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66. EXERCICES DE LECTURE SUR READING EXERCISES ON

LES VOYELLES NASALES.

XV.

NASAL VOWELS.

Un en-fant qui a le tem-pé-ra-ment

A

child

who has the

disposition

mé-chant. En l'an trois-cent-tren-te. En-fin,

wicked.

In the year three hundred

thirty.

After all,

mon bon cou-sin, si vo-tre chien a faim dog be hungry

my

good

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don-nez-lui mon pain. Il vint a-vec cinq

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pains et vingt pin-tes de bon vin du Rhin.

loaves and twenty

pints of good wine of the Rhine.

Quel-qu'un vient et on de-man-de où est

Some one

comes and

asks

where is

mon ar-gent. Tiens! le mé-de-cin et le

my

money.

The

doctor

and the

chi-rur-gien sont chez le phar-ma-cien du

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Au res-tau-rant, nous au-rons du thon et

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champs du voi-sin.

fields of the neighbour.

Le len-de-main ma-tin,

The

next

morning

il vint nous pren-dre pour al-ler^au bain.

he came

us

to take

in order

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to go

to the bath.

Cha-cun vou-lut
Every one wished

du jam-bon. Léon est^en pen-si-on à Ly-on.

some

ham.

Leon is

at

school

at Lyons.

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la pro-chai-ne le-çon de fran-çais.

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ma-çon a-vait du cha-grin. Nous a-vons

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a-che-té onze fla-cons de par-fum à l'en-can.

bought eleven

bottles

of perfume by auction.

Il a en-voyé des coings à Ver-dun. Man-gez

He has sent

some quinces to

Verdun.

Eat

du sau-cis-son de Nan-cy a-vec de la

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mou-tar-de de Di-jon. Il é-tait Lieu-te-nant

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67. PRATIQUE DES MOTS EN PRACTICE OF WORDS IN tion.

tion.3

XVIII.

La po-pu-la-ti-on; la na-ti-on; la po-si-ti-on;

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l'ad-di-ti-on; l'ac-ti-on;
l'ac-ti-on; l'in-ten-ti-on;

addition

action

intention

position

la

la

pro-non-cia-ti-on ; la ré-vo-lu-ti-on;

pronunciation

pré-cau-ti-on; le bas-ti-on.

precaution

bastion.

revolution

68. ***Y between two vowels is equivalent to two I's; one belongs to one syllable, the other to the next syllable. Thus royal is pronounced roi-ial.

69. PRATIQUE DES MOTS DANS

LESQUELS Y EST COMME DEUX i.

PRACTICE OF WORDS IN WHICH y IS LIKE TWO i's.

XIX.

La royauté; le moyen; le pays; ayant ;

royalty

means

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3 When in nouns tion is preceded by s or x, ti retains its sound: la ges-ti-on, l'im-mix-ti-on; the same with verbs having tions.

Sound of si: les no-ti-ons, the notions.

les por-ti-ons, the shares.

les in-ven-ti-ons, inventions.

les con-trac-ti-ons, contractions.
les men-ti-ons, mentions.

Sound of ti: nous no-ti-ons, we took note.

nous por-ti-ons, we were carrying.
nous in-ven-ti-ons, we were inventing.
nous con-trac-ti-ons, we were contracting.
nous men-ti-ons, we were lying.

le crayon; la frayeur; le doyen; payez;

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pitiless

dean

le noyau ; loyal; im-pi-toya-ble; noyé.

kernel

loyal

drowned.

70. *** In the following words ti is sounded si :

XX.

pay

L'a-ris-to-cra-tie; la cal-vi-tie; la dé-mo

aristocracy

baldness

demo

cra-tie; la fa-cé-tie ; l'im-pé-ri-tie; l'i-ner-tie ;

cracy

facetiousness

incapacity

inertia

la mi-nu-tie; la pro-phé-tie ; la su-pré-ma-tie;

trifle

prophecy

supremacy

la thé-o-cra-tie; nup-ti-al; il bal-bu-tie;

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In the last word the first ti is sounded ti; the second is sounded si.

71. *

But ti remains the same in the following:

XXI.

L'am-nis-tie; l'a-pa-thie; l'an-ti-pa-thie;

amnesty

apathy

antipathy

la dy-nas-tie; l'eu-cha-ris-tie ; la ga-ran-tie;

dynasty

eucharist

warranty

l'hos-tie; la mo-des-tie; l'or-tie; la par-tie;

consecrated wafer

modesty

nettle

part

la re-par-tie; re-pen-ti; la rô-tie; le rô-ti;

repartee

repentance

toast

roast meat

la sa-cris-tie; la sor-tie; la sym-pa-thie;

vestry

exit

la moi-ti-é; chré-ti-en.

sympathy

the half

Christian.

72. EXERCICES DE LECTURE SUR LES MOTS EN tion; ti ET Y EMPLOYÉ pour deux i.

READING EXERCISES ON THE
WORDS IN tion; ti AND y
USED AS TWO i's.

XXII.

La na-ti-on n'a plus de sym-pa-thie pour

The

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sang royal, ni pour l'a-ris-to-cra-tie.

the blood royal, nor for the

aristocracy.

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n'y a-vait pas moyen de sau-ver la dy-nas-tie.

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A la sor-tie de la sa-cris-tie, le do-yen don-na

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la bé-né-dic-ti-on aux é-poux.

the

blessing

res-te-ra loyal.

will remain loyal.

XXIII.

Il bal-bu-tie qu'il y a des or-ties. La

He

stammers

that there are some

nettles.

The

su-pré-ma-tie de la royau-té a é-té dé-tru-i-te

supremacy

of the royalty has been destroyed

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