Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-01-08
mopsisur and his English Master.

kreuchm0n. NO. eu",
can. will learn your vile language De
verb. alone, might. shou'd. could would
pu, me 10 death.
Mater. You must 10 patient. Our
verb j, very simple compared with yours
.s F. Semple. Vat YOU call semp'e! We"
lay que je fuss. you say dat ! "le".
couId.vould-should have been. Ma iol
yer semple dat! Now, Sair, tell me, if
YOU please, va, you call one verb
NJ. Averb is a word which signifies to
be. TO do. or TO suffer.
F. En-, ben ven say cant, vlch l
say, be, do, or suifare 7
NJ. Ii mny be hard 10 say, in what
particular case.
F. NJ, fol. How might-could-vould-
should am 10 know dat But tell me, if
you please, vat you mean ven you say
n" De verb is a word =
NJ. A means one, and it is the same as
10 say The verb is one word.
F. En-. bein Den, ven I say ! might
eoald.vould have. e.been-loved, | used one
verb. Huh! with shrug.)
NJ. Yes. certainly.
+. And dat verb be con word thinks
him yer long word. vid more joints dan de
scorpion have in his tail.
N. But we do no, use all the auxilia
ries at once.
F. How many you use at once 7
N. One al a time. We say, | might
have been loved, or | could have been
loved.
F. Ard dat is only Won word! Vat you
mean BY could
NJ. ] wns aJe.
F. Yer well. Vat you mean by hare 2
NJ. Hold. possess. 1t is difficult to say
what il means. apart from the other words.
F. Wy youuse HIM, den ! But vat you
mean by been!
NJ. Erisied. THERE'S no exact synonym.
F. Yer well! Den. ven | say, / could
hare been lored. that wills to say. vas
abIe.ho!d-exs,ed loved, and dis is one
word, De French shild no higher as dat,
(hoIding his hand about as high as his knees,
he might could. would count four words
widout de pronoun. Bah! | shall never
learn de English verb! no nevair!
NJ. When you hear me nse the verb
you must acquire the habit Of conjugatne
it. Just as love, thou lowest, he loves-ant
believe me, you can't become familiar will
the moods and lenses in any other way.
F. Veil, den. shall, will begin wis can't
Ican'f. you can'test. he can'ls: We can't
ye or you can't, zay can't.
80 NJ. Il is not 90. Cont is q con,rac
ton of the verb can NOT.
F. Veil; can not, zhou can hottest
he can noteih or he can nots, We
M. No, no Can not is two words
can and NOT.
F. Den vot for you tie him togeddcr
M. see ainl careful enough in my
expressions.
F. Stop! hold dere.if you please. | will.
xhall once more try. ain'r, chou ain'tesl.
he ain',s. We
NJ. Amt is not verb; il is only cor
yuption. front use it again.
+. Ma, fol. il is all one corruption. May
or can say,I von', ,,zhou von'tes, he von'is
NJ. No; you can't say so.
F. Vo, den! ! migh,-could-would.
shouid-don't won't can't. ..-....
NJ. No, you can't say any such thing
for these verbs are all irregular, and mus
not be used.
F. Muss-vot you call muss!! l muss
xhou mussesi, he muses.. You say so!
n. No, no! .......l
f. Veil. den. might.could. would. .shoult
have been muss. How dat!
N. .Must is irregular /; it never change
lis termination.
F. Den vot for w you call him irregu
laire, il he no shanee. Ma fol he will
shall be very regulaire. indeed VIII
make de grammaire English,
NJ. Nobody in particular.
F. So links. | might-could-vould
guess so. vill.shall.muss can unders,an
Won grammare vich say de verb be vol
word ven he be four, five, six. half.dozeu
and den call irregular De only uniiormver
dat never shange. Scusey moi, Monsieur
will never may.can. mig gh!.could-vould
should s,udee such grammaire no more
CARRIERS ADDRESS Jan. I, 1851
PATRONS! all hail Another wear