_ I am made drunk, or am
drunk. Inebrior, I am drunk.

2. The preterimperfect tense denotes something, or a state of things,
partly, but not entirely past. --Examp. I did love or was loving.
Amabam, I was loving. I was made drunk an hour ago. Inebriabar, I was
made drunk.

3. The preterperfect tense expresses a thing lately done, but now ended.
--Examp. I have loved, or I loved. Amavi, I loved. I have been made
drunk, or have been drunk. Inebriatus sum, I have been drunk.

4. The preterpluperfect tense refers to a thing done at some time past,
but now ended. --Examp. Amaveram, I had loved. Inebriatus eram, I had
been drunk.

5. The future tense relates to a thing to be done hereafter, as, Amabo,
I shall or will love. Inebriabor, I shall get drunk-- say to-morrow.

+OF NUMBERS AND PERSONS.+

Verbs have two numbers. No. 1, Singular, No. 2, Plural.

In most matters it is usual to pay exclusive attention to number one. In
learning the verbs, however, it is necessary to regard equally number
two.-- The _persons_ of verbs are generally considered very
disagreeable. Verbs have three persons in each number. Thus, for
instance, at a dancing academy--

Sing.
Ego salto, I dance,
Tu saltas, Thou dancest,
Ille saltat, He danceth.

Plur.
Nos saltamus, We dance,
Vos saltatis, Ye dance,
Illi saltant, They dance.

At an academy on _Free-knowledge-ical_ principles-- or a Comic Academy.

Ego rideo, I laugh,
Tu rides, Thou laughest,
Ille ridet, He laugheth.

Nos ridemus, We laugh,
Vos ridetis. Ye laugh,
Illi rident, They laugh.

Laughter, too, is very common at other academies, but generally occurs
on the wrong side of the mouth. The right sort of laughter (which may be
presumed to be on the _right_ side of the mouth), is most frequent about
the time of the holidays. What does the song say?

"Ridet annus, prata rident
Nosque rideamus."

"The year laughs, the meadows laugh,--
suppose we have a laugh as well."

_Note_-- That all nouns are of the third person except Ego, Nos, Tu, and
Vos. Hence we see how absurdly the man who drew a couple of donkeys
acted in endeavouring to prevail upon _us_ to call the picture "_We_
Three"-- _Ille_, _he_,-- may, perhaps, have been qualified to make a
_third person_ in the group, and have "written himself down an ass" with
some correctness. _Ego_, _I_, and _Nos_, _we_, have certainly nothing in
common with that anim