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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



LESSONS IN FRENCH. XXXI. 



SECTION LXVIIL DIMENSION, WEIGHT, ETC. 



1. The verb avoir is used in expressing the size of an object. 

 The preposition de precedes the noun of dimension. When 

 there is no verb in the sentence the preposition must be placed 

 before the number, and again before the noun of dimension : 



Cette muraille a dix pieds de That wall is ten feet high. 



hauteur. 

 Ce puits a cent pieds de profon- That well is one hundred feet deep, 



deur. 

 Gne table de quatre pieds de A table four feet long. 



longueur. 



The verb 6tre is also used, in which case the preposition de 

 precedes the number : 



Cette table est longue de quatre This table is four feet long. 

 pieds. 



2. In sentences where sizes are compared, and the verb 6tre 

 is used, the preposition de is placed before the number express- 

 ing the excess : 



Vous etes plus grand que moi de You are taller than I by two inches. 

 deux pouces. 



3. When the price of an article is mentioned, the definite 

 article is used before the noun expressing the measure, weight, 

 &c. When the remuneration, or rent, &c., for a definite space 

 of time is mentioned the preposition par (per) is used : 



Le beurre se vend Tin franc la Suiter is sold [at] a franc per 



livre. pound. 



II gagne six francs par jour. He earns six francs per day. 



4. The same preposition is used when we speak of the num- 

 ber of times any occurrence takes place in a given space of 

 time : 



Je vais a la poste deux fois par I go to the post-office twice a day. 

 jour. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



La canelle se vend deux francs la 



livre. 

 Cette soie vaut six francs le 



metre. 

 Ce clocher a cinq cents pieds de 



hauteur. 

 Cet 4tang a huit pieds de profon- 



deur. 

 Une chambre de quinze pieds de 



Icmgeur, sur dix-huit de lar- 



geur, et huit de hauteur. 

 De quelle taille est votre frere ? 

 Sa taille est de cinq pieds huit 



pouces. 



Notre ami est-il grand ou petit ? 

 I! est de taille moyenue. 

 Votre maison est plus haute que 



la rnienne de cinq pieds. 

 Je vais a l'e"cole deux fois par 



jour. 

 II nous paie huifc francs par 



semaiue. 



Cinnamon is sold [at] two francs a 



pound. 

 That silk is worth six francs a metre. 



That steeple is five hundred feet high. 

 That pond is eight feet deep. 



A room fifteen feet long by eighteen 

 feet broad and eight feet high. 



How tall is your brother ? 



His height is five feet eight i/iches. 



Is our friend tall or short. 



His height is middling. 



Your house is higher than mine by 



five feet. 

 I go to school twice a day. 



He pays us eight francs a weelc. 



EXEECISE 131. 



Bon marche", cheap. Grandeur, f. size. 



Cassonade, f. brown Hauteur, f. height. 



si*;;ar. Largeur, f. breadth. 



ficossais, e, Scotch. Longueur, f. length. 



Spaisseur, f. thicknees. Loyer, m. rent. 

 Etoffe, f . stuff. 



Metre, m. metre 



English inches'), yard. 

 Pouce, m. inch. 

 Profondeur, f. depth. 

 Semaine, f. week. 

 Taille, f. height, size. 



1. Votre maison est-elle grande ? 2. Elle a cinquante pieds 

 de long et vingt-cinq de large. 3. C'ombien de longueur votre 

 jardin a-t-il ? 4. II a vingt-cinq metres de longueur et douze 

 de largeur. 5. De quelle grandeur est ce livre ? 6. II a dix- 

 huit pouces de longueur, treize de largeur et trois d'epaisseur. 

 7. Votre maison est-elle plus longue que celle-ci ? 8. Elle 

 est plus longue de deux pieds. 9. Quelle profondeur a ce 

 puits ? 10. De quelle hauteur est ce clocher ? 11. II a trois 

 cent cinquante-trois pieds de hauteur. 12. De quelle taille 

 es 4 ; cet officier ? 13. n est de haute taille. 14. De combien 



cet ficossais est-il plus grand que son frere ? 15. II est plus 

 grand de toute la tete. 16. N'etes-vous pas de beaucoup plus 

 grand que moi? 17. Je suis plus grand que vous de trois 

 pouces. 18. Combien cette ctoffe se vend-elle le metre P 19. 

 Elle se vend trois francs le metre. 20. La cassonade ne se 

 vend-elle pas cher ? 21. Elle se vend a bon marche. 22. 

 Combien de lettres ecrivez-vous par semaine ? 23. Je n'en 

 ecris que six par semaiue. 24. Combien payez-vous par 

 semaine pour votre loyer ? 25. Je ne paie que dix franca par 

 semaine. 



EXERCISE 132. 



1. How large is your father's garden ? 2. It is twenty -five 

 yards long and ten broad. 3. Is your cousin's house large f 

 4. It is fifty-six feet long and forty broad. 5. Is your house 

 larger than mine ? 6. It is larger than yours by ten feet. 7. Do 

 you know how deep that well is ? 8. It is twenty-five feet deep 

 and six feet broad. 9. How much is that cloth sold a metre ? 

 10. It is sold [at] sixteen francs a metre. 11. How much do 

 yon receive a week for your work ? 12. I receive fifty francs 

 a week for my work. 13. How much does your friend pay a 

 month for his board (pension, f.) ? 14. He pays seventy 

 francs a month. 15. Are you taller than your cousin ? 16. I 

 am taller than he by the whole head. 17. Is not your nephew 

 taller than your son ? 18. He is taller than my son by three 

 inches. 19. How large is this room ? 20. It is sixty feet long 

 by forty. 21. What size is your brother ? 22. He is tall, ho 

 is taller than I. 23. How many books do you read a week ? 

 24. I read ten volumes a week. 25. How much is butter sold per 

 pound ? 26. Butter is sold [at] two francs per pound. 27. Do 

 you know how much your son earns a day P 28. He earns as 

 much as yours, he earns ten francs a day. 29. How much is 

 that silk worth a metre ? 30. It is worth six francs a metre, 

 31. Our friend's stature is middling. 32. Do you go to church 

 twice a day ? 33. I go to church once a day. 34. Does your 

 son go to the post-office every day ? 35. He goes thither six 

 times a day. 



SECTION LXIX. 



1. Mettre (4. ir.) forms, in French, many idiomatic expres- 

 sions. Mettre a meme de, to enable ; mettre pied a terre, to 

 alight, to land ; mettre le pied, to set one's foot ; mettre a la 

 porte, to turn out of doors ; mettre au fait de, to acquaint with ; 

 mettre a 1'abri, to shelter ; mettre a 1'ombre, to put in the shade ; 

 mettre un habit a 1'eiidroit, a 1'envers, to put on a coat right 

 side out, ivrong side out, &c. : 



Nous 1'avons mis a meme de con- We enabled him to know ifie truth. 



naitre la ve'rite'. 



II a mis cet insolent a la porte. He turned that insolent person out oj 



doors. 



2. Mettre conjugated reflectively, i.e., se mettre, means to 

 place one's self, to dress one's self; se mettre a table, to sit down 

 to table ; se mettre en colere, to become angry, to put one's selj 

 into a passion : 



II se met a 1'ombre, au soleil. 



He places himself in the shade, in the 

 sun. 



3. Se mettre, followed by an infinitive, means to commence, 

 to begin : 



Us se mirent a pleurer. 



They commenced weeping. 



A I'anglaise, a la frangaise, are used elliptically for a la mode 

 anglaise, a la mode fran^aise, after the English fashion, after 

 the French fashion. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



Ce cavalier a mis pied a terre. 



Vous n'osez mettre le pied chez 



lui. 

 Mettez ces enfarits a 1'abri de la 



pluie. 

 Vous avez mis votre manteau a 



1'envers. 

 Ce monsieur se met toujours a 



I'anglaise. 

 Hier nous nous mimes a table a 



dix heures. 



That horsema7i has alighted from his 



horse. 

 You dare not set your foot inside his 



liouse. 

 Shelter those children from the rain. 



You have put your cloalc inside out. 



That gentleman always dresses after 



the English fashion. 

 Yesterday we sat down to table at ten 



o'clock. 



