A Practical and Theoretical French Grammar, Or, Superior Method of Learning French

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...I Candelabre, chandelier Except.--Une ombre, a shade; Palgebre, algebra; une chambre, a room; les tenebres, darkness. EXERCISE 98. When will your children learn the history of France? They will learn it when "they (will) know the history of England. Hast thou ever learned the history of America? No, I have never learned it. Do you understand me when I speak French to you? Yes, Sir, I understand you very well. How far will you go? We shall go as far as our professor's laboratory. Have the Spaniards taken my fine inkhorn? They have (taken it). Will they give it back (rendre) to me? They will not give it back to you. Why not? Because they are in want of it. How long will the monks remain in the eatingroom 1 They will remain there till half past two (o'clock). Has the locksmith a mind to make one more lock to-day? He has a mind to make one more. Did your cousins (fem.) learn the French literature when they were young? They did learn it. Have your parents any good sweetmeats? They have some excellent. Did you eat any this morning? I did (eat some). Is it worth while to go to the fair? It is not worth while to go thither. Where is the large cucumber which I have bought this morning? It is on the marble table. Do you like brown marble better than white? I like white marble better than brown. Does the soldier want the sabre which (dont) I want? No, but he wants the phosphorus which the surgeon wants. Do you know algebra? I do not know it, but I intend to learn it. Let us go in (a) the shade. Are you too warm? I am. Will the merchant send you a silver chandelier? He will (send me one). Will there be many pears this year? Yes, there will be a great many. Who found the monk's conjuring book? Nobody found it. All ordinal numbers, ...