FRENCH LESSONS BY HENRI BUÉ, B.-és-L., FRENCH MASTER AT MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL, LONDON. SECOND EDITION. BIELIOTHECA DEC '80 LONDON: NA CHARING CROSS. J. S. LEVIN, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN STEAM PRINTER, 2, MARK LANE SQUARE, GREAT TOWER STREET, LONDON, E.C. PREFACE. manner. The compiler of this little book has had in view to teach the young beginner as many French words as possible in the least tedious He has found by experience that what children dislike most to learn are lists of words, however useful and well chosen, and that they very soon get weary of disconnected sentences, but commit to memory most readily a short nursery rhyme, anecdote, or fable. Hence the seiection he has made. INDEX TO PIECES TO BE LEARNED BY HEART. :0: Page 2 7 ... La Maison que Jeannot bâtit 1621–1695) 26 ... ... EARLY FRENCH FRENCH LESSONS. LESSON I. THE ALPHABET. a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, 0, P, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. Names of the Letters in French. a, bé, cé, dé, é, effe, gé, h, i, ji, ka, elle, emme, enne, o, pé, qu, erre, esse, té, u, vé, double vé, ikse, i grec, zède. Exercise 1. Name the following Letters in French. V, g, t, d, j, h, y, r, w, i, q, k, h, f. Exercise 2. Read and spell the following French words : Bâtit, built mangeait, ate chat, cat que, qui, which dans, in rat, rat drêche, malt se trouvait, (found itself) was Jeannot, Jack tua, killed le, la, the voici, there is maison, house Questions Have the French letters the All have different names, same names as the Eng- except seven. lish ? Which are these ? f, l, m, n, o, 8, 2. B В |