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1. She has a sister and a brother.

paper and the pen.

4. She has a book. grammar?

2. We have seen the

3. They have the water and the ink. 5. She has also a pen. 6. Have you a

7. Have you lost a pencil? 8. What have you 10. Who has the paper?

there? 9. Who has lost a pen?

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Petite pluie abat grand vent. — A soft answer turneth away wrath.1

Agreement of Adjectives.

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An adjective always agrees in gen

der with the noun which it qualifies. To form the feminine of most adjectives, add e mute to the masculine.

Adjectives ending in e mute in the masculine do not change in the feminine.

Être, to be. - PRESENT INDICATIVE, AFFIRMATIVE.

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This is the largest and handsomest bridge in Paris. The foundation-stone was laid by the

Czar Nicholas II in 1896.

Exercise.

2. Le père

1. Le crayon est bon, la plume est mauvaise. est grand, la fille est petite. 3. La grammaire est très difficile. 4. Il a une plume, la plume est bonne. 5. Le fils a perdu un petit livre. 6. Je suis grand, tu es petit. 7. Le fils est jeune, et la fille est jeune aussi. 8. Il est bon, elle est bonne. 9. Le frère est riche, la sœur est très pauvre. 10. Qui a écrit une très bonne lettre ?

1. The good pencil, the bad pen. 2. The ink is very bad, the water is good. 3. The man has a good son. 4. Has he also a good daughter? Has she lost a small pencil? 7. The father is very kind, 8. I have lost a small gram

5.

10. She has written a letter,

6. Who has lost a large book? the mother is very kind also. mar. 9. You are very kind. the letter is very good. 11. The brother is young, and the sister is young too. 12. The mother is tall, the daughter is short. 13. The grammar is difficult. 14. They have a friend, she is very rich. 15. The pen is good, the paper is poor

(bad).

Lesson 5: Present Interrogative of Être.

A bon jour bonne œuvre.

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Use of Pronouns. (1) When the nominative it stands for a masculine noun (such as crayon), it is expressed by il; when it stands for a feminine noun (such as plume), by elle.

J'ai un crayon, il est bon, I have a pencil, it is a good one.

Il a une grammaire, elle est difficile, he has a grammar, it is difficult. (2) In a question, if the subject of the verb is a noun, the noun usually stands before the verb and is repeated after the verb in the form of a pronoun.

L'homme est-il riche ? Is the man rich ?

La grammaire est-elle facile ou difficile ? Is the grammar easy or difficult?

1 Literally, For a good day a good work.

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1. J'ai vu le livre, il est petit. 2. L'enfant a-t-il l'encre ? 3. L'homme a-t-il une femme ? 4. La femme est-elle riche? 5. Nous avons vu l'encre, elle est mauvaise. 6. Vous avez un crayon; est-il bon ou mauvais? jeune? 8. L'ami est-il riche ? 9. L'amie est-elle grande? 10. L'homme est-il grand ou petit?

7. L'enfant est-il

1. The woman has a son. 2. The son has a grammar. 3. The little child has a good father. 4. He has also a good mother. 5. The child has a sister.

6. Is the man young?

7. Is he poor or rich? 8. Is the pencil [a]1 good [one]?

9. Is the ink good or bad? 11. Is it easy or difficult? 13. What have you written? [one]?

10. Is the grammar small? 12. Has the man a friend? 14. Is the letter [a] good

15. Are you tall or short? 2

Lesson 6: Present Negative of Avoir.

Nécessité n'a pas de loi.— Necessity knows no law.

Plural of Nouns. (1) Most nouns form their plural, as in English, by adding s to the singular.

(2) The plural of all the forms of the definite article (le, la, l') is les.

le frère, the brother.

la sœur, the sister.

l'ami, the friend.

les frères, the brothers.

les sœurs, the sisters.

les amis, the friends.

1 Words in brackets [ ] are not to be expressed in French.

2 Vous always takes a plural verb, but the adjective qualifying it is plural only when more than one person is addressed.

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