quil cognoistroit: que nous cognoistrions,
ye shulde , they shuld know.
que uous cognoistriez, quilz cognoistroient.
to know. to have knowen. to know,

THE INFINITIVE, cognoistre. THE PRETERIT, auoir cogneu. THE GERUNDIF, a cognoistre,

for to knowe, in knowyng. I the wyshe knowen.
pour cognoistre, en cognoissant. THE SUPIN or OVERTHROWEN, je te souhaite cogneu.

And so ende this conjugation.

Here doth folowe the conjugation of this verbe am, the which is as an
instrument wherby we do expresse by our wordes all verbes passives,
fewe except, and all that we do suffre, the whiche may be turned
lyke the verbe precedent, as je me, je te, je le suis.
But for to eschewe prolixite, we shal tourne
him but VI maner ways in
every persone.
I am, why am I.
Je suis, pourquoy suis je.
I am nat, why am nat I.
Je ne suis pas, come ne suis je pas.
Thou arte, why art thou.
Tu es, come es tu.
Thou art nat, why art nat thou.
Tu nes pas, pourquoy nes tu pas.

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He is, why is he.
Il est, pourquoy est il.
He is nat, why is he nat.
Il nest pas, come nest il pas.

THE PLURELL NOMBRE.

We be, why be we.
Nous somes, pourquoy somes nous.
We be nat, why be nat we.
Nous ne somes pas, pourquoy ne somes nous pas.
Ye be, why be ye.
Uous estes, pourquoy estes uous.
Ye be nat, why be ye nat.
Uous nestes pas, pourquoy nestes uous pas.
They be, why be they.
Ilz sont, pourquoy sont ilz.
They be nat, why be nat they.
Ilz ne sont pas, pourquoy ne sont ilz pas.

THE PRETERIT IMPARFET.