Après cette recherche infructueuse, Georges After that research fruitless, courut à la maison, et se plaignit ran to the house, and himself complained to his mère de ce qu'un méchant garçon s'était to him insult: 10 le coup, mon fils, tu t'es trahi,' son, thou thyself hast betrayed, himself was "Pour "This et tu and thou t'accuses toi-même, lui dit-elle. Apprends thyself accusest thyself, to him said she. Learn que tu n'as rien entendu que tes propres that thou hast nothing heard but thy Own paroles; car, de même de même que tu as plus d'une tu viens d'entendre ta propre voix dans la thou bast just heard thy Own forêt. Si tu avais crié une parole obligeante," 124. WORDS IN WHICH THE LETTER H IS ASPIRATED. reference.) Hardi, bold. Hardiesse, boldness. Hareng saison, herring season. Harpeau, grappling-iron. Harpin, boat-hook. Hausse-col, neck-piece. Haut, high. Hautain, haughty. Hâve, ghastly. Havir, to scorch. Havre, haven. Havresac, knapsack. Héler, to hail a ship. Hem! hem! Hennir, to neigh. Hennissement, neighing. Hérisser, to stand on end. Hérisson, hedgehog. Héros, hero. Hersage, harrowing. Hêtre, beech-tree. Heurt, shock. (For **Many of these words are given for reference, as they are so seldom met with. In héroisme h is silent, though aspirate in its primitive héros. REMARKS ON THE LETTERS. For the consonants which, although mute at the end of words, are tied to the next word beginning with a vowel, see § 27. 125. B at the end of words is silent, except in radoub; club. 126. C is sounded except in estomac; broc; croc; accroc; marc; les échecs; tabac; jonc; franc; blanc. 126A. D is mute at the end of words: quand; bond; fond; pied, &c. 127. CH is sounded like k: catéchumène; chiromancie ; archange; chaos; orchestre; écho; chœur; Michel-Ange. 128. F is sounded at the end of words, except in des œufs; des bœufs; bœuf gras; des nerfs. is silent in chef-d'œuvre. 129. G is silent in bourg; faubourg; legs; poing; seing; rang. sounds like c in gangrène (first g like c). 130. I is not sounded in oignon; moignon; poignard; poignée; poignant. 131. P is silent in baptême; drap; camp; champ; cep; coup; dompter; exempt (t mute also); loup; prompt (t silent also); je romps; tu romps; il romp; sculpteur; sculpter; sirop; temps; sept (pronounced sett); trop; beaucoup. 132. QU has the sound of cou in aquatique; équation; équateur; in-quarto; quadragénaire ; quadruple; quaker. 133. R is sounded in the verbs in ir like finir, and oir like devoir. 134. S is harsh at the beginning of words, but like z between two vowels. is sounded in as; atlas; aloès; hélas; fils (1 mute); laps; mœurs; ours; os (plural mute); sens; vis; vasistas; en sus; lis; presbytère; Anvers. is mute in bon sens; fleur de lis; Jésus; Judas; alors; arcs-en-ciel; gens; Thomas; 135. ST is sounded in Christ; Est; Ouest; lest; zest. is mute in Jésus-Christ (pronounced cri); il est. 136. Tis sounded only in but; brut; contact; correct; déficit ; direct; distinct; dot; échec et mat; exact; fat; granit; infect; intact; luth; net; prétérit; rapt; suspect; tact; toast; transit: zénith. is sounded in vingt followed by another number (not in quatre-vingt). 137. U is sounded separately in aiguille and compounds; aiguiser; arguer; inextinguible; Guise. 138. Z is sounded s in Rhodez. REMARK ON oi versus ai. 139. Anglois, foible, françois, and monnoie always were pronounced as they are now spelt, i.e. Anglais, faible, français, and monnaie. 140. Not so with connoître, lisoit, paroître, and many others, which have been made connaître, lisait, paraître; whilst some old words in oi, like exploit, bourgeois, suédois, danois, hongrois, &c., have preserved the sound. Roide (stiff), which is more generally now spelt raide, always retains the latter sound. |