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meu-te; Di-eu; la queue; le beur-re; il

pack of hounds

God

tail

butter

pleut; la Meu-se; la soeur; le mi-neur

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it

When eu is followed by one of the consonants f, 1, r, v, the sound of it is light; but if eu ends a word or a syllable, or is followed by any other consonant, its sound is deep.

IV. Mon-si-eur is pronounced me-si-eu.

42. EXERCICES DE LECTURE READING EXERCISE ON THE SUR LES VOYELLES ET LES VOWELS AND CONSONANTS. CONSONNES.

IX.

La pa-ro-le a é-té don-né-e à l'hom-me;

Speech has been

given

to the

man;

l'animal ne par-le pas com-me lu-i. L'or

the animal

speaks not

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est u-ne chi-mè-re, dit-el-le. Il se-ra pu-ni

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par sa mère s'il ne dit pas ce-la. Pa-pa

by his mother if he

says not

that.

Papa

fu-me sa pi-pe à la por-te. Qui a dit ce-la

smokes his pipe at the door.

Who has said that

et qui l'a ré-pé-té à Pa-pa? An-na n'est

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pas mar-qué-e de la pe-ti-te vé-ro-le com-me

not

marked

of the

small-pox

like

Ur-su-le. Je le fé-li-ci-te de vo-tre part.

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i-mi-te. Le rat a mor-du Geor-ges. El-la

imitate.

The rat has bitten

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est i-ci ma-la-de et Ju-les est dé-jà gué-ri de

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and Julius is already cured

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of

Est-ce (sounded like the

Is it

letter s) là la ga-geu-re? Est-ce sûr? Est

there the

ce lu-i?

it he?

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Le che-val est à la char-ret-te.

The

horse

is at the

cart.

Le chat est sur la ta-ble de la cu-i-si-ne.

The cat

is on the table of the

XI.

kitchen.

La char-ru-e de cet-hom-me est u-sé-e.

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Il est ri-che; il a-chè-te du cho-co-lat et du

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La cha-ri-té est u-ne ver-tu.

and some

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La

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ru-che se-ra vi-de. El-le ga-gea et per-dit.

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Il a re-çu des ci-ga-res et des ci-ga-ret-tes.

He has received

some

cigars

and some

cigarettes.

Le thé est ser-vi. Il est phi-lo-so-phe. Je

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su-is pho-to-gra-phe. Je ga-ge qu'el-le per-dra.

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Le ju-ge est mort. Le ra-goût est dé-li-ci-eux.

The judge is dead.

The

VOYELLES COMPOSÉES. 43. Nommez les voyelles composées.

ai, ei, qui se prononcent é.

44. Il y a des exceptions, n'est-ce pas ?

e

Oui, monsieur ; il faut prononcer ai comme dans le, me, &c., dans les mots suivants : fai-sant, je fai-sais, &c., et dans bien-fai-sant. 45. Très-bien; continuez. au, eau, prononcés ô. 46. eu comme feu, jeu, &c. 47. ou, qui se prononce comme le mot anglais who sans l'aspiration.

48. ui comme:

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COMPOUND VOWELS. Name the compound vowels.

ai, ei, which are pronounced a (English).

There are exceptions, are there not?

Yes, sir; one must pronounce ai like e in le, me, &c., in the following words: fai-sant, je fai-sais, &c., and in bien-fai-sant. Very well; continue. au, eau, pronounced ô. eu as feu, jeu, &c. ou, which is pronounced like the English word who without aspiration.

ui as:
fui-te.

then flight.

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gai gei (soft) gau

pai pei pau peau

rai rei

peu

pou

reu

rou

geu (soft) gou

gau geau (soft)

chai chei chau

cheau cheu chou

50. I. *** Eu, past participle of avoir, is sounded u. II. The four sounds, au, u, eu, ou must be often practised with beginners, who sometimes experience a difficulty in distinguishing them from one another:

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51. Comment se prononce la | How do you pronounce the

diphthongue oi?

diphthong oi?

Comme ohah prononcé Like ohah quickly pro

vitement: ce son est
assez difficile.

nounced: this sound is rather difficult.

EXERCICES SUR oi.

EXERCISES ON Oi.

52. oi

Le soir (r sounded); la joie; l'oie;

evening

joy

goose

la soie; le doigt; la loi; la foi; le foie ;

silk

finger

law

faith

liver

le bois; le mois; la voix; la croix;

wood

month

voice

cross

le choix; le pois; le poids; la

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53. Le vil-la-geois est très a-droit. Le

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bour-geois voit quel-que-fois des noix. Il

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Du doigt, il fait voir trois boî-tes sur le

With the finger he makes

to see three

boxes

on the

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