LESSONS IN FRENCH. 



331 



L'ua et 1'uutro to trotm-ront nu 



I.IOZ-VOUB. 

 Ni I' mi in 1'uutre uoaerai'.lu pn'ci- 



i I'.aitre y trouvera ii re- 



Lui on votM avez trouvi! qulque 

 choce a redire n notre conduite. 



Ni lui ui moi U'UVOUH trouv<< a 

 r.'.hn a la couduite de TO* en- 

 fan ts. 



T/iy both wilt (o the pUu* of mttt- 



ing. 

 Neither iciU (M fccUd pmid,tt. 



One or t/t other tciU find fault tetth 



if. 

 H or you ha /ottnd (orm-thing (o 



blame in our conduct. 

 Neither lit nor / )I<IP found any 



fault with i/our ch-'ldren't conduct. 



EXERCISE 163. 



Autour, m. author. Plutot, rather. Trouv-er, 1. to find, to 



Devoir, m. duty. Rempl-ir, 2. to fulfil. like, to fancy. 



Rcritiiro, f. trnfiHi. Rdti, m. roat mat. Velll-er, 1. to watch. 



Eli-ro, 4. ir. to elect. Secretaire, in. secretary. Vie, f. lift. 



>s-er, 1. to expose. Se trouv-er, 1. rof. to 

 Int.-!.', in. 'nttrest. find one's self. 



I . liemplissez-vous bien votro devoir ? 2. Nous ne le rem- 

 plissons ni Tun ni 1'autre. 3. Cherchont-ils 1'an et 1'aatre & 

 s'exposer ? 4. Ni 1'un ni 1'antro ne cherchent a exposer leur vie 

 (LA BRUY&RE). 5. M. votre pere et M me votre mere, BO tron- 

 vent-ils mieox aujoard'hui ? 6. Ni 1'nn ni 1'autre ne se tron- 

 vent uiicux. 7. Avez-vous tronve a redire & mon ecriture ou a 

 celle de mon secretaire ? 8. Je n'ai tronve a redire ni a 1'uno 

 ni a 1'antre. 9. Get auteur ne tronve-t-il pas a redire a tout ? 



10. D trouve a redire a tons les livres. 11. Y trouvoz-vous 

 quelque chose & redire ? 12. Ni lui ni moi n'y trouvons rien & 

 redire. 13. Lui on moi, nous veillerons a vos intents. 14. 

 Ni lui ni moi ne cesserons de veiller a la condnite de votre file. 

 15. Nous y veillerons plntot que d'y trouver & redire. 16. 

 Lni et moi nous nous trouvames ensemble au rendez-vons. 

 17. Vous y trouverez-vous 1'un ou 1'antre ? 18. Nous nous y 

 trouverons 1'nn ou 1'autre. 19. L'nn x>u 1'autre sera-t-il elu 

 president? 20. Ni 1'un ni 1'autre ne sera elu. 21. Comment 

 tronvez-vons ce r6ti ? 22. Je le trouve excellent. 23. Je 

 trouve ce livre bon. 24. Je ne le trouve pas bon. 25. Je 

 tronve cela bien fait. 



EXERCISE 164. 



1. How do you like that book ? 2. Neither my sister nor I 

 like it. 3. Did your brothers find the dinner good ? 4. Both 

 found it very good. 5. Did the professor find fault with your 

 conduct ? 6. He did not find fault with it. 7. Neither he nor 

 my father find fault with my conduct. 8. Do they both watch 

 over your conduct ? 9. They both watch over my conduct and 

 over my interests. 10. Have you both fulfilled your duty ? 



11. We have fulfilled it. 12. Have you not both criticised my 

 writing? 13. Neither has criticised it. 14. Do not your two 

 sisters do better to-day ? 15. One is doing better. 16. The 

 other is not so well. 17. Do not those ladies find fault with 

 everything? 18. They find fault with nothing. 19. Will 

 either be elected prefect of the department ? 20. Neither will 

 be elected. 21. How do you like this bread ? 22. I find it 

 very good. 23. Did your two friends arrive in time at the 

 appointed place ? 24. Neither was there in (d) time. 25. Do 

 you find fault with that (cela) ? 26. I do not find fault with it 

 (y). 27. Will you both expose yourselves to this danger ? 

 28. We will not expose ourselves to it. 29. Do you find fault 

 with my secretary's conduct ? 30. I do not find fault with it. 

 31. Do yon find fault with his writing? 32. I find fault with 

 it; for it is very bad. 33. Will you not watch over my 

 interests ? 34. My brother and I will watch over them. 35. 

 We will not cease to watch over your interests. 



SECTION LXXXV. 



*!. A verb, having, as its subject, a general collective noun 

 [ 3 (6)] preceded by the article, agrees with the noun [ 111 

 (1)]:- 

 La foule des pauvres est grande. Tht croud of the poor it yrtat. 



2. A verb preceded by a partitive collective [ 3 (6)] takes 

 the number of the noun following the collective, unless at- 

 tention be particularly directed to the collective itself [111 

 (2)]:- 



Une foule de pauvres re^oivent des A crowd of poor peopU receive awut- 

 secours. an.--. 



3. With the words, la plupart, nwsi ; un nombre, a number; 

 &c., and the adverbs of quantity, pea, assez, beaucoup, plus, 



moina. trop, tant, combten, the rule (-J) girn above hold* 



-,,. ,i. 



4. Reater u often iwed impersonally in the MOW of to have 

 l he adverbial expreuion de rwte U often need in tho 

 une manner aa the English word left : 



II me recta deux frnnoc. 



Nouc avouH cent cimjuante franc* 



/ hM hw/kwu Ufl-ot, literati/, 

 Thtn nmatmt to m* t*o frmu*. 



We ha* one hundred and fify /* 

 l*/l. 



5. Devenir (2. ir.), to become, with tire aa an auxiliary, cor 

 responds in signification to the English to become, to turn : 



Qu'ect devenu rotr frire ? 

 II eat en France, et ect devenu 

 avocat. 



IKhat hot bcconu of your 



He it in France, and tuu tmnud 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



La plupart do moc henrec cont con- 



cacreec au travail. 

 La foule dec bumainc ect vooee au 



malheur. 

 La plua grande portie dec voya- 



geura le diaent, et le rt'pc-tent. 

 Ne vouc rcate-t-il que oela ? 

 Voila tout oe qu'il me recte. 

 Je ne caic ce qu'ilc sont devenuc. 



Je ne saic ce que voua deviendrez. 



Apprenti, m. cppren. 



*'<:. 



Aveugle, blind. 

 Bagatelle, f. trifie. 

 Boiteuz, se, lom. 



Mott of my how* or* dnoUd to 



labour. 

 Tht matt of mankind it itttUd to 



mu/ortiuu. 

 Tht grtatttt nitmbrr of trmMm M-J 



it, and repeat it. 

 Hate you only that left f 

 That it all that I have Ufr. 

 I do not know what ha* OMM of 



thtm. 

 / do not Irnow what will bcerau of 



you. 



EXERCISE 165. 



D^col-er, 1. to OMotat*. Maigre, thin, lean. 

 Cgar-er, 1. to mulay. Naiacance, f. itrth. 



Rue, f. ttreet. 



S'appliqn^r, 1. ref. to 



Emplettes, f. p. pur 



ohatet. 

 Ktat, m. (rode. 



Chemin, m. way, road. Habile, *fcil/ul. 



apply one'* telf. 

 Savant, e, learned. 



1. La plupart de vos parents ne sont-ils pas venns vons voir ? 

 2. Beauconp sont venus. 3. Que sont devenns lea autresr 

 4. Je ne saurais vous dire ce qu'ils sont devenns. 5. Qne 

 deviendra ce jenne homme s'il ne s'appliqne pas a 1'ctude? 

 6. Je ne sais pas ce qn'il deviendra. 7. Je sais qu'il ne de- 

 viendra jamais savant. 8. Combien de tableaux avez-vons de 

 reste ? 9. D ne me reste qn'un franc. 10. Combien TOOS 

 restera-t-il quand vos aurez fait vos emplettea? 11. II ne me 

 restera qn'nne bagatelle. 12. Get apprenti eat-il devena habile 

 dans son ctat ? 13. U y est devenu habile. 14. Ce monaienr 

 est-il avengle de naissance, on Test il devenu? 15. II Test 

 devenu. 16. Savez-vous ce qne sont devenus oes jeunec gens? 

 17. Ds sont devenns raedecins. 18. Ne savoz-vons pac oe qne 

 sont devenns mes livres ? 19. Us sont ogares. 80. Ne devien- 

 drez- vons pas boitenx si vous marchez tant? 21. Je devien- 

 drai boiteux et maigre. 22. La fonle ne s'est-elle pas egaree 

 dans ce bois ? 23. La foule s'y eat egatce, et n'a pa retronver 

 son chemin. 24. Une naee de barbarea deaolerent le pays. 

 (AcAD.) 25. Une foule de oitoyens rninea rempliaaaient lea 

 rues de Stockholm. (VOLTAIRE.) 



EXERCISE 166. 



1. Have not most of your friends become rich ? 2. Moat of 

 them have become poor. 3. Has not that young lady become 

 learned ? 4. I think that she will never *"*>"""> learned. 5. 



Is not the American army (arm*?) very small ? 6. The Ameri- 

 can army is small, but most of the American soldier* are very 

 brave (bravet). 7. Can yon tell me what has become of that 

 gentleman ? 8. I cannot tell yon what has become of him. 



9. Is your brother blind by birth (was your brother born blind) ? 



10. No, Sir, he has become so. 11. Were yon born lame? 

 12. No, Sir, I became so three yeara ago (*l y a). 13. Are not 

 most of your hours devoted to play (jeu, m.) ? 14. No, Sir, 

 they are devoted to study. 15. How much of TOOT money 

 have yon left? 16. I have only twenty -five franca left 17. 

 Do yon know how much I have left P 18. Ton have only a 

 trifle left. 19. How mnoh shall yon have left to-morrow P 

 20. I shall only have six franca left 21. I ahall only have two 

 franca left when I have made my purchase. 22. What ha* 

 become of your grammar? 23. I have mislaid it 24. Do you 

 know what haa become of my hat P 25. Ton have left (louaf) 

 it upon the table. 26. Will not that gentleman become blind P 

 27. He will not become blind, bat lame. 28. Haa your con 



