| Nicolas Wanostrocht - French language - 1821 - 508 pages
...in the superlative degree, must be tendered in French by one of these articles de, du, de la, des, according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it belongs. The preposition by, when it follows an adjective in the comparative de|*ee, is rendered by... | |
| J V. Douville - 1824 - 662 pages
...following exercise, the adjectives will be found spelt either in the masculine or feminine, singular or plural, according to the gender and number of the substantive to which they refer. The French and English have had a dreadful sea-fight. Have Francois Anglais terrible combat... | |
| J. V. Douville - French language - 1835 - 652 pages
...telle que, tels que, telles que, such as. Such is expressed in French by tel, telle, tels or telles, according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it refers, leaving out a which follows such in English : as, — such a man, tel homme ; such a thing,... | |
| Nicolas Wanostrocht - 1839 - 372 pages
...whatever be placed before a verb, it must be rendered by quel que or quelle que for the singular, and qvek que, quelles que for the plural, according to the...before (quelque), but in two, as above (quel que). Ex. QUELLKS QUE soient nosfautes; whatever be your faults. 18. When whatever can, in English, be changed... | |
| P. Droz - 1842 - 262 pages
...femme, a woman. (e) The partitive article some or any, is rendered into French by du, de la, de l', des, according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it is joined. Du is placed before substantives of the masculine gender, as, *du vin, some wine. De la... | |
| L. A. Audigier - French language - 1853 - 440 pages
...the same is expressed in French f CXVI. The same is expressed by le même, la même, or les mêmes, according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it refers ; as, The same man ; Ijejmême homme. The same thing ; La même chose. The same persons ; Les... | |
| William James Champion - 1860 - 104 pages
...est wuelle. 4. — INDEFINITE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS. 64. TOUT is sometimes an adjective, and is varied according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it belongs: as, En temps de pluie et de dégel, fes maisons, les pierres, les vitres deviennent TOUTES... | |
| J. Delpech - French language - 1866 - 366 pages
...the French for strong spelt in four ways ? Because : The adjective in French alters its termination according to the gender and number of the substantive to which it relates. 134. — When an adjective relates to two or more nouns, it is put in the plural, as : — The father,... | |
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