French Conversation and Composition
Grammar Review.--Lesson Xxi
[1]--.Non, madame, dit le suisse, mais elle y est toujours pour vous.»
[Footnote 1: Why subjunctive?]
Quel ordre madame avait-elle donné au suisse?--De quai a-t-il tenu compte, le soir, à sa maîtresse?--En était-elle contente?--La sœur est-elle revenue?--Qu'a-t-elle demandé?--Le suisse s'est-il rappelé l'ordre de madame?--Est-ce que madame n'était pas sortie?--Quel soupçon la sœur a-t-elle conçu?--Comment le suisse a-t-il expliqué sa conduite?
GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XXI
Articles.--Omission of indefinite article.--Distributive use of definite
article.--Review cardinals and ordinals.--Age.--Dates.--Fractions.
Examples
Cet homme est avocat (général, That man is a lawyer (a general,
prêtre, Anglais, etc.). a priest, an Englishman, etc.).
Son frère est un avocat (etc.) His brother is a celebrated lawyer
célèbre. (etc.).
C'est un Français (un acteur, It (he) is a Frenchman (an actor
etc.). etc.).
Lamartine, poète et homme Lamartine, a poet and politician,
politique, est né à Macon. was born at Macon.
Cent livres.--Mille mercis. A hundred books.--A thousand
thanks.
Quel homme! What a man!
Dix sous la pièce.--Cinq francs la Ten cents a piece.--Five francs a
livre (le mètre, etc.). pound (a meter etc.).
Deux fois par jour.--Cinq francs Two times a day.--Five francs a
par leçon. (or per) lesson.
Elle est chez elle le jeudi (or) les She is at home on Thursday (or)
jeudis. every Thursday.
Il est arrivé lundi (passé). He came (last) Monday.
Il arrivera mardi (prochain). He will arrive (next) Tuesday. Le premier mai.--Le deux avril. May first.--April second.
Quel âge a-t-il?--Il a dix ans. How old is he?--He is ten.
Une femme âgée de trente ans. A woman thirty years old.
Une demi-heure.--Deux heures et A half hour.--Half past two.--Half
demie.--La. moitié du temps. the time.
A. 1. Piron was a French poet, who lived[1] in[2] the eighteenth
century.[3] 2. He was born[4] at Dijon, a city of France, July 9, 1689.
3. His father was an apothecary.[5] 4. Piron was[6] never a member
of the Academy. 5. He died[7] January 21, 1773, at the age of eighty-
three.[8] 6. She has spent an hour and a half singing.[9] 7. Who is
that man? He[10] is a marshal of France. 8. A child seven years old
cannot solve these problems. 9. Was he a Frenchman or an
Englishman? 10. I only have half a pound of tobacco, but I'll give you
half of it. 11. He earns ten francs a day. 12. She always goes out on
Sunday. 13. I am going to dine at an author's house Friday. 14. Last
Monday I spent the evening at my uncle's. 15. I paid ten cents an
ounce for[11] this tobacco. 16. Thank-you[12] a thousand times! 17.
She says she is only thirty! 18. The enemy attacked us first.[13] 19.
At first[14] I didn't want to sing. 20. What a man! He changes[15]
his[11] mind[16] a hundred times a day. 21. The President of the
United States receives $75,000 a year. 22. I am going to change[15]
my[11] hat. 23. Whatever[17] problem you give[18] me, I can work it.
[Footnotes 1: vivre; past definite. 2: à. 3: siècle (m.). 4: naître; past definite. 5: pharmacien (m.). 6: past definite. 7: mourir; past definite. 8: supply years. 9: à with infinitive. 10: Ce. 11: omit. 12: merci. 13: le premier. 14: d'abord. 15: changer de. 16: avis. 17: quelque ... que. 18: subjunctive, why?]
B., Word Study, Use in sentences: audacieux, audace, aussi,
aussitôt, autorisation, autorité, habile, habiller, hôte, hôtelier, humble,
humilier, maladresse, maladroit, penser, penseur, pensif.
Be careful to note that in some cases words are very similar but are
of different meaning and not necessarily from the same root.