y, there; to it, to them; to him, to | zéro, m. zero, nought.
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.
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.
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.
c'est and ce sont, 74, 75, 100. chez, 37.
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;
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.
depuis, meaning, 148; distinguished from pendant, pour, and dès, 234, 235.
dernier, after the noun, 34; different meanings, 313.
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.
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.
en (preposition), use with names of places, 141; with present participle, 200; in expressions of time, 234. encore and autre, 39.
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.
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,
interrogative pronouns, 78, 94, 100,
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
know, savoir and connaître com- pared, 179.
le, la, les, see article.
le (pronoun), 43, 119, 120; meaning "so," 125.
naître, conjugation, 212.
names of places, with or without the article, 141, 142. nasal vowels, xv.
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.
lui, after a preposition, 37, 119; after nouns, collective, 203; formation of
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