la té-mé-ri-té; mé-ri-té; la fé-li-ci-té; la li-ber-té; l'é-ga-li-té, temerity deserved felicity liberty equality. 109. L'ACCENT GRAVE (`) qui | The GRAVE ACCENT (`), which se met sur l'e qui pré cède une syllabe muette, comme: is placed on the e which precedes a mute syllable, as: la fi-è-vre; il es-pè-re; le col-lè-ge; le pi-è-ge; le ma-nè-ge; the snare the riding-school 110. Quelques mots terminés | Some words terminated by par deux ss en anglais, double ss in English, take the grave accent in French, as: un ab-cès; le suc-cès; le pro-grès; l'ex-cès; also le pro-cès 111. On met encore l'accent | The grave accent is also grave sur quelques mots placed on some words, to distinguish them from other words spelt in the same manner: la, là; les prés, près; a, à; des, les dés, dès. the there meadows near has to some 112. L'é qui a un accent | aigu ou pas d'accent à l'avant-dernière syllabe, se change en è avec un accent grave quand la dernière syllabe devient muette: thimbles from thence. The é which has an acute accent or no accent on the penultimate, changes into è with a grave accent when the last syllable becomes mute: es-pé-ré, il es-pè-re; ré-gé-né-rer, il ré-gé-nè-re; a-me-ner, hoped he hopes to regenerate he regenerates to bring il a-mè-ne. he brings. 113. e suivi d'un x ne prende followed by x never takes jamais d'accent. 114. L'ACCENT CIRCONFLEXE (^), qui indique géné- an accent. The CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT (^), which generally indicates that an s has been suppressed, as: un é-vê-que; la fe-nê-tre; l'â-me; la fê-te; l'â-ne; le cloî-tre. 8 bishop the window the soul the feast-day the ass the cloister. 115. L'accent circonflexe s'emploie aussi pour distinguer des mots épelés de la même façon : The circumflex accent is also used to distinguish between words spelt in the same way: du, dû; sur, sûr; le mur, mûr; la mû-re, mu-re. some owed on sure the wall 116. Quels autres signes y ripe the mulberry ripe. What other signs are there? The APOSTROPHE ('), which marks the suppression of an a, e, i or y before a Vowel: l'a-mour; l'é-gli-se; l'i-gno-ran-ce; l'his-toi-re; l'yeuse; love the church history evergreen oak s'il re-gar-de; s'ils ont; s'il vous plaît; s'ils man-gent. if he looks if they have 118. Continuez. if they eat. if you please le po-ë-te; na-ïf; ha-ir: Saül; Is-ma-ël; Is-ra-ël. the poet ingenuous to hate Ishmael. 119. Le tréma se met encore sur quelques mots qui autrefois s'épelaient par un y: The tréma is also placed on some words which were formerly spelt with a y: la ba-ï-on-net-te instead of ba-yon-net-te; la fa-ï-en-ce the bayonet HYPHEN (-), which serves to unite two or more words: c'est-à-dire ; l'arc-en-ciel. that is to say the rainbow. II. Le trait d'union se met | The hyphen is always used toujours entre le verbe et le pronom dans les interrogations: between the verb and the pronoun in an interrogation: Est-il? A-vez-vous? Veut-elle ? Marchons-nous? A-t-on ? Is he? Have you ? Does she wish? Do we walk ? Has one? III. Mark the pronunciation of est-ce? (read like s) était-ce? is it ? was it? Combien y a-t-il d'h en How many h's are there in français ? French? |