59 Au milieu de la page, In the middle of the page. 60 Au bas 61 Ajoutez, Add. In the middle of the page. At the foot 62 Quelle faute? What mistake? 63 Corrigez, Correct. 64 Avez-vous quelque chose à ajouter? Have you anything to add? 65 Y a-t-il encore quelque chose à corriger? Is there anything else to correct? 73 Voulez-vous? Do you wish? (followed by an infini 74 Allez au tableau (noir), Go to the blackboard. 75 Ecrivez sur le tableau, Write on the board. 76 Levez-vous, Rise, stand up. 77 Asseyez-vous, Be seated. 78 Ramassez, Pick up, gather up, collect. 79 C'est assez, That is enough. 80 Cela suffit, That will do. EXERCISES 1 There are only two genders in French, the masculine and the feminine.1 Before a noun masculine use un for a or an, use le for the. Before a noun feminine use une for a or an, use la for the. Before a vowel or h mute use l' instead of le or la. le père, the father. la fille, the daughter. un homme, a man. une femme, a woman, a wife. une amie } a friend. l'enfant (m. or f.), the child. 2. Une mère et un fils. 1. Un père, une mère. 3. Un fils et une fille. 4. Le frère, la sœur. 5. L'homme et la femme. 6. Un frère et un ami. 7. La sœur et l'amie. 8. Une femme et un enfant. 9. Le père, la mère et l'enfant. 10. L'homme, le fils et la fille. 3. A 5. The 6. The 1. A mother, a daughter. 2. A father and a son. son and a mother. 4. The father and the mother. brother, the friend (m.), the child, the sister. man, the woman, the friend (f.), the son. 7. The brother and a friend. 8. The daughter and a friend (f.). 9. A 10. The woman and the child. man and a child. 1 When learning a French noun, pupils should acquire with it an article denoting the gender. 2 The e of je (I) is omitted when the following verb begins with a vowel, and an apostrophe takes its place. elles ont, they (f.) have. 2. L'homme a une femme. 3. Tu 1. J'ai un frère. as un ami. 4. L'enfant a une sœur. 5. Nous avons un père et une mère. 6. Elle a une amie. enfant. 8. Vous avez une mère, une sœur 9. J'ai un ami. 10. Il a un fils et une fille. 7. Ils ont un et un frère. 1. I have a sister. 2. We have a friend. 3. They have a mother. 4. The child has a brother and a sister. 5. The woman has a friend (f.). 6. You have a father and a brother. 7. The man has a son and a daughter. 8. They (f.) have a father and a mother. 9. She has a sister. 10. He has a friend, and the friend has a brother. 3 (1) In a question, if the subject is a personal pronoun, it stands after the verb and is connected with it by a hyphen: ai-je, have I? ont-ils, have they? (2) When the third person singular ends in a vowel, it is followed for the sake of euphony by -t- before il or elle: a-t-il, has he? 1 Vous, like the English you, may be either singular or plural. Tu is the familiar form, and is used among members of the same family, intimate friends, among and to children, to animals, etc. Use vous for you in these exercises, unless otherwise indicated. Lunch qu'avez-vous là, what have you there? 1. Avez-vous un frère ou une sœur? 2. J'ai un frère et 4. Il a perdu le une sœur. 3. A-t-il perdu le crayon? 14. Qu'a-t-il vu? 15. Il a vu une grammaire et une plume. 1. She has a sister and a brother. 2. We have seen the paper and the pen. 3. They have the water and the ink. 4. She has a book. 5. She has also a pen. 7. Have you lost a pencil? 9. Who has lost a pen? 11. What have you lost? 13. Have I a pen or a pencil? 1 Pronounced like la, the. See Introduction, page 1. 2 For use of the numerous questions in the English exercises of this book, see Editor's Preface. |