Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-05
MONSIEUR AND HIS ENGLISH MASTER.

Frenchman No, sair neyar SHALL can, will, learn your
vile language De verbs alone might should, could, would,
put to dead soon.
Master. You must be patient. Our verb is very simple
compared with yours.
F. sample Vat you call sample Ven say que ie
isse you say dat mght-could would d-shoud have been
Ma fol yer sample dat Now, sar, tell me if you please
vat you call Won verb
M verb is word which signifies to be, to do, or to
suffer.
F. Eb, bien ven say can't, vch say, be, do,
suffare ! <..." .e#
M. It may be hard to say in that particular case.
F. Mafoi How might-could-vould should am to know
dat But tell me- you please, vat you mean ven you say
de verb is word
word. * s.
+. En- bien Den say might-coud-v should
havebeen-loved, use verb Huh (with shrug)
NJ Yes, certainly.
4: And dat verb De, uon word ! links him yer long
word, vd joints dan de scorpion have in his tail.
NJ But we do not use all the auxilaries at once.
F. How many you use once ~
NJ One at time. We say might have been loved, or
could have been loved.
F. And dat is only Won word Vat you mean by /
could2
M. ,cas able. .r.o=.
f. Very well. Vat you mean by haus2
NJ Hold possess. 1t is difficult to say what it means
apart from other words.
F. Wy you use him den' But vat you mean by been ?
M. Existed There is no exact synonym.
F. Very we'll Den ven l say coud-haue been-loued,
that wills to say was sbe-holdexs loved, and dis is
word De French shid, no higher dat, (holdng his
hand about as high his knees be
count four words without de pronoun Bah shall nevar
learn de English verb no, nevair; no time.
NJ When you hear me verb, you must acquire the
habit of conjugatng it ust love, thou lowest he loves
and believe me, you can't become familiar with the modes
and lenses in any other way.
F. Veil, den, shall will begin wiz can't can't, you
canest he can'n we can't, ye you can't zey can't
M II is not Can't s contraction of the verb cannot
F. Veil, den; cannot, chou cannotes he cannoteh,
he cannos we
M. No, no cannot is two words-cdn and not.
+. Den vot for you tie him togeder IL
N. see amt careful enough in my expressions.
F. Stop Hold dere, you please will shall once
try, I an't zhou an'test he aint's, we
M Aint is not a verb Il Is only corruption. Uonf
use it again.
F. Ma fol It's all corruption May or can say,
WON'T, chou von'test, he vonts
M No you can't say SO.
F. vot den Observation-Disclosures don't-aint-
von't-can't
NJ No you can't say any such thing, for these verbs
all irregular, and must not be SO used.
F. Muss vot you call muss3 muss, thou mussest
he muses.. You say SO
M No, no, no.
F. Veil, den, might coud-voud should have-been-muss
How dat
M Must is irregular II changes its termination.
f. Den vot for w you call him irreguare he no change
Ma fol he be reguae regulaire, indeed
Who make de grammaire EDglaish
M Nobody in particular
r. So thinks. / mgh-could-voud. should guess 80.
will shall muss nevair grammare vich say
dc verb be Won wor ven he be fou fve six, hafdozen
and den call regulaire de only uniform verb dat nesare
cnange Scusey moi, Monsieur; will nevaire may-can-
-stude such grammsre no more.
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