French Reader on the Cumulative Method / The story of Rodolphe and Coco the Chimpanzee

by Adolphe Dreyspring

IMPERATIVE MOOD.
qu'il y ait, let there be.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

Present. qu'il y ait, that there may be. Imperfect. qu'il y eût, that there might be.

Past. qu'il y ait eu, that there may have been. Pluperfect. qu'il y eût eu, that there might have been.

INFINITIVE MOOD.

Present. y avoir, to be there.

Past. y avoir eu, to have been there.

Participle.

Present. y ayant, there being.

Compound. y ayant eu, there having been.

N. B.--In the same manner: il n'y a pas; il y en a; il n'y en a pas.

Interrogative.