A Grammar of the French Language, with Practical Exercises |
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action adjective ADVERBS auxiliary auxiliary verb avez Avez-vous beaucoup,adv better bien brother Burgundy wine car,c COMPOUND TENSES Conditional conjugated conjunction cousin dans,p dative de,p dervise deux dire,v dit,v elle en,p English été étoit,v EXERCISE expressed faire,v fait father faut feminine following verb France French language frère Future gender and number give grand,adj homme horse IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD J'ai king ladies live livre London Masc masculine mother never noun noun substantive parlé participle passive pass person Plur Plural plus,adv pour,p pouvoir,v preceded preposition Present Preterite pronoun punished qu'il que,c que,pro received rendered in French RULE s'en sentence Sing Singular sister sœur soon speak SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive tell thing thou tive to-morrow told tout verb avoir verb être virtue voir,v vowel walk word write yesterday
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Page 63 - Numerals and expressions oftime the first the second the third the fourth the fifth the sixth the seventh the eighth the ninth the tenth the eleventh the twelfth the thirteenth the fourteenth the fifteenth the sixteenth the seventeenth the eighteenth...
Page 59 - Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze, Treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt.
Page 148 - When the nominatives are of different persons, the verb agrees with the first person in preference to the second, and with the second in preference to the third...
Page 445 - ... disobedience ; and perceiving that the iron candlestick had resisted the enchantment, or rather the just punishment which those deserve who do not execute what they promise, he said, prostrating himself, — " What has happened to me is just. I have...
Page 444 - Abdallah swore to him, that he might depend upon his obedience and zeal. Then the dervise lighted a small fire, into which he cast a perfume ; he read and prayed for some moments, after which the earth opened, and...
Page 446 - He then conducted him to an agreeable and magnificent pavilion, where the dervise was seated. Abdallah, struck with the riches he beheld on all sides, would have prostrated himself at his feet, but Abounadar prevented him, and interrupted him, when he would have made a merit of the candlestick which he presented to him. "You are but an ungrateful wretch...
Page 442 - ... rejected the offer, and taking the crown, placed it on the head of his youngest brother, publicly declaring, that he renounced it, and thought himself unworthy of the throne, since his father had excluded him from it. The youngest brother, affected...
Page 447 - This," said he, " is the proper use to be made of this marvellous candlestick. As to me, I never desired it but to place it in my cabinet, as a talisman composed by a sage whom I revere, and am pleased to expose it sometimes to those who come to visit me ; and, to prove to you...
Page 443 - Abdallah a hundred times testified his gratitude to him for all his bounties; but the old man always answered, " My son, it is by actions that gratitude is proved ; we shall see in a proper time and place whether you are so grateful as you pretend.
Page 444 - My son, we are now at the end of our journey; I shall employ my prayers to obtain from heaven, that the earth may open and make an entrance wide enough to permit thee to...