y, there; to it, to them; to | zéro, m. zero, nought.
him, to her; in it, in them.
yeux, m. (plur. of œil), eyes.
who, qui.
whoever, qui que.
whole, tout, -e; tous, toutes.
whom, que; (after prep.), qui.
why? pourquoi?
why! mais!
wicked, méchant, -e.
wide, large.
width, largeur, f.
wife, femme, f.
wild, féroce, sauvage. William, Guillaume, m.
to be willing, vouloir (bien). willingly, volontiers.
will you have? voulez-vous? to win, gagner; remporter. wind, vent, m. window, fenêtre, f.
to work, travailler. workman, ouvrier. world, monde, m.
worse, plus mauvais, pire. to be worth, valoir.
worthy, digne.
yellow, jaune.
yes, oui; si. yesterday, hier.
to wish, désirer, souhaiter, yet (again, still), encore; (how
work, ouvrage, m.; travail, m. zero, zéro, m.
à, contraction with definite arti- | article, definite: contraction with
cle, 35; repetition, 32; denoting
use, 264; other uses, 268; with
the infinitive after certain verbs,
225.
accents, 1, 2.
acquérir, conjugation, 334.
active voice, 330.
adjectives, agreement in gender,
24; in number, 29; qualifying
two or more nouns, 30; forma-
tion of feminine, 24, 125-129; of
plural, 29, 67; comparison, 41,
94, 253; demonstrative, 43, 44,
46; numeral, 48, 51; possessive,
27, 28; interrogative, 107; indefi-
nite, 248; position, 47, 87, 92,
134, 251; list of those which
change their meaning with their
position, 351; verbal, 230.
adverbs, formation, 252, 353;
comparison, 253; position, 130,
253; of quantity, 76.
age, ways of expressing, 114.
ago, 54, 109.
aller, conjugation, 110; idiomatic
uses, 153, 220, 237.
s'en aller, conjugation, 237.
alphabet, 1.
année, contrasted with an, 235.
another, how expressed, 58, note.
any, before a noun, 80; excep-
tional uses of, 85, 87; without a
noun, 80.
à, 35; with de, 37; before proper
names, 166, 167; before nouns
of weight, measure, or number,
170; in general statement, 71,
166; omission, 166, 167; repeti-
tion, 32; used as possessive ad-
jectives, 134, 169; with titles,
etc., 170; with adjectives used
as nouns, 170; partitive article,
80, 85, 87, 171; indefinite, 21,
171.
as, in a comparison, 58.
assaillir, conjugation, 334.
s'asseoir, conjugation, 254.
as soon as, with the future, 104.
aussi, in comparisons, 94.
aussitôt que, with future, 104.
autre and encore, 58.
auxiliary verbs, conjugation,
308-319.
avant, distinguished from devant,
56.
avoir, conjugation in full, 308;
idiomatic use, 133, 134.
battre, conjugation, 244.
better, translation, adjective, 41;
adverb, 117, 253.
bien, followed by des, 76; posi-
tion, 130, 253; comparison, 117.
boire, conjugation, 270.
bon, different meanings, 351;
comparison, 94.
apercevoir and s'apercevoir, bouger, without pas or point,
brave, different meanings, 351.
capital letters, use of, 15, 16;
with days and months, 53.
cardinal, see numbers.
ce, cet, cette, ces, 43.
ceci, cela, 47.
cedilla, 2.
or without ne before the sub-
junctive, 200.
de crainte que requires ne with
the subjunctive, 205.
croire, conjugation, 195, 336;
when used with subjunctive, 194.
celui, celle, ceux, celles, 45, 46. croître, conjugation, 336.
cent, use of, 49.
-cer, verbs ending in, 184.
certain, different meanings, 351.
cesser, used without pas, 256.
c'est and ce sont, 96, 97, 122.
chez, 56.
-ci, 46.
cinq, pronunciation, 33.
collective nouns, with singular
or plural verb, 234.
college examinations, selected
sentences, 279.
color, adjectives of, 47.
commun, different meanings, 351.
comparison of adjectives, 41,
94; of adverbs, 253.
compound tenses, 157.
cueillir, conjugation, 336.
dans, with names of places, 167;
in expressions of time, 269.
dates, 52, 108.
davantage, when to be used, 212.
days of the week, 53.
de, repetition, 32; contraction with
definite article, 35, 37; after
words of quantity, 72, 76; for
some or any, 80, 85, 87, 171;
after partitive expressions, 171;
after plus in comparisons, 94;
with the infinitive after certain
verbs, 222; meaning "by," 260;
meaning with," 261; other
uses, 261.
demi, agreement, 52, 109 (e).
demonstrative adjectives, 43,
44, 46; pronouns, 45, 46, 47.
depuis, meaning, 174; distin-
guished from pendant, pour,
and dès, 269.
conditional, formation and use, definite article, see article.
136, 137; after si, 215.
conduire, conjugation, 244.
conjugation, 59; first, 60; second,
69; third, 74; fourth, 82; pecul-
iarities in first, 180-185; table of
formation of tenses, 242; table
of terminations, 320; of regular
verbs in full, 322-329; of irregu-
lar verbs, 334-347.
conjunctions, used with the sub-
junctive, 204; may be changed
to a preposition to avoid the use
of the subjunctive, 228.
conjunctive pronouns, 143.
connaître, conjugation, 202; dis-
tinguished from savoir, 207.
dernier, after the noun,
ferent meanings, 351.
dès, meaning, 269.
dès que, with future, 104.
devant, distinguished
devoir, conjugation, 75; transla-
tion, 238.
diæresis, 2.
dimensions, 114.
countries, names of, with or with- dire, conjugation, 116.
out the article, 166, 167.
courir, conjugation, 229.
disjunctive pronouns, 56, 96,
craindre, conjugation, 200; with dix, pronunciation, 33.
do, as an auxiliary, 31.
dont, use, 120.
dormir, conjugation, 243.
du, contraction of de and le, 37.
dû, past participle of devoir, 75.
écrire, conjugation of, 226.
elision, 2.
empêcher, used with or without
ne, 200.
jugation, 102; use, 104, 137,
after quand, etc., 104; when not
to be used after si, 137; ex-
pressed by aller to indicate
immediate action, 237.
galant, different meanings, 351.
gender, 21; rule for determining,
299.
gentil, different meanings, 352.
en (pronoun), meaning and posi--ger, verbs ending in, 184.
tion, 78, 80, 160, 163.
en (preposition), use with names
of places, 166; with present par-
ticiple, 231; in expressions of
time, 269.
encore and autre, 58.
envoyer, future and conditional,
grand, different meanings, 352.
haut, different meanings, 352.
have, when translated by faire,
238; by devoir, 238; by venir de,
226.
her, as adjective, 27; as pronoun,
56, 62, 142, 143.
hers (pronoun), 39.
heure, used to express time, 108.
his, as adjective,27; as pronoun,39.
honnête, different meanings, 352.
how, how many, how much,
when rendered by que, 252.
how long, ways of translating,
huit, pronunciation of, 33; no eli-
sion of preceding vowel, 2.
hyphen, 2; in numbers, 48; in
verbs, 22.
i final, elision of, 2.
il s'en faut, 257.
il y a, distinguished from voilà,
40; ago, 54, 109; duration of
time, 257.
feminine, of adjectives, 24, 125, imperative, formation, 61; posi-
128; of nouns, 305.
se flatter, conjugation, 332.
formation of tenses, 242.
fractions, 51.
from, before names of places, 167.
fuir, conjugation, 340.
furieux, different meanings, 351.
future tense, formation and con-
tion of personal pronoun with,
62, 144, 146.
imperfect indicative, formation
and conjugation, 89; use, 89, 177,
imperfect subjunctive, fo ma-
tion, 210; conjugation, 210; use,
209.
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