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1. Votre dictionnaire est-il très correct? 2. Il est plus correct que celui de Boyer. 3. Votre dictionnaire est le plus correct de tous. 4. Quel est le meilleur de ces jardins? 5. Celui-ci est le meilleur de tous les jardins de la ville. 6. Avez-vous encore de l'argent? 7. Je n'ai plus d'argent, mais j'ai encore du crédit. 8. Avons-nous encore de la salade? 9. Nous n'en avons plus. 10. Nous n'avons plus de viande. 11. Qui en a encore? 12. Mes frères et mes sœurs en ont encore. 13. En avez-vous encore beaucoup? 14. Je n'en ai plus guère. 15. Votre tante a-t-elle plus de robes que votre nièce? 16. Elle n'en a pas beaucoup. 17. Votre neveu est-il plus savant que votre nièce? 18. Il n'est pas aussi savant qu'elle. 19. Elle est plus savante que lui. 20. Avez-vous encore froid? 21. Je n'ai plus froid, j'ai bien chaud. 22. N'avez-vous plus de nouvelles? 23. Je n'en ai plus. 24. En avez-vous beaucoup? 25. Je n'en ai guère.

EXERCISE 32.

1. Has your brother a very good dictionary? 2. His dictionary is not very correct. 3. Has your father more courage than he? 4. He has much more courage than your nephew. 5. Have your brothers credit? 6. They have but little credit, but they have money. your aunt obliging? 8. My aunt is very obliging. 9. Have books, pens and paper? 10. I have no more books, but I have still good pens and excellent English paper. 11. Who has still paper?

7. Is you still

12. I have no more, but my brother has some more. 13. Have you any news, sir? 14. No, madam; I have none to-day. 15. Have you as much wood as my brother's son? 16. I have more than you or he. 17. Are you still wrong? 18. No, sir, I am no longer (plus) wrong, I am right. 19. Are your sisters still hungry? 20. They are neither hungry nor thirsty, but they are still sleepy. 21. Is your niece as learned as he? 22. She is more learned than he and (que) his aunt. 23. Have you no news, sir? 24. No, madam; I have no more news. 25. Who has news? 26. I have no more. 27. Have you them all? 28. Yes, sir; I have them all. 29. Has your aunt much of it left? 30. She has but little more of it. 31. Has your brother any more English horses? 32. He has no more. 33. He has two more. 34. Have you a handsome French shawl left? 35. I have no more French shawls, but I have an English one.

LEÇON XVIII.

LESSON XVIII.

ADVERBS OF QUANTITY.—QUELQUE CHOSE, &C.

1. The adverbs of quantity, combien, how much, how many; trop, too much, too many; beaucoup, much, many; assez, enough; peu, little, few; guère, but little, few; and the word pas, meaning no, when coming before a noun or an adjective, are followed by the preposition de.

Combien de fleurs avez-vous?
J'ai beaucoup de fleurs.
Vous avez trop de loisir.

Notre sœur a assez de temps.

How many flowers have you.

I have many flowers.

You have too much leisure.

Our sister has time enough.

2. The adverb bien, used in the sense of beaucoup, (much, many,) is followed by the preposition de, joined to or blended with the article le, la, les. [L. 6.]

Vous avez bien de la complaisance. You have much kindness.
She has many friends.

Elle a bien des amis.

3. Quelque chose, something, any thing [L. 7, 6.] and rien, nothing, not any thing, take de before an adjective.

Votre ami a quelque chose d'agré- Your friend has something pleasant, able.

Avez-vous quelque chose de bon ?
Je n'ai rien de bon.

Have you any thing good?

I have nothing (not any thing) good.

p., quelles, f. p., are used interro

4. Quel, m., quelle, f., quels, m.
gatively for which or what before a noun.

Quelle serviette avez-vous?
Quelles bourses votre ami a-t-il ?

5. Que is used for what before a
Qu'avez-vous?

What or which napkin have you? What purses has your friend? verb.

What is the matter with you?

m. p., lesquelles, f. p., are used

6. Lequel, m., laquelle, f., lesquels, absolutely for the word which, not followed by a noun, and equiva

lent to which one, which ones.

Lequel votre fils a-t-il ?

Lesquelles avons-nous?

Which (one) has your son?
Which (ones) have we?

7. Quelques is used before a plural noun for a few, some; quelques uns, m., quelques unes, f., are used absolutely, with the same meaning-Plusieurs means several, and is invariable.

Le Danois a-t-il quelques pommes?

Il en a quelques unes.

Il en a plusieurs.

Has the Dane a few apples?

He has a few.

He has several

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1. Combien de pommes de terre votre frère a-t-il ? 2. Il n'en a pas beaucoup. 3. L'épicier a-t-il beaucoup de sucre dans son magasin? 4. Il n'en a guère, mais il a beaucoup de beurre et de poivrc. 5. Votre jardinier a-t-il beaucoup de cerises?. 6. Il a plus de cerises que de prunes. 7. Les prunes sont-elles meilleures que les cerises? 8. Les cerises sont meilleures que les prunes. 9. Avez-vous quelques poires mûres? 10. Nous en avons quelques unes, nous avons aussi beaucoup d'ananas et d'abricots. 11. Votre oncle a-t-il quclque chose de bon dans son jardin ? 12. Il a quelque chose de bon et de beau. 13. Il a de beaux légumes et de belles fleurs. 14. Avezvous des fleurs étrangères? 15. J'en ai quelques unes. 16. Lesquelles avez-vous? 17. J'ai celles de votre frère et celles de votre jardinier. 18. N'avez-vous pas aussi les miennes? 19. Non, monsieur; je ne les ai pas. 20. Qui en a beaucoup? 21. Personne n'en

a beaucoup.

22. J'en ai quelques unes. 23. Avez-vous assez de thé? 24. J'en ai assez. 25. J'en ai plus que lui.

EXERCISE 34.

1. Has your gardener many vegetables? 2. Yes, sir; he has many. 3. How many gardens has he? 4. He has several gardens and several houses. 5. Have you many books? 6. I have but few, but my friend has many. 7. What coat has your brother? 8. He has a good cloth coat. 9. Has your uncle many peaches? 10. He has but few peaches, but he has many cherries. 11. How many plums has the tailor? 12. The tailor has no plums, he has cloth and silk. 13. What silk has your friend the merchant? 14. He has a great deal (beaucoup) of silk, and a great deal of money. 15. Has the gardener any thing good in (dans) his garden? 16. He has many pineapples. 17. Has he more vegetables than fruit? 18. He has more of this than of those. 19. Has your uncle many pears and cherries? 20. He has a few, and he has many apples and plums. 21. Have you a few? 22. I have still many, but my brother has no more. 23. Which peaches has he? 24. He has large (grosses) peaches. 25. Which (ones) have you? 26. I have the best peaches. 27. Has the merchant any thing good in his warehouse? 28. He has nothing good in his warehouse, but he has something good in his garden. 29. How many potatoes has the foreigner? 30. He has not many. 31. Has he good vegetables? 32. He has good vegetables. 33. Is he right or wrong? 34. He is right, but you are wrong. 35. He has neither this book nor that, he has the bookseller's.

LEÇON XIX.

LESSON XIX.

THE NUMBERS-THE DAY OF THE MONTH.

1. The relative pronoun, que, whom, which, that, and the conjunction, que, that, are never omitted in French, and must be repeated before every verb depending on them. [§ 109.]

Les crayons que j'ai, sont meilleurs que ceux que vous avez.

The pencils (which) I have, are better than those (which) you have.

2. Ne, before the verb, and que after it, are used in the sense of only, but.

Je n'ai qu'un ami.

I have but one friend.

3. L'un et l'autre, means both; les uns et les autres, these and those, the latter and the former. [§ 41, (11.)]

Vous avez l'un et l'autre.

You have both.

4. CARDINAL AND Ordinal Numbers as far as TWENTY. [§ 22, 23.]

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5. The cardinal numbers are used, in French, for the day of the month, except the first, for which the ordinal number premier substituted.

Le dix août, le cinq juillet,

Le premier du mois prochain.

The tenth of August, the fifth of July. The first of next month.

6. The verb avoir, to have, is used actively, [§ 43, (2.)] for the day

of the month. The verb être may also be used.

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7. Before the word onze, the article le or la is not elided [§ 146].

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