PAST, ELAPSED BEFORE ANOTHER THING OR ACTION TOOK PLACE. I had just received, Je venais de recevoir. Thou had'st just received, He had just received, She had just received, Elle venait de recevoir. We had just received, Nous venions de recevoir. You had just received, Vous veniez de recevoir. They had just received, Ils or Elles venaient de recevoir. Observe. -All Verbs ending in evoir in the Present of the Infinitive Mood, and evant in the Present Participle are regular, and conjugated precisely after the same manner as recevoir. Such are: apercevoir and s'apercevoir, to perceive; concevoir, to conceive; devoir, to owe, to be indebted; décevoir, to deceive; percevoir, to gather; redevoir, to owe again, which, with recevoir, are the only regular ones of the Third Conjugation. All the others ending in the Infinitive Mood in oir are irregular, and will be found exemplified under the article of Irregular Verbs. |