Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-07


guess, as he marshallcd them the way
Alonzo seized his Viola (for thus he ever
after named Ler,) as If he dreaded that
some magical dclusion would again snatch
her from his sight--and never did a set OF
happier creatures meet than those which
now cncircled the snmp,uous banquet pre-
pared III honor OF his Brazilian wedding.
Monsieur and His English Master.
Frenchmaa. No, sar; ncvair shall,
can, viii, learn your vile language. De
verbs alone might, should, could, would.
put me 10 dead yer soon.
Master You must be patient. Our
verb is very simple compared with yours.
r. Simple Vat you eall simple Ven
! say qaeje. .faissc, you say dat might
could-would should have been. Ma ioi +!
YER sample; DAT Now, sair, tell me il you
please, vat you call Won verb
AZ. A verb is a word which signifies
to be, TO do, or to suffer.
+, Eh, bion! ven say can't, vich
say, be, do, or suilar
A. 1t may be hard TO say, in that par
ticular case
T. Ma ioi How ! might-could- would
should am TO know dat 7 But tell me, il
you please, vatyou mean ven you say do
verb is word
NJ. A mean one, and it is the same us TO
say the verb is one word
r. Eh, bien Den ven say | might
could-vould-should ve-been-lovcd, I use
Won verb. Huh with a shrug)
W. Yes, certainly.
r. And dat verb be ron word | links
him yer long word, vid more joints dan do
scorpion have IN his tail.
NJ. But we do not use all the auxiliaries
at once
| II. How may you use oncel
NJ. One at time. We say I might
have been loved, or | could lave been
| loved
f. And dat is only Won word Vat you
mean by coald?
NJ Iuas able
=. Very well. Vat you mean BY hare
W. Hoid, possess. Ii is difficult to say
what 1t means apart from other words.
H. Wy you use him deni But vat you
| mean by bces 7
w. EffHed. iherc IL no exact synon-
YIN.
r. Very we'll Den ven say I could.
| hare Jeen-tored, that wills to iay, I was
able-hold-existed loved, and dis is one
word De French sbild, no higher us dat,
| (holding his hand about as high as his
knees he might-could ld-sould-should- count
four words without de pronoun. Bah
shall nevair learn de English verb; nevair;
| nc time.
NJ. When you hear me use verb, you
must acquire the habit of coniueating il
just us | love, thou lowest, he loves:
and believe me, you can't become fainil-
iar with the modes and ,,nscs in any other
way.
r. Veil, den, ] shall will begin wiz
can't. cant, you cantess, he can'st, we
cant, .yc or you can't, zey can't.
W. 1t is not 50. Can't is acontrnction
| Of the verb cannon.
i. Veil, den; cannot, zhou connotesf,
he cannotcth, or he cannots, we-
M. No. no; cdhnot is two words--can
and nat.
r. Dcnvot for you tic him together
"a. l sec amt careful cro1gh in my
expressions.
4. Stop hold dcre, if you please;
will shall once more try, | amt, zhou
ain'tcst, he ain'ts, we
M. Aint is not verb; il is only d cor
ruption. ! mon't use itagain.
r. Ma fol il is all von corruption.--
May or can ] say, Won't, chou von'tcst, he
| von'ts
~. No; you cant say So
r. Vot den might-could-vould-
should-don n't-von't-can't
NJ. No; you can't say any such thing,
for thesc verbs are all irregular, and m,i It
not be used.
IF Mussl Votyou call mus Imiiss,
thou musscst, he muses.. You say SO
W. No, no, no.
+. Veil, den, | might-could- would
should-have-becn-muss. How dat?
N. Mustis irregular. 1t never changes
its termination.
Il. Den vot for, Wy you call him irregu-
lairc if hc no change? Ma fol- he will
shall-bc vcr rcgulairc yer rcgulaire, IL.
deed! Who make de grammairc Eng
lish
~. Nobody In particular
II. So links. | rnight-coiiid-
should guess so. I vill-shali must-can-un.
derstand ncyair Won grammarc vich you
say de verb be Won word, ven he be four.
five, SIX, bslf.dozcn, and den call irrcgu-
laire de only unif5rm verb dnt ncvaire may
an-might-could-v d-vould-should-s -studc-such
or,2 temairc no more.-Er. payer.