Decline as an exercise: l'ami, the friend; l'église, the church; l'oreille, the ear; l'habit, the gown. 1 Exercises: L'éducation seule distingue l'homme de l'homme. L'été 2 succède au printemps 3, et l'hiver à l'automne. L'écolier 5 doit obéir 7 au maître 8. L'étude forme le coeur 10 et étend 11 l'esprit 12. La vie 18 de l'homme est courte 14. 1 only. 2 summer. 3 spring. 4 winter. 5 pupil. 6 must. 7 obey. 8 master. 9 study. 10 heart. 11 extends. 12 mind. 13 life. 14 short. 15. Never turn from the path 2 of virtue and honour 3 Man may learn much 4 from animals 5. The eel leaves 7 the water sometimes 9. Do you come 10 from school or 11 from church? I expect 12 the news 13 of the arrival 1a of the prince. 11 ou. 12 j'at 1 ne t'écarte jamais. 2 chemin, m. 3 honneur, m. The indefinite article (l'article ind fini) is rendered before a masc. noun,,un", before a feminine ,,une": un père, a father; une mère, a mother. If the genitive,,de" stand before un or une, the,,e" is omitted and an Apostrophe substituted, as: d'un and d'une, instead of de un and de une. A a mother. A friend of The wall of a town.' The flower of a garden. The brother of a mother. The book of a sister. The garden of a house. The way to a town. I come from a town. I go to a garden. garden of my father. A letter to peace. Give the flower to a child. I go to a fountain. The horse of a soldier. The ear of a bird. A cap of a girl. Give the pen to a child. The man goes to the mountain. A table of a room. The friend of a friend. The daughter of a mother. Give the picture to a painter. Vocabulary: le mur, Le chemin, the way; je viens, I come; je m'en vais, I go; 17. Declension of proper Names. N. Paris, Paris. G. de Paris, of Paris. Emilie, Emily. D. à Paris, to Paris. Paris est une belle ville. La situation de Vienne me plaît. Je viens de Berlin. Demeurez-vous à Aix-la-Chapelle? Il retourne à Londres., Avez-vous vu Boulogne? Louis est malade. Le chapeau d'Émilie est beau. Nous parlons de Charles. Donnez ceci à Guillaume. Connais-tu Pierre et Jean? 18. Charles and Louisa are in the country, I have seen William and Charlotte. We often speak of Caroline and Emily. Berlin is a beautiful town. I like the situation of Dover. Do you live in Havre or in Boulogne? He returns to Brighton. Have you seen Paris? My brother comes from Paris and goes to Berlin. My uncle lives at Brussels. Have you been to Rome and to Venice? My aunt lives at Liége, and my brother at Antwerp. Have you seen the curiosities of Cologne and Aix? Do you come from Brussels or Antwerp? Vocabulary: sont à la campagne, are in the country. J'ai vu, have seen; souvent, often; ma tante, my aunt; Anvers, Antwerp; les curiosités, the curiosities; venez-vous, do you come? 19. Partitive Article. To express a part of an object,,some“, „,any" or „a few" are used in English; but in French it is expressed by the definite article with the preposition,,de" and termed the partitive Article. Du pain et de l'eau me suf- (Some) bread and water are fisent. AHN, french Grammar. I. sufficient for me. 2 Nous mangeons du pain et de la viande. J'ai acheté des livres et des plumes. Vous pensez toujours à de l'argent et à des habits. 19. We eat (some) bread and meat. I have bought some books and pens. You always think of money and of dresses. Le cheval mange de l'herbe, du foin 2 et de l'avoine 3. L'autruche avale 5 souvent du fer, du cuivre, du bois 8 et des pierres 9. L'écureuil 10 mange des noisettes 11, des amandes 12, des faînes 13 et des glands 14. La belette 15 tue 16 des rats, des serpents, des pigeons et des lapins 17. La Sicile 18 produit 19 du blé 70, des légumes 21, du vin, du café, du sucre 22, des olives, des amandes, des figues, de la soie 23, du marbre et de l'albâtre. 1 Eats. 2 hay. 3 oats. 4 ostrich. 5 swallows. 6 iron. 7 copper. 8 wood. 9 stone. 10 squirrel. 11 nuts. 12 almonds. 13 beach nut. 14 acorns. 15 weasel. 16 kills. 17 rabbits. 18 Sicily. 17 produces. 20 corn. 21 vegetables. 22 sugar. 23 silk. 21. 6 Give me some fruit 2, and some bread, and some vegetables 4. some wine? Do you drink or milk 10. Do you eat 11 salt 14, pepper for 18 some soup 3 8 Do you wish 5 for some beer or coffee or chocolate. I drink 3 tea9 meat or fish 12. Bring me13 some 15, mustard 16 and oil 17. Do you wish any flowers or fruit? Do you want any apples 19 pears 20 or plums 21? I have bought 22 some ink 23 paper, pencils, wafers 24 and sealing wax 25. Bring us 26 a (some) light 27. Have you 28 some money 29 with you 30? The spring brings 31 us flowers, the autumn fruit. Italy 32 furnishes us 33 with wine, oil, silk, cotton 34 and fruit. The truth 35 and the rose are very beautiful 36, but both 37 have thorns 38. It is rare 39 that an unfortunate person 40 has friends, but still rarer avaritious 44 are like 45 and eat 49 thistles 50. and this wine 53 like water. 41 that he 42 has relations 43. The donkeys 46, which carry 47 48 gold to prints 56, or prints to paintings? You always think 57 of balls and concerts, and but rarely 58 of books and serious occupations 59, son, m. 1 Donnez-moi. 2 fruit, m. soupe, f. 4 légumes, pl. m. 22. If an adjective stand before a substantive which is used with the partitive article, the article is left out and the preposition,,de" is used, viz: not: du mauvais vin, but: de mauvais vin, bad wine. not: de la bonne bière, but: de bonne bière, good beer. not: des belles fleurs, but: de belles fleurs, beautiful flowers If however the adjective stand,,after" the substantive, the article is retained: du vin rouge, red wine; de la bière fraiche, fresh beer. Examples: Donnez-moi du papier, Give me some paper. That are brave soldiers. |