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An Elementary French Grammar: For Colleges, High Schools, and Academies Jean Gustave Keetels,Hippolyte Dalmon No preview available - 2016 |
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adjective Adverbs aimés or aimées allé aller amis arrive auxiliary verb avant avez Avez-vous Avoir avons bien C'est cassé compound tenses COND Conditional Mode Conjugate connais coup coupé cousin demain deux direct object élèves enfants English Est-ce été aimé êtes être eût Exercise fait faut fini finish français French French language frère gender grammar heure homme Imperative Mode IMPERF Imperfect Tense impersonal verb J'ai J'aurais J'en jours leçon LESSON letter livre m'en malade mère mieux model verb monsieur n'ai n'est noun oncle papier parle parler PAST DEF Past Definite Tense past indef past participle père PLUPERFECT plur plural preceded preposition Present Tense pronominal verbs qu'il que tu que vous received reçu s'en s'il sell sentence serais sœur soir sommes SUBJ Subjunctive Mode sur la table temps Theme thou tout travaille vais vendu venir veux Vocabulary voir Voulez-vous vowel
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Page 68 - Traduisez : le mien le tien le sien le nôtre le vôtre le leur...
Page 220 - Un homme brave, a brave man. Mon cher ami, my dear friend. Une robe chère, a costly dress. Un grand homme, a great man. Un homme grand, a tall man. La dernière année, the last year L'année dernière, last year (the (of a series).
Page 2 - An Analytical French Reader : with English Exercises for Translation and Oral Exercises for Practice in Speaking ; Questions on Grammar, with References to the Author's several Grammars ; Notes and Vocabulary. In Two Parts. PART FIRST : Selections of Fables, Anecdotes, and Short Stories. PART SECOND : Selections from the Best Modern Writers.
Page 220 - Un brave homme, a worthy man. Un homme brave, a brave man. Mon cher ami, my dear friend. Une robe chère, a costly dress. Un grand homme, a great man.
Page 226 - Now sbideth faith, hope, charity ; these three. — 1 Cor. xiii. 13. OBS. 3. — When the nominatives are of different persons, the verb agrees with the first person in preference to the second, and with the second in preference to the third...
Page 47 - Soixante-dix-neuf. 80 Quatre-vingts. 81 Quatre-vingt-un. 82 Quatre-vingt-deux. 83 Quatre-vingt-trois. 84 Quatre-vingt-quatre. 85 Quatre-vingt-cinq. 86 Quatre-vingt-six. 87 Quatre-vingt-sept. 88 Quatre-vingt-huit. 89 Quatre-vingt-neuf. 90 Quatre-vingt-dix. 91 Quatre-vingt-onze. 92 Quatre-vingt-douze. 93 Quatre-vingt-treize. 94 Quatre-vingt-quatorze. 95 Quatre-vingt-quinze. 96 Quatre-vingt-seize. 97 Quatre-vingt-dix-sept.
Page 16 - ... manner. 8. A preposition is a word used to express some relation of different things or thoughts to each other, as : the book lies before me on the table. 9. A conjunction is a word used to connect words or sentences in construction, as : you and he are happy, because you are good.
Page 226 - But when they are of different persons, the verb is put in the plural, and agrees with the person that has the precedence. Lui ou son frère viendra. He or his brother will come. Lui ou moi viendrons. He or I will come.
Page 201 - The negative pas is generally omitted in the negative conjugation of the verbs cesser, to cease; oser, to dare ; pouvoir, to be able ; savoir, to know.
Page 94 - Que j'aie, That I may have. Que tu aies, That thou mayest have. Qu'il ait, That he may have. Que nous ayons, That we may have. Que vous ayez, That you may have. Qu'ils aient, That they may have.