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pas les choux de mon grand jardin ? 16. J'ai les légumes de votre petit jardin. 17. Votre fils, qu'a-t-il? 18. Mon fils n'a rien. 19. Avez-vous deux morceaux de pain? 20. Le meunier a un morceau de pain, et deux barils de farine. 21. L'épicier a-t-il du café, du thé, du chocolat, et du poivre? 22. Il a du thé et du café, et le chocolat et le poivre de votre marchand. 23. Qui a de l'argent? 24. Je n'ai pas d'argent, mais j'ai du papier. 25. Avez-vous de bon papier? 26. J'ai de mauvais papier.

EXERCISE 29.

1. Have you my brother's horses? 2. I have not your brother's horses, I have your cousin's hats. 3. Have the blacksmiths good iron? 4. The blacksmith has two pieces of iron. 5. Have you two pairs of stockings? 6. I have one pair of stockings, and two pairs of gloves. 7. Has your sister the gold jewels? 8. My sister has the gold jewels, and the paper playthings. 9. Have you the cabbages in your garden? 10. We have two cabbages in our garden. 11. Have you the silk hats? 12. The generals have the silk hats. 13. Have you coffee or sugar? 14. We have neither coffee nor sugar.

16. My brother is neither two barrels of flour?

18. The

15. Is your brother ashamed?
ashamed nor afraid. 17. Who has
miller has two barrels of flour. 19. Have the birds bread? 20. The
birds have no bread. 21. Has the merchant tea, chocolate, sugar
and pepper? 22. He has sugar and pepper, but he has neither tea
nor chocolate. 23. What has your sister? 24. She has nothing.
25. What is the matter with your brother? 26. Nothing is the mat-
ter with him. 27. Is he not cold? 28. He is not cold, he is warm.
29. Is he wrong? 30. He is not wrong, he is right. 31. Have you
two cloth coats? 32. I have only one cloth coat, but I have two
satin waistcoats. 33. Who has my brother's letter? 24. Your sis-
ter has it. 35. Your sister has it not.

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LEÇON XII.

LESSON XII.

THE PLURAL, CONTINUED.

1. The plural form of the pronouns le, him or it; la, her or it, is les, them, for both genders. Its place is also before the verb.

Vous les avez. Les avez-vous?
Nous ne les avons pas.

You have them. Have you them?
We have them not.

2. The plural of the article, preceded by the preposition de, of, or

from, is des for both genders.

Des livres, des plumes,

Des frères, des sœurs,

Of or from the books, of the pens ;
Of or from the brothers, of the sisters.

3. The same form of the article is placed before plural nouns used in a partitive sense. [L. 6, R. 1.]

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6. The possessive pronouns, le mien, la mienne, etc., [L. 9, R. 6,]

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7. The demonstrative adjectives, ce, cet, cette, have ces for their plural.

Ces hommes, ces femmes.

These men, these women.

8. The demonstrative pronoun, celui, m. this or that, makes ceux in the plural. The feminine form, plural.

Mes chandeliers (m.) et ceux de vos frères.

Vos chandelles (f.) et celles de nos voisins.

celle, merely takes the s in the

My candlesticks and those of your brothers.

Your candles and those of our neighbors.

'Aux miens, m., aux miennes, f. to mine, &c. See L. 25, R. 6.

RÉSUMÉ OF EXAMPLES.

Votre frère a-t-il mes chevaux ?
Il n'a ni les vôtres ni les siens.
A-t-il ceux de nos voisins?
Il ne les a pas.

Ma soeur a-t-elle vos plumes, ou
celles de ma cousine?

Elle n'a ni les miennes ni celles de

ma cousine, elle a les siennes.
Avons-nous des marteaux?
Vous n'avez pas de marteaux.
Vous avez de jolis crayons.
Avez-vous les habits des enfants?
Je n'ai pas les habits des enfants.
Vous avez les chapeaux des dames.
Avez vous ceux-ci, ou ceux-là?

Acajou, m. mahogany;
Aubergiste, m. innkeep-

er;
Blanc -he, white;
Chaise, f. chair;
Chandelier, m. candle-
stick;

Has your brother my horses?
He has neither yours nor his.
Has he those of our neighbors?
He has them not.

Has my sister your pens, or my cous
in's, f.? (or those of my cousin).
She has neither mine, nor my cousin's,
she has her own.
Have we hammers?
You have no hammers.
You have pretty pencils.

Have you the children's clothes?
I have not the children's clothes.
You have the ladies' hats.
Have you these or those?

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1. Avez-vous les marteaux des maréchaux? 2. Oui, monsieur; je les ai. 3. Ne les avez-vous pas? 4. Non, monsieur; nous ne les avons pas. 5. L'ouvrier les a. 6. L'aubergiste a-t-il vos chevaux? 7. L'aubergiste n'a ni mes chevaux ni les vôtres, il a les siens. 8. Le médecin a-t-il des livres? 9. Oui, monsieur; il a de bons livres. 10. N'avez-vous pas mes meilleures plumes? 11. Oui, monsieur; j'ai vos meilleures plumes, les miennes, et celles de votre cousine. 12. Le voyageur a-t-il de bons fusils ? 13. Il n'a pas de bons fusils, il a des fusils de fer. 14. Le matelot n'a-t-il pas mes matelas de crin? 15. Il ne les a pas. 16. Qu'a-t-il? 17. Il a les matelas de laine de l'ébéniste. 18. L'ébéniste a-t-il des tables d'acajou? 19. Oui, madame; il a des tables d'acajou et des tables de marbre blanc. 20. Avez-vous mes chaises ou les vôtres ? 21. Je n'ai ni les vôtres ni les miennes, j'ai celles de l'ébéniste. 22. N'avez-vous pas sommeil? 23. Non, monsieur; je n'ai ni sommeil ni faim. 24. Le ferblantier a-t-il vos chandeliers de fer? 25. Non, monsieur; il a ceux du maréchal.

EXERCISE 22.

1. Have you my tables or yours? 2. I have neither yours nor mine, I have the innkeeper's. 3. Have you them? 4. No, sir; I have them not. 5. Has your sister my horses? 6. Yes, sir; she has

your two horses, and your brother's. 7. Are you right or wrong? 8. I am right, I am not wrong. 9. Has the tinman my silver candlesticks or yours? 10. He has neither your silver candlesticks.nor

mine. 11. What has he? 12. He has the cabinet-maker's wooden tables. 13. Has he your mahogany chairs? 14. No, sir; he has my white marble tables. 15. Have you these tables or those? 16. I have neither these nor those, I have the cabinet-maker's. 17. Have you good pencil-cases? 18. No, sir; but I have good pencils. 19. Has the traveller iron guns? 20. Yes, sir; he has mine, yours, and his. 21. Has he not your brother's? 22. He has not my brother's. 23. Has the workman my iron hammers? 24. Yes, sir; he has them. 25. Has my brother your pens or my cousin's? 26. He has mine and yours. 27. Have you the children's clothes? 28. Yes, madam; I have them. 29. Have you your sister's hat? 30. I have my cousin's. f. 31. Is any thing the matter with your brother? 32. He is cold and hungry. 33. Have you horses? 34. Yes, sir; I 35. I have two horse-hair mattresses and one

have two horses.

wool mattress.

LEÇON XIII.

LESSON XIII.

AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES-FEMININE OF ADJECTIVES.

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1. The adjective in French, whatever may be its place,' agrees gender and number with the noun which it qualifies [§ 15, (1.)(2.)]. 2. Adjectives ending with e mute, i. e., not accented, retain that termination for the feminine.

Un garçon aimable,

Une fille aimable,

An amiable boy;

An amiable girl.

3. Adjectives not ending in e mute, take e for the feminine.

Un garçon diligent,

Une fille diligente,

A diligent boy;

A diligent girl.

4. EXCEPTIONS. Adjectives ending in el, eil, en, et, on and as, double the last consonant and take e for the feminine.

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5. Adjectives ending in ƒ change the finto ve; those ending in x

change that letter into se for the feminine.

For the place of adjectives see L. 15, and Rule 5, L. 8.

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6. The adjectives beau, handsome; fou, foolish; mou, soft; nouveau, new; vieux, old, hecome bel, fol, mol, nouvel, and vieil, before a noun masculine commencing with a vowel or an h mute; the last consonant of the latter form is doubled, and e added for the feminine. Ex., belle, folle, nouvelle, vieille.

7. Additional rules and exceptions will be found, § 16 of the Second Part of this Grammar.

8. CONJUGATION OF THE PRESENT OF THE INDICATIVE OF

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