A New and Complete Grammar of the French Tongue ...

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Ludwig & Tolefree, printers, 1832 - French language - 360 pages
 

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Page 67 - PRONOUNS. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, " The man is happy," " he is benevolent, "
Page 116 - Accourir, to run to. Concourir, to concur. Discourir, to discourse. Encourir, to incur. Parcourir, to run over.
Page 129 - Prepositions serve to connect words with one another, and to show the relation between them; as, "He went from London to York;" " she is above disguise ;" " they are supported by industry.
Page 297 - Except at the beginning of a sentence, capital letters, lettres majuscules, are not used for the names of the months and of the days of the week...
Page 97 - The three persons singular of the present of the indicative, and the second person singular of the imperative, are very seldom used.
Page 131 - An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb, an adjective, and sometimes to another adverb, to express some quality, or circumstance respecting it; as, he reads well; a truly good man ; he writes very correctly.
Page 162 - Europe is bounded on the north by the Frozen Ocean ; on the south by the Mediterranean Sea...
Page 286 - The adjective always agrees in gender and number with the substantive to which it relates. EXAMPLES.
Page 33 - RULE. Final consonants are to be articulated before a word beginning with a vowel or h mute.
Page 227 - Plural. lequel laquelle lesquels lesqnelles which duquel de laquelle dtsquels desqurlles of which nm/utl a laquelle auxquels itun/'utllis to which This pronoun always agrees in gender and number with its antecedent. Quoi, which sometimes supplies its place, is always governed by a preposition.

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