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INDEX.

Numbers refer to pages.

à, contraction with definite article,
16; repetition, 12; denoting use,
231; with the infinitive after certain
verbs, 195.
accents, xi.

active voice, 294.
adjectives, agreement in gender, 4;
in number, 9; qualifying two or
more nouns, 11; formation of femi-
nine, 4, 102-106; of plural, 9, 47;
comparison, 22, 72; demonstrative,
24; numeral, 29, 32; possessive, 8;
interrogative, 84; indefinite, 216;
position, 28, 66, 71,219; list of those
which change their meaning with
their position, 313; verbal, 200.
adverbs, formation, 220, 314; com-
parison, 220; position, 108, 220; of
quantity, 56.

age, ways of expressing, 91.

ago, 35, 87.

sive adjectives, 111, 144; with titles,
etc., 145; with adjectives used as
nouns, 145; partitive article, 60, 64,
66, 145; indefinite, 1, 146.
as, in a comparison, 39.
s'asseoir, conjugation, 221.
as soon as, with the future, 82.
aussi, in comparisons, 72.
aussitôt que, with future, 82.
autre and encore, 39.
auxiliary verbs, conjugation, 272-
283.

avant, distinguished from devant, 37.
avoir, conjugation in full, 272; idio-
matic use, 111.

battre, conjugation, 212.

better, translation, adjective, 22; ad-
verb, 95, 221.

bien, followed by des, 56; position,
220; comparison, 95.

aller, conjugation, 87; idiomatic uses, boire, conjugation, 235.

190, 206.

s'en aller, conjugation, 206.
alphabet, xi.

année, contrasted with an, 204.
another, how expressed, 39.
any, before a noun, 60; exceptional
uses of, 64, 66; without a noun, 60.
apercevoir and s'apercevoir, 128,
note.

apostrophe, use, xii.

article, definite: contraction with à,
16; with de, 18; before proper
names, 141; before nouns of weight,
measure, or number, 144; in general
statement, 51, 141; omission, 141,
142; repetition, 12; used as posses-

bon, different meanings, 313; com-
parison, 73.

bouger, without pas or point, 223.
brave, different meanings, 313.

capital letters, use of, xxiv; with
days and months, 34.
cardinal, see numbers.
ce, cet, cette, ces, 24.
ceci, cela, 28.
cedilla, xii.

celui, celle, ceux, celles, 26, 27.
cent, use of, 30.

-cer, verbs ending in, 158.
certain, different meanings, 313.
cesser, used without pas, 223.

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c'est and ce sont, 74, 75, 100.
chez, 37.

-ci, 27.

cinq, pronunciation, 14.

collective nouns, with singular or
plural verb, 203.

college examinations, selected sen-
tences, 243.

color, adjectives of, 28.

commun, different meanings, 313.
comparison of adjectives, 22, 72;

of adverbs, 220.

compound tenses, 132.

davantage, when to be used, 183.
days of the week, 34.

de, repetition, 12; contraction with
definite article, 18; after words of
quantity, 52, 56; for " some or
"any," 60, 64, 66; after partitive ex-
pressions, 145, 146; after plus in
comparisons, 73; with the infinitive
after certain verbs, 192; meaning
"by," 227; meaning "with," 227;
other uses, 227, 228.

definite article, see article.
demi, agreement, 33, 87 (e).

conditional, formation and use, 113, demonstrative adjectives, 24, 27;

114; after si, 186.

conduire, conjugation, 212.
conjugation: first, 40; second, 49;
third, 54; fourth, 62; peculiarities
in first, 154-158; table of formation
of tenses, 210; table of termina-
tions, 284, 285; of regular verbs in
full, 286-293; of irregular verbs,
298-309.

conjunctions, used with the sub-
junctive, 176; may be changed to a
preposition to avoid the use of the
subjunctive, 197.

conjunctive pronouns, 120.
connaître, conjugation, 175; distin-
guished from savoir, 179.
consonants, xvii.

pronouns, 27.

depuis, meaning, 148; distinguished
from pendant, pour, and dès, 234,
235.

dernier, after the noun, 34; different
meanings, 313.

dès, meaning, 235.

dès que, with future, 82.
devant, distinguished from avant, 37.
devoir, translation, 207.
diæresis, xii.
dimensions, 91.
diphthongs, xiv.
dire, conjugation, 94.

disjunctive pronouns, 37, 75, 119.
dix, pronunciation, 14.
do, as an auxiliary, 12.

countries, names of, with or without dont, use, 97.

the article, 141, 142.

courir, conjugation, 198.

craindre, conjugation, 172; with or
without ne before the subjunctive,
172.

dormir, conjugation, 211.

du, contraction of de and le, 18.

écrire, conjugation of, 196.
elision, xii.

de crainte que requires ne with the empêcher, used with or without ne,
subjunctive, 177.

172.

croire, conjugation, 167; when used en (pronoun), meaning and position,
with subjunctive, 166.

dans, with names of places, 142; in
expressions of time, 234.
dates, 34, 86.

58, 60, 135, 136.

en (preposition), use with names of
places, 141; with present participle,
200; in expressions of time, 234.
encore and autre, 39.

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et, used with numerals, 29.
être, present indicative, 4, 5, 10, 11;
conjugation in full, 278; auxiliary
use, 133.

exercises for review, 35, 237.
expressions for classroom use,
XXV-Xxvii.

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faire, conjugation, 89; idiomatic uses,
90, 207, 208; meaning to get" or
66 to have done," 207.
falloir, conjugation, 183; used in the
sense of "must," 198; in the sense
of "need," 198.
faux, different meanings, 313.
fear, verbs expressing, followed by
the subjunctive, with or without ne,
172.

feminine, of adjectives, 4, 102, 105,
269; of nouns, 264.

se flatter, conjugation, 296.
formation of tenses, 210.
fractions, 33.

from, before names of places, 142.
furieux, different meanings, 313.
future tense, formation and conju-
gation, 80; use, 82, 114; after quand,
etc., 82; when not to be used after
si, 114; expressed by aller to indi-
cate immediate action, 206.

galant, different meanings, 313.
gender, 1; rule for determining, 263.
gentil, different meanings, 313.
-ger, verbs ending in, 158.
grand, different meanings, 313.

haut, different meanings, 313.
have, when translated by faire, 207;
by devoir, 207; by venir de, 195.
her, as adjective, 8; as pronoun, 37,
43, 119, 120.

hers (pronoun), 20.

heure, used to express time, 86.
his, as adjective, 8; as pronoun, 20.
honnête, different meanings, 313.

how, how many, how much, when
rendered by que, 219.

how long, ways of translating, 148.
huit, pronunciation of, 14; no elision
of preceding vowel, xii.
hyphen, xii; in numbers, 29; in
verbs, 3.

i final, elision of, xii.
il s'en faut, 224.

il y a, distinguished from voilà, 21;
ago, 35, 87; duration of time, 224.
imperative, formation, 42; position
of personal pronoun with, 43, 120,
123.

imperfect indicative, formation
and conjugation, 68; use, 68, 151, 152.
imperfect subjunctive, formation

and conjugation, 180, 181; use, 180.
impersonal verbs, used with the
subjunctive, 162; with the infini-
tive, 193.

in, before names of places or countries,
142; after a superlative, 73.
indefinite adjectives, 216.
indefinite article, see article.
indefinite pronouns, 216.
infinitive mood, 189; compared with
the subjunctive, 197; compared with
the present participle, 200; used
without a preposition, 189, 190; used
with the preposition à, 195; used
with the preposition de, 192.
interrogative adjectives, 84.
interrogative adverbs, order after,

117.

interrogative pronouns, 78, 94, 100,

215.

irregular verbs, table of conjuga-
tions, 298.

it, as subject, 5, 74, 75; as object, 43,
120, 136.

jamais, 64; with infinitive, 220.

jour, distinguished from journée, 204

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know, savoir and connaître com-
pared, 179.

-la, 27.

le, la, les, see article.

le (pronoun), 43, 119, 120; meaning
"so," 125.

lequel, 94, 97.

naître, conjugation, 212.

names of places, with or without
the article, 141, 142.
nasal vowels, xv.

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ne, 7; without pas or point, 223, 224;
with ni . . ni, 65; ne... que, 64,
225; after verbs of fearing or pre-
venting, 172.

leur, as adjective, 8; as pronoun, 20, negation, 223. See ne.

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lui, after a preposition, 37, 119; after nouns, collective, 203; formation of

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