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le meilleur de toua les jardins de la ville. 6. Avez-vous encore 

 de 1'argcnt? 7. Je n'ai plus d' argent, maia j'ai encore du credit. 

 8. Avons-nous encore de la salade P 9. Nous n'en avons plus. 

 10. Nous n'avons plus de viande. 11. Qui en a encore? 12. 

 Mes freres et mes sceurs en ont encore. 13. En avez-vous encore 

 beaucoup ? 14. Je n'en ai plus guere. 15. Votre tante a-t-elle 

 plus de robes que votre niece ? 16. Elle n'en a pas beaucoup. 

 17. Votre neveu est-il plus savant que votre niece ? 18. II n'est 

 pas aussi savant qu'elle. 19. Elle eat plus savanteque lui. 20. 

 Avez-vous encore froid ? 21. Je n'ai plus froid, j'ai bien chaud. 

 22. N'avez-vous plus de nouvelles ? 23. Je n'en ai plus. 24. 

 En avez-vous beaucoup ? 25. Je n'en ai guere. 



EXEECISE 28. 



1. Has your brother a very good dictionary ? 2. His dictionary 

 is not very correct. 3. Has your father more courage than he ? 

 4. He haa much more courage than your nephew. 5. Have 

 your brothers credit ? 6. They have but little credit, but they 

 have money. 7. Is your aunt obliging ? 8. My aunt ia very 

 obliging. 9. Have you still books, pens, and paper? 10. I have 

 no more booka, but I l;ave still good pens and excellent English 

 paper. 11. Who has still paper? 12. I have no more, but my 

 brother has some more. 13. Have you any news, Sir ? 14. No, 

 Madam, I have none to-day. 15. Have you as much wood as 

 my brother's son? 16. I have more than you or he. 17. Are 

 you still wrong? 18. No, Sir, I am no longer (plus) wrong, I 

 am right. 19. Are your sisters still hungry ? 20. They are 

 neither hungry nor thirsty, but they are still sleepy. 21. Is 

 your niece as learned as he ? 22. She is more learned than he 

 and (que) his aunt. 23. Have you no news, Sir? 24. No, 

 Madam, I have no more news. 25. Who haa news ? 26. I have 

 no more. 27. Have you them all ? 28. Yes, Sir, I have them 

 all. 29. Has your aunt much of it left? 30. She has but 

 little more of it. 31. Has your brother any more English 

 horses ? 32. He has no more. 33. He has two more. 34. 

 Have you a handsome French ahawl left ? 35. I have no more 

 French shawls, but I have ah English one. 



SECTION XVII. ADVEBBS OF QUANTITY, ETC. 



1. The adverbs of quantity, combien, Jww much, liow many; 

 trop, too much, too many; beaucoup, much, many; assez, enough; 

 pen, little, few ; guere, but little, few; and the word pas, meaning 

 no, when coming before a noun or an adjective, are followed by 

 the preposition de. 



Combien de fleuis avez-vous ? 

 J'ai beaucoup de fleurs, 

 Vous avez trop de loisir, 

 Votre seeur a assez de temps, 



How many flowers liave you ? 

 I have many flowers. 

 You have too much leisure. 

 Tour sister has time enough. 



2. The adverb bien, uaed in the sense of beaucoup (much, 

 many), is followed by the preposition de, joined to or blended 

 with the article le, la, les [Sect. IV.]. 



Yous avez bien de la complaisance, You liave much kindness. 

 Kile a bieii des amis, She lias many friends. 



3. Quelque chose, something, anything [Sect. V., VI.], and rien 

 nothing, iiot anything, take de before an adjective. 



Votre ami a quelque chose d'agre 1 - Four friend has something pleasant. 



able, 



Avez-vous quelque chose de bon ? Have you anything good ? 



Je n'ai rien de bon, I have nothing (not anything) good. 



4. Quel, m., quelle, f., quels, m. pi., quelles, f. pi., are used 

 interrogatively for which or ivhat before a noun. 



'Quelle serviette avez-vous ? 

 Quelles bourses votre ami a-t-il ? 



What or which napkin have you f 

 What purses has your friend 1 



5. Que is used for what before a verb. 



Qu' avez-vous ? What is the matter with you J 



6. Lequel, m., laquelle, f., lesqnels, m. pi., lesquelles, f. pi., are 

 used absolutely for the word which, not followed by a noun, and 

 equivalent to which one, which ones. 



Lequel votre flls a-t-il ? 

 Lesquelles avons-nous ? 



Witich (one) has your son T 

 Which (ones) have we ? 



7,. Quelques is used before a plural noun for a few, some ; 



quelques una, m., quelquea unea, f., are uaed absolutely, with 

 the same meaning. Plusieurs means several, and ia invariable. 

 Le Danois a-t-il quelques pommes ? Has the Dane a few apples f 

 II en a quelques unes, He has a few. 



II eu a plusieurs, He has several. 



EESUME OF EXAMPLES. 



Combien de poires avez-vous ? 

 Nous avons beaucoup de poires. 

 Nous en avons beaucoup. 

 Nous avons assez de cerises. 

 Nous n'en avons pas assez. 

 Vous n'avez guere de peches. 

 Votre jardinier a bien des peches. 

 N'avez-vous pas de peches ? 

 J'ai beaucoup de peches et d'abri- 



cots. [bon ? 



Le boucher a-t-il quelque chose de 

 II a quelque chose de bon et de 



mauvais. 



II n'a rien de bon. 

 Quelles poires (f.) avez-vous ? 

 Nous avons celles de votre scaur. 

 Quel habit (m.) avez-vous? 

 Nous avons celui du tailleur. 

 Qu' avez-vous de bon ? 

 Lequel avez-vous ? 

 Lesquels votre frere a-t-il ? 



How many pears have you f 



We have many pears. 



We have many (of them). 



We have cherries enough. 



We have not enough (of them). ' 



You have but few peaches. 



Your gardener has many peaches. 



Have you no peaches 1 



I have many peaches and apricots. 



Has the butcher anything good f 

 He has something good and bad. 



He has ,.ot anything (nothing) good. 



What or which pears have you ? 



We have your sister's. 



Which or u'hat coat hae you f 



We have the tailor's. 



What have you good f 



TfTiich (one) have you f 



Which (ones) has your brother 1 



EXERCISE 29. 



1. Combien de pommes de terre votre frere a-t-il? 2. H n'en 

 a pas beaucoup. 3. L'epicier a-t-il beauconp de sucre dans son 

 magasin ? 4. H n'en a guere, mais il a beaucoup de beurre et 

 de poivre. 5. Votre jardinier a-t-il beaucoup de ceriaea ? 6. 

 H a plua de ceriaes que de prunes. 7. Lea prunea sont-elles 

 meilleures que les cerises ? 8. Lea cerises sont meilleurea que 

 les prunes. 9. Avez-vous quelques poires mures ? 10. Nous en 

 avons quelques unes, nous avons anssi beaucoup d' ananas et 

 d'abricots. 11. Votre oncle a-t-il quelque chose de bon dans 

 son jardin ? 12. II a quelque chose de bon et de beau 13. II 

 a de beaux legumes et de belles fleurs. 14. Avez-vous dea fleurs 

 etrangerea ? 15. J'en ai quelques unes. 16. Lesquelles avez- 

 vous ? 17. J'ai celles de votre frere et celles de votre jardinier. 

 18. N'avez-vous pas aussi les miennes ? 19. Non, Monsieur, jo 

 ne les ai paa. 20. Qui en a beaucoup? 21. Personne n'en a 

 beaucoup. 22. J'en ai quelquea unes. 23. Avez-TOua aasez de 

 the ? 24. J'en ai assez. 25. J'en ai plua que lui. 



EXERCISE 30. 



1. Has your gardener many vegetables ? 2. Yea, Sir, he has 

 many. 3. How many gardens has he ? 4. He haa several 

 gardens and several houses. 5. Have you many books ? 6. I 

 have but few, but my friend has many. 7. What coat has your 

 brother? 8. He has a good cloth coat. 9. Has your uncle 

 many peaches ? 10. He has but few peaches, but he haa many 

 cherries. 11. How many plums has the tailor ? 12. The tailor 

 has no plums, he haa cloth and silk. 13. What silk has your 

 friend the merchant ? 14. He haa a great deal (beaucov/p) of 

 silk, and a great deal of money. 15. Haa the gardener anything 

 good in (dans) his garden ? 16. He has many pineapples. 17. 

 Has he more vegetables than fruit ? 18. He haa more of these 

 than of those. 19. Has your uncle many peara and cherriea ? 

 20. He haa a few, and he haa manyapplea and plums. 21. Have 

 you a few ? 22. I have still many, but my brother haa no more. 

 23. Which peaches has he ? 24. He haa large (grosses) peaches. 

 25. Which (ones) have you ? 26. I have the best peaches. 27. 

 Has the merchant anything good in hia warehouse ? 28. He 

 has nothing good in his warehouse, but he has something good 

 in his garden. 29. How many potatoes haa the foreigner ? 30 

 He has not many. 31. Has he good vegetables? 32. He has 

 good vegetables. 33. Is he right or wrong ? 34. He is right, 

 but you are wrong. 35. He haa neither thia book nor that, he 

 haa the bookseller's. 



