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LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

Note.— Ail the forms of regular verbs, and most of those of irregular verbs, may be inferred from flve leading forms: 1. the inflnitive, from which may be found the future and conditional; 2. the présent participle, from which may be found the imperfect indicative and the présent subjunctive (also in many verbs the plural persons of the près, indic); 3. the past participle, from which are formed the compound tenses; 4. the présent indicative, from which may be found the imperative; 5. the prétérit indicative, from which may be found the imperfect subjunctive. The synopsis of principal and derived parts is given in the following table for every irregular verb or for one of every group of like verbs, as well as the inflection of the présent tenses when irregular.

i. absoudre.

iNFiNiTivis, Près. Ppl., Past Ppl., Prbs. Indic, Prbt. Indic,

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