1. On a bâti encore un grand édifice dans la rue du Temple. 2. Vraiment? je ne le savais pas. 3. Est-ce une église ou une école ? 4. Quel grand édifice! 5. De quelle hauteur est-il ? 6. Il a cent pieds de hauteur. 7. Est-ce que cette école est déjà occupée ? 8. Combien d'élèves y a-t-il ? 9. Il y en a six cents. 10. Quel âge ont-ils ? 11. Les plus âgés ont peut-être dix-sept ou dix-huit ans, et les moins âgés en ont treize ou quatorze. 12. Quel âge avez-vous ? 13. J'ai dix

neuf ans et demi. 14. Savez-vous quel âge a votre sœur? 15. Je ne sais pas pourquoi nos amis ne sont pas encore reve16. Nous le saurons bientôt, je pense.

nus.

1. How high is this table? 2. It is three feet high. 3. What are the other dimensions?

4. It is four feet wide

by five and a half feet long. 5. I knew that it was a foot

is its depth? 11. It is said that it is a hundred feet deep. 12. I know that it is over (more than) forty feet in depth. 13. Don't you know how old I am (my age)?

that you are two or three years older than I. six; he will be seven the first of next month.

14. I know

15. He is over

16. Is Charles

fourteen or fifteen years old? 17. He is neither fourteen nor

fifteen, he is only twelve and a half. sure of it? 19. Yes, sir, I know it.

Oral Drill.

18. Really? Are you 20. What a thick book!

2. Est-il plus âgé ou

1. Quel âge a votre frère Jean? moins âgé que vous? 3. Etes-vous plus jeune que lui? 4. Savez-vous quel âge a M. Dupont? 5. Votre petite nièce

n'a-t-elle que six ans? 6. Quelle est la longueur de cette salle? 7. De quelle hauteur est ce grand édifice? 8. Cette table de marbre est-elle plus haute que celle que vous avez achetée ? 9. Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui ? 10. Faisait-il beau ou mauvais hier? 11. Que faites-vous en ce moment-ci ? 12. Que ferez-vous demain ?

Lesson 53: Lequel.

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. - Let well enough alone.1

The interrogative pronoun lequel, which, which one, has the following forms:

Observe the difference between the use of quel (adjective) and lequel

(pronoun).

Quel homme? Which man?

Quel est ce livre? What is this book?

Lequel de ces hommes? Which of these men?

Dire (irregular), to say, to tell.

PRESENT INDICATIVE.

IMPERFECT INDICATIVE.

je dis, I say, I am saying, je disais, I was saying, I said,

FUTURE.

je dirai, I shall tu diras. say.

il dira.

nous dirons.

vous direz.

ils diront.

Notice: (1) The adverb bien is irregularly compared. (2) In the superlative of an adverb, le is invariable. (3) In the idiom aimer mieux, mieux is not usually separated from aimer, except by a second negative such as pas, jamais, plus, etc.

Exercise.

2. Dites-vous

1. Lequel de ces jeunes gens est sourd? que c'est celui qui est près de la table? 3. Laquelle de ces jeunes personnes est votre cousine? 4. Duquel de ces romans parliez-vous ? 5. Disiez-vous que vous aimiez mieux celui-ci ? 6. De laquelle de ces jeunes filles avez-vous reçu ce joli miroir ? 7. De Jeanne; c'est la plus chère de mes amies. 8. A laquelle de ces jeunes personnes a-t-il envoyé les choses qu'il a achetées ce matin? 9. De quelles jeunes personnes parlez-vous ? 10. Je parle de celles que nous avons vues l'été dernier à la campagne. 11. Auxquels de ces messieurs doivent-ils de l'argent? 12. Lequel de ces deux écrivains aimez-vous le mieux ? 13. J'aime mieux celui qui a écrit Les Misérables. 14. Cela va sans dire.

2. I do not They say it 4. Who

1. Here are six hats; which one is the best? know, but I know which one I like the best. 3. is our neighbor's children who win all the prizes. says it? 5. The pupils say it. 6. Which ones? 7. Which of those arm-chairs is the highest? 8. Which [of them] shall you choose? 9. I prefer this one. 10. So do I. 11. Which of these needles shall you keep?

12. This one;

1 Fille is rarely used in the sense of girl without an adjective.

carry away the others.

13. Which of the horses they have bought are the strongest and finest? 14. My father says that these, to which the man is giving some water, are the best. 15. How many persons are there here?

Oral Drill.

1. Voici plusieurs plumes; laquelle est à vous? 2. Laquelle est la mienne? 3. A qui sont les six livres qui sont sur la table? 4. Lesquels sont à Jean? 5. N'avez-vous plus de crayons? 6. En voici deux; lequel aimez-vous mieux ? 7. Tous les garçons sont ici; lesquelles des jeunes filles sont absentes? 8. Lequel de mes élèves est debout? 9. Quel élève est assis? 10. Laquelle est devant le miroir? 11. Qui est le plus laborieux de la classe? 12. Est-ce vous qui avez remporté le premier prix ?

2. Are you doing? Are Is he not making? 5. Who says? Who know? 7. They are

1. I am going; I am making. you saying? 3. Is he not going? 4. Who is making? Who is going? knows? 6. Do you go? Do you saying; they are doing. 8. We never know; we never do. 9. They always say; they always go. 10. Does she ever know?

Change the tenses of the above sentences to the imperfect (I was going, I was making, etc.); then repeat in the future (I shall go, I shall make, etc.).

1. Do you like wild animals? 2. Name some. 3. Which ɔnes do you like best? 4. What domestic animals do you like? 5. Do you know which are the most useful to man? 6. Which? 7. Do you prefer dogs to cats? 8. Do you know why? 9. Shall I tell you why? rooms of this building is the largest? make honey? 12. Does this house

10. Which of the 11. Which insects

13. Which of these sentences is the easiest?

belong to

you?

14. And you,

sir, what do you say? 15. Which one is the shortest? 16. Which of my pupils are the most industrious? you know it?

17. Do

Lesson 54: Relative Pronouns - Lequel; Dont.

Abondance de bien ne nuit pas.

You can't have too much of a good thing.

We have seen (Lessons 17 and 46) that the nominative case of the relative pronoun is qui, and the accusative que. After a preposition the relative pronoun which is lequel (laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles).

Où est le crayon avec lequel j'ai écrit cette lettre?
Where is the pencil with which I wrote this letter?
Voici la table sur laquelle j'ai mis votre porte-monnaie.
Here is the table on which I put your purse.

Où, to which, in which, where, is frequently used for à or dans and a relative, referring to place and time.

La maison où nous sommes allés, The house to which we went.

La ville où il demeure,

Le moment où elle est partie,

Notice d'où = whence.

The city in which he lives.

The moment at which (or when) she started.

When of which, of whom, or whose are not interrogative, they may be expressed by dont for both genders and numbers, instead of duquel, de laquelle, desquels, desquelles, or instead of de qui (persons only).

Apportez-moi le livre dont j'ai parlé, bring me the book of which I spoke. L'homme dont la fille est arrivée, the man whose daughter has arrived. La femme dont (de qui, de laquelle) j'ai vu le fils,1

The woman whose son I have seen.

If the object possessed is dependent upon a preposition, then duquel, de laquelle, etc., or de qui (persons only), must be used instead of dont.

L'homme du fils duquel (de qui) nous parlions, the man of whose son we were speaking.

1 In a relative clause introduced by dont, the noun object must follow the verb: l'homme dont j'ai trouvé le chapeau.