French Conversation and Composition
Grammar Review.--Lesson Xvi
spirituellement à sa blessante question.--CLAUDE AUGÉ.
Les hommes d'esprit reconnaissent-ils l'esprit chez les autres?--De quelle bataille est-il question dans cette anecdote?--Où la scène se passe-t-elle?--Frédéric jouissait-il de beaucoup d'estime dans sa capitale?--Avait-on ordinairement peur de lui?--Quelle rencontre a-t-il faite une fois?--Qu'est-ce qui a attiré surtout l'attention du roi?--Qu'est-ce qu'il a demandé à l'inconnu?--Quelle réponse spirituelle a-t-il tirée du soldat?--Comment a-t-il pris la chose,--en bonne ou en mauvaise part?
Écrivez en 200 mots cette histoire.
GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XVI
Relative Pronouns.
Examples
L'homme (le cheval, la vache, The man who (the horse, cow,
etc.), qui est devant la maison. which) is in front of the house.
La femme que je rencontre. La The lady whom I meet. The cow
vache (le cheval) que je vends. (horse) which I am selling.
La fille de l'avocat qui est ici. The daughter of the lawyer who
is here.
La fille de l'avocat, laquelle est The lawyer's daughter, who is
ici, est malade. here, is ill.
L'homme avec qui je parle. The man with whom I speak.
Le livre dans lequel j'étudie. The book in which I study.
Le magasin auquel je vais, The store to which I go, from
duquel je sors. which I come.
Je vous donnerai ce qui est ici, I'll give you what is here, what I
ce que j'ai trouvé. found.
Le livre (l'homme) dont je parle. The book of which (the man of
whom) I speak.
L'homme dont le fils est mort. The man whose son is dead.
L'homme dont je connais le fils. The man whose son I know. La femme au fils de laquelle The lady to whose son I was
j'écrivais. writing.
La ville dont je suis venu. The city whence I came.
Savez-vous de quoi s'agit? Do you know what it is about?
Donnez-moi de quoi écrire. Give me writing material.
Il n'a pas de quoi vivre. He has nothing to live on.
La ville où il se trouve. The city in which he is.
Le pays d'où il vient. The country from which he
comes.
Etc. Etc.
A. 1. That man who is stopping before the picture, and whose
attitude shows contempt, is a celebrated painter. 2. There is the
picture that I like most.[1] 3. A horse that had no bit wouldn't have
his[2] mouth covered with foam. 4. The coachman whose horse you
saw didn't like the picture. 5. The man for whom he made the picture
was in the crowd. 6. Here is a salon in which you can admire the
pictures about which we were talking. 7. The bourgeois has eaten
all[3] he has. 8. I haven't anything[4] to write with.[4] 9. She has
enough[4] to live on.[5] 10. The uncle saw which[6] way the wind
blew.[7] 11. The wife of the inventor, who (i.e. the wife) wrote me a
letter, wishes to see me. 12. The machine that we made use of was
invented by Edison. 13. There is the man with whose uncle I was
walking. 14. He[8] is a man whose opinion I respect. 15. That person
whose aspect[9] is so severe is the grenadier to whom the king
spoke. 16. What made me mad, was[10] that they invited me to a
dinner at which I found several of my relatives. 17. He fell dead at
the moment when I freed my arms. 18. This painter whose uncle I
am is a famous man. 19. There is nothing to be astonished about.[4]
20. The city from which he comes is Lyons.
[Footnotes 1: le mieux. 2: la. 3: supply "that which." 4: de quoi. 5: omit. 6-7: de quoi il retournait. 8: Ce. 9: l'aspect. 10: c'est.]
B. Word Study. Find opposites of the following words in the
anecdotes included in this lesson: mauvais, recevoir, petit, sécurité,
mal, avant, court, fermer, laid, admiration, pauvre, mourir, près, âgé, beaucoup, ignorer, demander, défendre de, commencement,