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alleos ? 8. Elles s'en sont allees vers six heures de 1'apres- 

 midi. 9. L'habit quo vous tenez, est-il a vous ou a votre frere ? 

 10. II n'est ni a lui ni a moi, il est a mon beau- frere. 11. Lui 

 va-t-il bien ? 12. II lui va fort bien, et il lui sied bien. 13. 

 Oil l'a-t-il fait fairs ? 14. II 1'a fait faire en Prance ou en 

 Allemagne. 15. A qui sont les livres que lit Mademoiselle 

 votre soaur? 16. Us sont a moi. 17. Vofcre gilet va-t-il mieiix 

 que celui de votre beau-frere ? 18. II me va beaucoup mieux. 

 19. Votre habit no vous gene-t-il pas ? 20. II no saurait (cannot) 

 me gener, il est de beaucoup trop large. 21. Avez-vous essaye 

 votre habit neuf ? 22. Je 1'ai essaye, mais la couleur ne me 

 sied pas. 23. Est-elle trop claire ? 24. Elle est trop f oncee. 

 25. Les couleurs foncees ne me sieent jamais. 



EXERCISE 88. 



1. Are your friends gone away ? 2. They are not yet gone 

 away, they are still here. 3. At what hour did your mother 

 go away ? 4. She went away early this morning. 5. Did your 

 little sister go away late ? 6. She went away too soon. 7. 

 Does your sister's new dress become her ? 8. It does not 

 become her. 9. Why does it not become her ? 10. Dark 

 colours never become her. 11. Do light colours become your 

 brother's wife ? 12. They become her very well. 13. Are 

 your new boots too narrow or too wide ? 14. They are neither 

 too narrow nor too wide, they fit very well. 15. Does your 

 brother's waistcoat fit him ? 16. It fits him, but it does not 

 become him. 17. Light colours never become him. 18. Does 

 your coat press you ? 19. It does not press me, it is by far too 

 wide. 20. Whose house is that? 21. It is my father's and 

 brother's. 22. Whose books have you brought this morning ? 

 23. I have brought my brother's and my sister's. 24. Whose 

 dresses pre those ? 25. They are my mother's, my sister's, and 

 my cousin's. 26. Are not those German books yours ? 27. They 

 are not mine, they are my friend's. 28. Are those pens yours or 

 mine ? 29. They are neither yours nor mine, they are my 

 brother's. 30. Does this hat fit you? 31. Yes, Sir, it fits me, 

 but it does not become me. 32. 1.5 your hat too small ? 33. It 

 is too large. 34. Are your gloves too large ? 35. They are too 

 small, I cannot put them on. 



SECTION XLVII. UNIPERSONAL VERBS AND THEIR USES. 



1. THE verb falloir [3, ir.], to be necessary, is always conjugated 



unipersonally. See table, 62. 



II faut, il a fallu, It is necessary, it teas or Tios been 



necessary. 

 II faut e'tudier tons les jours, It is necessary to study every day. 



2. As falloir has always a unipersonal pronoun for its nomi- 

 native or subject, a pronoun in the indirect regimen (dative 

 me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur), placed before the verb, will bo 

 equivalent to the pronoun used as nominative to the English 

 verbs must, to be obliged, etc. 



II me faut e'crire un theme, 

 Ou nous faut-il aller ? 



I must write an exercise. 

 Where must we go ? 



3. Falloir is used in the signification of to want, to need, to be 

 under the necessity of having. 



II me faut un livre, I need a loot. 



II lui faut de 1'argent, He is in want of money. 



4. When must is used in the last acceptation, and has a noun 

 as its nominative, the noun in the corresponding French sentence 

 should be in the indirect regimen preceded by d. 



II faufc un livre a ma soeur, 



RESUME OF 

 Pour apprendre une langue il faut 



ctudier. 

 II faut aller a I'e'glise et a 1'^cole. 



II fant rester a la maison. 

 II me faut lire un bon livre.* 

 /I lui faut aller voir sa mere. 

 Que nous faut-il faire ? 

 Que leur faut-il lire ? 

 Que leur faut-il ? 



II leur faut de 1'argent ou du 

 credit. 



My sister must have a book (needs a 



book). 



EXAMPLES. 

 To learn a language it is necessary to 



study. 

 It is necessary to go to church and to 



school. 



It is necessary to remain at home. 

 I must read a good book. 

 Slie must go and see her mother. 

 What must we do ? 

 Wliat must they read 1 

 What do they v:ant or need? 

 They need or must have money or 



credit. 



* Another construction of these sentences will be found in Sect. 

 XXI. 1, 2. 



Vous faut-il cinquante francs? Do you want or must you havs Jiffy 



francs ? 



II me faut cinquante-cinq francs. I must have or I need fifty-five franc . 



Combien d'argent faut-il a votre How much money does your father 



pere ? want ? 



II lui en faut beaucoup. He wants much (of it), 



Nousavonscequ'il[R.3]nousfaut. We have wJiat we want. 



VOCABULARY. 



EXERCISE 89. 



1. Que faut-il faire aujourd'hui ? 2. Aujourd'hui il faut 

 travailler. 3. A-t-il fallu travailler fort pour fiuir 1'ouvrage a 

 temps ? 4. II a fallu travailler toute la joumee. 5. Quand 

 faut-il ecrire a notre ami ? 6. II faut lui ecrire aujourd'hui. 



7. Me faut-il aller trouver mon pere ? 8. II vous faut aller le 

 trouver, il desire vous parler. 9. A-t-il besoin de quelquo 

 chose ? 10. II lui faut des livres, des plumes, et de 1'encre. 

 11. Ne lui faut-il pas aussi de 1'argent? 12. II lui en faut 

 beaucoup pour payer ses dettes. 13. Vous faut-il encore quelque 

 chose ? 14. II ne me faut plus rien, j'ai tout ce qu'il me faut. 

 15. Ne faut-il pas du papier a votre sceur ? 16. II ne lui 

 en faut pas davantagc.* 17. Que faut-il envoyer au chirur- 

 gien ? 18. II faut lui envoyer de 1'argent, il en a grand besoin. 

 19. La modiste a-t-elle tout ce qu'il lui faut ? 20. Elle n'a pas 

 tout ce qu'il lui faut. 21. Combien vous faut-il? 22. II me 

 fant cinq francs. 23. Ne vous faut-il pas davantage ? 24. II 

 ne me faut pas davantage. 25. Que lui faut-il pour sa peine :' 

 26. H demande un franc vingt-cinq centimes. 



EXERCISE 90. 



1. What must we do ? 2. You must bring your book and 

 learn your lesson. 3. Is it necessary to write to your brother 

 to-day ? 4. It is not necessary to write to him. 5. Has it 

 been necessary to speak to your father ? 6. It has been neces- 

 sary to speak to him. 7. Is it necessary to go to D. to-day ? 



8. It is necessary to go there (y). 9. Must I go to your sister ? 

 10. You must go to her, she wishes to speak to you. 11. How 

 much money must your brother have ? 12. He must have ten 

 francs fifty centimes. 13. How many books does your sister 

 want ? 14. She must have many books, she reads (lit) much. 

 15. What will you send to the surgeon? 16. We must send 

 him our horse ; his own (le sien) is sick. 17. Must he not have 

 paper ? 18. He must have some ; he has letters to write. 19. 

 Must he have much ? 20. He must have a quire. 21. Do you 

 want anything more ? [See No. 13, in the French exercise above.] 

 22. I need something more. 23. I need nothing more. 24. 

 Must you have one hundred francs ? 25. I must have ten 

 dollars. 26. What does the surgeon want ? 27. He must have 

 money to (pour) pay his debts. 28. Has the tailor all that he 

 wants ? 29. He has not all that he wants. 30. The milliner 

 has received all that she wants. 31. What must you have for 

 your trouble ? 32. How much do you want ? 33. How much 

 do we want ? 34. What must I do ? 35. You must write a 

 letter. 36. What must she write ? 37. She must write four 

 pages. 38. She must go to church. 



READING AND ELOCUTION. XIII. 



ANALYSIS OF THE VOICE (continued), 

 vin. CORRECT INFLECTION (continued. 

 Both inflections, the Rising and the Falling, in connecivm. 

 Rule 1. When negation is opposed to affirmation, the former 

 has the rising, the latter the falling inflection, in whatever order 

 they occur, and whether in the same or in different sentences, 

 as : 



He did not call me", but you. 



He was esteemed not for wealth, but for wisdom. 



Study not for amusement, but for improvement. 



* This adverb can never be placed before a substantive. 



