LKSSONS IN KHKN'CH. 



107 



29. I hsivii not hurt them. :>". HUM- you hurt your arm? 31. 



: , hut 1 luivi- luirt my head. '52. Hun not your sister 



hurt hi-r han.l : :5J. Sho has hurt hor hand, and my mother 



.rt hor elbow. 34. Have you not hurt your head ? 35. I 



have not hurt my head, but I have hurt my hand. 



SECTION I.XVI. 



1. Avoir mal means to have a pain or ache, a ton. When 



used in relation to ono of the limbs, it means generally, to have 



.se, a cut, &o. The name of the port of the body ia 



I l.y the preposition a and the article [Sw Sect. 63, B. 



.7(9)]:- 



vous pas mal au doifft P Hat! you not a tort finger f 

 Jo H'.U pus mal a la tdte. My head dow not ache. 



2. Avoir une douleur, or des douleura, corresponds to the 

 English to have a pain or pains : 

 J'ai une doulour au bras. I have a pain in my arm. 



8. The construction mentioned in Rule 1 is used after avoir, 

 taken in the sense of tenir, to hold, and after avoir froid and 

 avoir chaud [Sect. 63, B. 5] : 



You* avez lea artues a la main. 1'ou have your arms in your havds. 



J'ai chaud aux mains et aux pieds. My hands and feet are warm. 



4. The article le, Ac., is used before words indicating moral 

 and physical properties, in oases where the English use a or on, 

 or uiuit tho article. When, however, an adjective precedes 

 the noun, un, une, or de, des, are used : 



Cette daine a 1'esprit juste. Thai Indii has a correct mind. 



Votre stBur a lea yeux noire. Your sinter ha* black eyes. 



5. A noun expressing a moral or physical property, which, 

 in tho individual is single, is not put in the plural in French, 

 even when referring to a number of individuals : 



Ces dames out 1'esprit juste. Those ladies heive correct minds. 



Ces gar; ons so sout fait mal a la Those boys have hurt their heads. 

 tete. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



you, not a sore foot ? 

 That younj lady has the headache. 

 Do not ijotir teeth ache ? 



N'avez-vous pas mal au pied ? 

 Cette demoiselle a mal a la tete. 

 N'avez-vous pas mal aux deuts ? 

 Mou ftvre a mal aux dents. 

 Mon cousin a inal au cote'. 

 II a des douleurs de poitrine. 



Qu'avez-vous a la main ? 



Je n'ai rien a la main. 



J'ai chaud aux mains et froid aux 



pieds. 



Vos soeurs ont le gout diSlieat. 

 Ces messieurs ont le nez aquilin. 



My brother has the toothache. 

 My cousin has a pain in his side. 

 He hus pains in his cheat. 



What have you in your hand? 

 What i8 the matter with your 



/land .' 



I haee nothing in my hand. 

 Xothiiuj is the matter icith my 



hand. 

 My hand* are warm and my feet 



cold. 



I Four sitters hare a delicate taxte. 

 \ Those gmtitliwa have Woman noses. 



EXERCISE 127. 



Bleu, e, blue. Mal de gorge, ui. ore Notr, e, black. 



Bouche, f. mouth. throat. Pied, m. foot. 



Dent, f. tooth. Mal d'oreille, m. ear- Presque, almot. 



Doigt, m. finger. ache. Teint, m. complexion. 



Gorge, f. throat. M<5inoire, f. memory. Visage, m. face. 



Nttce, f. niece. Yeux, from ceil, y. 



1. Ce jenne homme a-t-il mal 4 la gorge ? 2. Oni, Monsieur, 

 H y a deux jours qu'il a mal a la gorge. 3. Avez-vous souvent 

 mal a la tete ? 4. J'ai mal a la tete presqne tons lea joura. S. 

 N'avez-vous pas mal au bras ? 6. J'ai mal au bras et a la 

 main. 7. Votre soeur a-t-elle mal & 1'oreille ? 8. Oui, Madame, 

 elle a mal & 1'oreille et mal anx dents. 9. N'avez-vous pas 

 froid a la tte ? 10. Non, Monsieur, mais j'ai froid anx doigts. 

 11. N'avez-vons pas froid au visage ? 12. Non, Monsieur, je 

 n'y ai pas froid. 13. Ce monsieur a-t-il le nez aqnilin ? 14. 

 II a le nez aqnilin et la bonche grande. 15. Cette demoiselle 

 a-t-elle de belles dents ? 16. Elle a de belles dents et de beaux 

 yeux. 17. Ce petit garden a-t-il les pieds petits ? 18. D a lea 

 pieds petits etles mains grandes. 19. Votre niece n'a-t-elle paa 

 les yeux bleus? 20. Non, Monsieur, elle a IPS yenx noirs. 21. 

 Vos ecoliers se sont-ils fait mal au visage ? 22. Us se apnt fait 

 mal a la poitrine. 23. Vos filles ont-elles uno bonne memoir* ? 

 24. Elles ont la memoire excellente. 25. Ces Italiennea n'ont 

 pas lo teint frais. 



KXKKOIIB 128. 



1 . What is tho matter with your hand ? 2. I have bed a 

 ore hand these ten days. 3. Han your brother sore finger* t 

 4. He has sore fingers and a sore band. 5. What ha* yonr 

 brother in his hand ? 6. He ha* a pen in hi* band. 7. Ha* 

 your little boy a sore throat ? 8. He ha* a tore throat. 9. 

 Ha* not your eldest lister the toothache ? 10. She ha* not the 

 toothache, bnt she ha* a sore finger. 11. Why doe* not the 

 soldier walk ? 12. Ho cannot walk, be ha* a core foot. 13. 

 Have you not core feet ? 14. My feet are not core. 15. If 

 your finger were sore would you write? 16. If I bad sore 

 fingers I should not write. 17. If yonr brother bad the head- 

 ache, would he study his lesson P 18. He could not itndy hi* 

 lesson if he had the headache. 19. Ha* not that gentleman 

 pains in his cheat ? 20. He ha* pains in hi* chest and in hi* 

 aide. 21. Has your little girl black eyes or bine eye* ? 22. 

 She has black eyes and a fresh complexion. 23. Ha* not yoor 

 daughter tho toothache ? 24. She has the toothache and the 

 ear-ache. 25. Are not yonr hands and feet cold? 26. My 

 hands are cold, but my feet are warm. 27. Have not those 

 ladies aquiline noses? 28. They have aquiline noses and a 

 fair complexion (le teint beau). 29. Ha* yonr tister large 

 hands ? 30. No, Sir, my sinter ha* small hand*. 31. Hare 

 not those little girls hurt their head*? 32. They have not 

 hurt their heads, they have hurt their face*. 33. That little 

 boy has black hair (chevcux). 



SECTION LXVH. 



1. Avoir beau Voua avez beau, corresponds in signification 

 to the English expression, it is in vain for you to, you may do, 

 say, ifc., what you like. It must be followed by the infini- 

 tive: 



Vous avez beau dire, il ne viendra It it in vain for you to apeak, you 

 pas. may *ay what you like, he viU not 



com*. 



2. Epouser, marier, to marry, have, in French, a different 

 meaning. Marier, conjugated actively, can only have as it* 

 nominative the person performing the ceremony, or giving one 

 or both of the parties in marriage ; Epouser takes, as its nomi- 

 native, the contracting parties only, and must always be fol- 

 lowed by a direct object. Se marier, to get married, and 

 marier, conjugated passively, take the same nominative a* 

 epouser : 



M. L. a marid sa fille avec M. G. 

 M. G. a <<pouse la fille de M. L. 



M. G. et Mile. L. sont martfa. 

 Mou frere va se marier. 



Mr. L. hat married hit daughter to 



Mr. G. 

 Mr. G. hat married Mr. L.'* 



daughter. 



Mr. 0. and Mitt L. are married. 

 My brother is yoiny to be married. 



3. Un de mes amis is equivalent to the English, a friend oj 

 mine : 

 Votre ami a e"pou6S une de mes Four friend hat married a friml oj 



auiies. mine. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



Ila ont beau dire et beau faire, ila 

 ne 1'empecherout pas de se 

 marier. 



Voua avez beau lui faire do* re- 

 moiitrances. 



L'ereque do B. a mark* ma scour. 



Whatever they may toy or do, ting 

 iritt not prevent hit marrying. 



Le capitaine G. 



cousine. 

 Quand il so mariern, il nous in- 



vitera a la iioce. 

 Votre cousine eat marine arec mon 



cousin. 

 Votre couaine a #poua<< un de mm 



cousins. 

 Le colonel a 4pou*< une de BM* 



sceura. 



It it in vain for you to 



trt'fh him. 

 The Buhop of B. hoe warrwd j 



Mir. 

 a epouatf ma Captain 0. hat married my OMnta. 



When he mam*e, he iHO inrife a to 



the vxiding. 

 Your lady 0*im u married to my 



Fomr lady eowin ha* w.<im>d a 



couin of mine. 

 Th* coJon*! ha* married ntter / 



mine. 



EXERCISX 129. 



Atn#, e, elder, elaVrt. Dev-oir, 3. ir. to owe, Parent, e, relation. 



Arclieveque, m. arch- to be about. Princ, f. prinetm. 



bithop. fipoux.pl.couj)U;man Prochain, e, t. 



Cadet, te, younger. and wife. R#gin nt, m. rfgimtmt 



Demoiselle, f. young Cv*qnf, m. biehop. Sav-oir. 3. ir. to fcnov. 



laJ,. Inlunterie, t ii^antry. VieUkrd, old 



