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... gives the open sound to è , which otherwise would be mute and awkward , as prèt , fidèle , père , & c . The circumflex takes the place of the s , formerly used , as tête , not teste ; tempête , not tempeste , & c . The circumflex accent ...
... gives the open sound to è , which otherwise would be mute and awkward , as prèt , fidèle , père , & c . The circumflex takes the place of the s , formerly used , as tête , not teste ; tempête , not tempeste , & c . The circumflex accent ...
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... , new ; pots , pots . u , il lut , he read ; il eut , he had . ou , loup , wolf ; vous , you , The diæresis , or tréma ( * ) , gives a distinct and separate sound to the letter on which it is placed ; B 2 PRONUNCIATION .
... , new ; pots , pots . u , il lut , he read ; il eut , he had . ou , loup , wolf ; vous , you , The diæresis , or tréma ( * ) , gives a distinct and separate sound to the letter on which it is placed ; B 2 PRONUNCIATION .
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... give me some paper ; that is , a certain portion of the paper you have . This article is rendered into French by du , de la , de l ' , or des , according as the substantive is masculine or feminine , singular or plural , and as it ...
... give me some paper ; that is , a certain portion of the paper you have . This article is rendered into French by du , de la , de l ' , or des , according as the substantive is masculine or feminine , singular or plural , and as it ...
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... give more energy to the sentence ; but in this case , the last substantive is immediately followed by tout or tous . Ex . Conscience , honneur , intérêt , TOUT fut sacrifié ; con- science , honour , interest , everything was sacrificed ...
... give more energy to the sentence ; but in this case , the last substantive is immediately followed by tout or tous . Ex . Conscience , honneur , intérêt , TOUT fut sacrifié ; con- science , honour , interest , everything was sacrificed ...
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... Give him some money , donnez - lui DE L'argent . Have you any wine ? avez - vous DU vin ? 2. But if an adjective precede the substantive , instead of the partitive article , we use de or d ' . Ex . Bad wine , de mauvais vin . Excellent ...
... Give him some money , donnez - lui DE L'argent . Have you any wine ? avez - vous DU vin ? 2. But if an adjective precede the substantive , instead of the partitive article , we use de or d ' . Ex . Bad wine , de mauvais vin . Excellent ...
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adjective ADVERBS aient aller aperçu arrived attendu auxiliary verb avait avez Avez-vous avoir better bien brother C'est ceive COMPOUND TENSES Cond conjugated conjunction cousin definite article demain devoir English été EXERCISE ON RULES expect express faire fait father faut frère future gender and number homme IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperf Imperfect impersonal verbs INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood irent îtes J'ai J'avais l'autre levé livres n'aurais NEGATIVELY neuter verbs never noun parlé parler participle past passé perceive père person plural pouvoir preceded preposition Pres Pret Preterite pronoun puni punish qu'il que vous rait received reçu reflective verb rendered in French repent riez risen ront sell sentence singular sister sœur sold speak spoken SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive temps thing thou hadst tout undeclined vendu venir verb être voir vouloir yesterday
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Page 42 - NUMBERS 1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth 10th tenth llth eleventh 12th twelfth 13th thirteenth 14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth...
Page 4 - There are two numbers ; the singular and the plural. The singular number is that which denotes but one ; as, The boy learns. The plural number is that which denotes more than one ; as, The boys learn.
Page 115 - J'eus, I had. Tu eus, thou hadst. Il eut, he had. ' Nous eûmes, we had. Vous eûtes, you had. Ils eurent, they had, PAST INDEFINITE.
Page 155 - Indéfini j'ai vendu, I have sold tu as vendu, thou hast sold il a vendu, he has sold nous avons vendu, we have sold vous avez vendu, you have sold ils ont vendu, they have sold...
Page 155 - Plus-que-Parfait j'avais vendu, / had sold tu avais vendu, thou hadst sold il avait vendu, he had sold nous avions vendu, we had sold vous aviez vendu, you had sold ils avaient vendu, they had sold...
Page 115 - J'eus eu, I had had. Tu eus eu, thou hadst had. Il eut eu, he had had. Nous eûmes eu, we had had. Vous eûtes eu, you had had. Ils eurent eu, they had had.
Page 120 - Prèsent je serais, I should be tu serais, thou wouldst be il serait, he would be nous serions, we should be vous seriez, you would be ils seraient, they would be Conditional.
Page 115 - J'avais eu, I had had. tu avais eu, thou hadst had. il avait eu, he had had. nous avions eu, we had had. vous aviez eu, you had had. ils avaient eu, they had had. Past Anterior. J'eus eu, I had had. tu eus eu, thou hadst had. il eut eu, he had had. nous eûmes eu, we had had. vous eûtes eu, you had had.
Page 3 - English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, PARTS OF SPEECH ; namely, the ARTICLE, the SUBSTANTIVE or NOUN, the ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1.
Page 83 - ... according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it...