French Verbs - Moods

Moods

As with English verbs, French verbs have both non-finite moods (les modes impersonnels), also called verbals, and finite ones (les modes personnels).

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Famous quotes containing the word moods:

    “I gave no prescriptions,
    And those who have taken my moods for prophecies
    Mistake the matter.”
    Louis Simpson (b. 1923)

    The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “You, madam, are the eternal humorist,
    The eternal enemy of the absolute,
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