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Second Month.

Zweiter Monat.

TWEMY-SIXTH EE880N.— Sechs und zwanzigste Lection.

OF THE INFINITIVE.

Au. German verbs form their infinitive in en. This termination in verbs the root of w hielt ends in el or e x 1 , is contracted by throwing out the letter e, as hin­dern , to prevent; sammeln, to collect, &c. The verbs marked with an asterisk (*) are irregulär.

Luft;

Zeit-;

zu.

A wish, a mind, a desire, time, to,

Obs. The preposition zu, to, always Stands before the infinitive. In compound verbs it is placed between the separable particle and the infinitive, as will be exem- plified in future lessons.

To work.

To speak.

Have you a mind to work? I have a mind to work.

Arbeiten.

Sprecken*, redend Haben Sie Lust, zu arbeiten? Ich habe Lust, zu arbeiten.

He has not the courage to speak. Er hat nicht den Muth, zu sprechen. To cut. Schneiden*.

S: % ( schne-d-n^

To cut them, sie schneiden*.

To cut it.

1 By the root we understaiid that part of a verb which precedes the termination en of the infinitive; e. g. in the verb loben, to praise, lob is the root.

2 The two substantives Lust and Zeit are feminine. If they are required in a negative sense, keine Lust, and nicht Zeit must be used. Ex. Ich habe keine Lust, zu sprechen, i have no mind to speak; er Hut nicht Zeit, zu arbeiten, he has no time to work,

8 Sprechen is derived from die Sprache, the language, and signifies to produce or emit sounds in a pbysical manner; reden means to express ideas by words, from die Rede, the discourse.