4. Nous formons le conditionnel présent des verbes en changeant ~r, ~oir, ~re de l'infinitif en ~rais, ~rais, ~rait, ~rions, ~riez, ~raient: parler, je parlerais; apercevoir, j'apercevrais; finir, je finirais; rendre, je rendrais.

V. Thème

They would look for the Cygne on all the canals. He would question all the boatmen and would certainly find the Cygne in a few days. When they found their boat, Madam Milligan and her son were not there. They questioned the man who was on the boat. "I would tell you where she is if I knew it," said the man. "She said that she would buy a house on the shore of (the) Lake Geneva. She would arrive in Switzerland in three days."

CINQUANTE-SEPTIÈME LEÇON

I. Étude de mots

l'aubergiste, m., the innkeeper. les environs, m. pl., the vicinity. le fer, the iron. la grille, the gate. passer, to pass, spend. aimé, ~e, beloved. je la connais, I know her. non pas, not. nullement, not at all. sans, without.