(B) 1. Are you filling my glass? 2. Are you filling hers? 3. Who is filling it? 4. Did he take a glass of water or wine? 5. What did you take? my chalk? 6. Where is 7. Who has taken my bottle of ink? 8. Did you take it? 9. Did you see it? 10. Did I put it into 11. Where is the box of pens ? 12. Is the drawer? it on this table? 13. Have I a dozen pens or pencils? 14. Did you take a cup of coffee or a glass of milk this morning? 15. What have you in your pocket? 35 Third Conjugation. In verbs of the third conjugation the infinitive ends in -oir, and the past participle in -u. recevoir, to receive; recevant, receiving; PRESENT INDICATIVE. reçu, received. A noun, used to denote the material of which an object is made, follows the name of the object and is preceded by de without the article: une montre d'or, a gold watch. un chemin de fer, a railroad. 1. Nous avons une douzaine de couteaux d'argent. 2. Elle a acheté une belle robe de soie. 3. Nous n'avons pas nos gants. 4. Les avez-vous ? 5. Voulez-vous cette demi-douzaine de cuillers d'argent? 6. Donnez-moi aussi deux douzaines et demie de couteaux d'acier. 7. Marie, apportez-nous trois tasses de thé, trois verres d'eau, et le sucre. 8. Voici un panier de fraises. 9. J'accepte ce cadeau avec plaisir. 10. Nos amis sont venus par (by) chemin de fer. 11. Les avez-vous vus? 12. Pas encore. 13. Où sont-ils maintenant? 14. Ils visitent leur oncle à Chicago. 15. Apportez-nous une livre de café, s'il vous plaît. For Oral Drill.-1. I receive; I am not receiving. 2. We receive; let us not receive. 3. He receives; he does not receive. 4. We are not receiving; let us receive. 5. They receive; do they receive? 6. Does she receive? 7. Is she not receiving? 8. Receive; do not receive. (A) 1. He owes ten francs to his brother. 2. You owe yours six francs, I think. 3. We have bought a dozen silver forks and a half-dozen plates. 4. They re 1 The circumflex accent is placed over the past part. masc. dû to distinguish it from du, of the. ceive these beautiful gifts with pleasure. 5. She receives every week two or three interesting letters from her brother who is now in London. 6. Here is your pair of silk gloves. 7. Yes, I left them here. 8. I have a silver pen-holder and a gold pen. 9. Here is your leather bag. 10. Bring us a half-dozen silver spoons, please. 11. I do not wear my straw hat now. 12. This man loves everybody. 13. Everybody loves him. 14. Will you have a pair of boots or shoes? 15. I have bought a dozen boxes of steel pens for the pupils of this school. 16. She receives her friends every evening. 17. He is very rich; he owes it to his father. 18. Let us receive him well. (B) 1. Does your father receive his papers every day or every week? 2. Where are the pears I bought? 3. Have you eaten them? 4. Who put them into this paper bag? 5. What have you in that tin box, sir? 6. Is iron more useful than steel? 7. Is copper still more useful? 8. Who has a gold watch? 9. Where is your gold chain ? 10. Did you leave it at home? 11. She likes wooden tables; do you like them too? 12. Do you like marble tables? 13. Is there a railroad in this town? 14. Is it near this house? 15. Have you brought that pair of boots for me? 36 Adverbs of Quantity. An adverb of quantity (like a noun of quantity) requires de without the article before the noun limited: beaucoup de pommes, many apples. Exception: bien, much, many, takes de and the article before the noun. bien du monde, many people; bien des hommes, many men. que, conj., than, as (at the beginning of a second term of a comparison). plusieurs, several (an invariable adjective, hence no de). plusieurs livres, several books. Beaucoup is never preceded by a modifier like très or trop, but it is possible to say beaucoup plus (much more or far more), beaucoup moins (much less or far less), and beaucoup trop (far too, far too much, far too many). Assez always precedes the noun: assez de fleurs, flowers enough. Autant, and not tant, is used both affirmatively and negatively in a comparison: Il n'a pas autant de plumes que de crayons, he has not so many pens as pencils. Vous avez tant de beaux tableaux! You have so many beautiful pictures! Peu, little, denotes quantity, while petit denotes size; as a noun, peu is always masculine: un peu d'eau, a little water. 1. Voulez-vous un peu de pain et de1 fromage? 2. Prenez plus de beurre. 3. Nos voisins ont moins d'enfants que les vôtres. 4. Avez-vous un peu moins de sel que moi ? 5. Nous avons assez de crayons, mais peu de plumes. 6. J'ai plus de pain que vous, mais vous n'avez pas autant de lait que moi. 7. Prenez un peu plus de beurre. 8. Recevez-vous beaucoup d'argent ? 9. Reçoit-elle bien du monde ? 10. Combien d'enfants 1 Recall rule for repetition of de, page 32. The noun or adverb of quantity need not be repeated. a-t-elle ? 11. Elle a cinq enfants: trois filles et deux fils. 12. Louise a moins d'amies que votre sœur. 13. Avez-vous pris autant de paniers de fraises que lui? 14. Cet enfant a bu trop de lait. 15. Il a moins de crayons que Jeanne, mais il a plus de livres. 16. Voulez vous un peu plus de poivre ? 1. There are several blackboards in this class-room. 2. How much money does he receive? 3. He receives 5000 francs from his father and a thousand from his mother. 4. Have you not meat enough? 5. I have too much cheese and too little bread. why she has gone away. butter, please. very good. 6. I do not conceive 7. Give us a little bread and 8. Take a little more of this meat; it is 9. How many dozen baskets of strawberries has he? 10. Will you have more sugar or salt? 11. There are many railroads here, are there not?1 12. You have made too many mistakes in this exercise. 13. John has made far fewer mistakes than you. 14. I perceive three mistakes in my own. 15. He has drunk a cup of coffee and eaten a small piece of bread and a little meat. 16. Do you owe more money than are not so many flowers in this 18. There are too many doors and windows in that house. 19. That man has plenty of friends, but too little money. 20. He is so rich and has so many friends, - why is he so sad? I (moi)? 17. There garden as in that. 37 Pronoun En. When, after a number (un, deux, etc.), after a noun of measure (douzaine, bouteille, etc.), or after an adverb 1 See page 18, footnote. |