The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-12-10

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istrallon of the laws
! am, SIR, respectfully. your obedient
serv't.
W $. DERRICK. Aang See'y.
MONSIEUR AND HIS ENGLISH MASTER.
Frenetmdh No sair, nevair shan can
viii, learu your vile language. De verbs
aione might, should, could, would pat me 10
death.
Mmer. You must he patient Onr verb
IS very silup'e compared with yours
r Ssmple Vat you call sample? Ven
! say que 7e finsse, yon say dat | might
coud.vould- shou d-have been. Ma fol yer
sample. dat. Now, sair. tell me, if you
please, vat you call one verb?
M. A verb is a word which signifies to
be, 10 do, orto suffer.
F Eh, bien? ven say | can't, vich
say. | be, do, or sufFare
~ y may be hard to say in that partic-
ular case
r. Ma fol- How might-cond-vould.
should am to know dat? But tell me, if
you please, vat you mean ven you say, ''De
verb is a word 7"
M \ means one, and it is the same as to
say the verb isone word
f Eh, bien. Den ven say might
could-vou'd-should. have ve-been-Ioved, | use
one verb. Huh (with shrug.)
M Yes, certainly.
f. And dat verb be ron word. thinks
him yer long word, vid more joints dan de
scorpion have in his tail.
NJ But we do not use all the auxiliaries
at once
r. How MANY you use once
NJ. One at d time We say, | mieht.
have-been-loved. or | have.been-loved
z. And dat is only Won word. Vat you
mean by I couk,a2
M ,0as atle.
z. Yer well Vat you mean by hare?
| NJ Hold, possess Ii is difficult to say
what il means apart from the other words
| +. Wy you use him. den? But vat you
mean bv beeu'
IA Erasted. There no exact synonyme
+ Yer well. Den, ven | say I coutd
! hurc-been-l0ged, that wills to say, I was.
able ho d-exsted-loved, aud dis Il one word
DE French shi;d, no higher as dat, Tho ding
his hand about as high his knees. he might
coud-voud-should connt four words, wild.
out de pronoun. Bah. shall nevair learn
de English verb no. nevair; no time.
A When yon hear me use verb you
must acquire The habit of conjngatng il;
Just as, love, thou lowest, he loves-and
believe me, you emit become familiar with
the modes aud lenses in any other way.
F Veil, den, shall, will begin wiz cant.
can't, you cantest, he can'ls; we can {,
ye or yon cant. zey can't.
/ M Its not 50. Can't is a contraction
of the verb cannot.
| f.. Veil den; cannot, zfou cannotest
he cannoieth, or he cannois we
| M No, no. Cannot is two words--can
and nat
| F. Den, vot for youtie him together?
M see | aiat careful enough in my
expressions.
| F. Stop. Hold dere. If you please l
whitehall once more try. | amt, zhou
ainfest, he ain'ts, We
NJ Ant is not verb; it is only cor
ruption. | iooat use it again.
i f. Ma fol it is all one corruption. MAY
or canl say, Won't, zhou von'test, he
i von'ts,
/ M No; you cant say SO.
1 r.. Vot den! might -vould-should-
don,-aiI'l-can't
/ M No; you can I say any such thing,
for these verbs are all Irregular. aud must
not be so used
4 z. Mss. Vot you call nluss? Tmuss,
zhou inussest, he muses.. You say so?
M No. no, 10.
4. Ven, den. Observation-Disclosures
Il have-been-muss How dat!
i IA Mitst is irregular. II never changes
its termination
4 r. Den sot for. Wy You call him irregi-
laire, il he no shange Ma fol. he will
shall-be ver regnlaife; yer regulaire. ir-
deed. Vito make de grammaire English
4 M Nobody. 10 particular
il r.. So links. might-could-vould.
shonld-guess So vill-shalI-lnuss-can-nn
. dersiand uevair one grammaire vich say dc
verb be von word. ven be be four. FIVE, siA
: half dozen. and den call irregnaire de onI,
! uGlform verb dat lievair shauge Scusey
J moi, Monsieur; viii neyaire may-can
J Observation-Disclosures such gram
: MARE no more
! All actions and attitudes Of children ar,
craeeful beeallse thev are the n, ,,r5.ut a,,,