LESSONS IN FRENCH. 



5. Connaltre de nom, de visage, de vue, moan, >< I 

 liit . 



Se connaltre a quelque chose, or en quelque chose, corre- 

 spond* in Mjfiiitication to tho Kuglidh expression, ' 

 t/ tomethin-j : 

 You* vous couuui8ez en pierrcries. You art a ju-lji </ j>rcioiti itontt. 



.Mi- . I.I.ANKOUS EXAMPLES. 



Je 10 connuia, jo 1'uiuie, et j lui 

 rouda justice. GRES8KT. 



i <, il so plait, il s'adonUe, 



il h'uime. J. U. ROUSSEAU. 



A quo! conuaissez-vous oe mon- 



ieur ? 



Je le conniiis a son habit noir. 

 Je le couuai* de vue. 

 J'ai recouuu n.a mi-re a la roiz. 

 A .JM .i TOUS counaissez-roni P 

 Je me counais en umrclmndisea. 

 Je oe m'y connais pas. 

 11 ne s'y couuuit poiut du tout. 



II s'y couuait mieux que moi. 

 Je m'y conuais aussi bieu que lui. 



I knoir him, lore him, and do juitict 



to him. 

 lit lift en t to hiiiucl/, if pltaud vith 



himself, adorn* himself, lottt him- 



ttlf. 

 By what do you fcnoir (hat gentle- 



man t 



I Irnoir him by hi< black coaf. 

 f know htm b<j light. 

 I recognised my mother by her voice. 

 Of what art you a judge .' 

 I am a judge of good*. 

 I am not a judge of it (<?/ thtm). 

 He i* not the least judge of it (of 



them*, 

 lie it a better judge of it (of them) 



than 1. 

 I am at good a judge of it (of them) 



at he. 



EXERCISE 169. 



Artisan, m. mechanic, fitoffes, cloths of all Gracieux, Be, graceful. 



Blond, e, ljht. kinds. Grain, m. grain. 



Boncte, e, curled. Fabricant, m. mauu- (Euvre, f. u-or/:. 



Chevelure, f. head of facturer. Orfevre, m. goldsmith. 



hair. Forgeron, m. blacksmith. Poe'sie, f. poetry. 



Cbeveuz, m. p. hair. Gestes, m. p. gestures. Tout, quite. 



1. Ne reconnaissez-vous point votre amie ': 2. Jo la recon- 

 nais a sa ehevelure blonde. 3. A quoi reconnaissez-vous cette 

 demoiselle? 4. Je la reconnais & sa demarche gracieuse. 5. 

 N'aurioz-vous point reconnu votre ami h la voix ? 6. Jo 1'y 

 aurais reconnn. 7. A 1'cenvre on con- ait 1'artisan (LA FON- 

 TAINE). 8. Ne le reconnaitrez-voup point & ces marques ? 



9. Je 1'y roconualtrai. 10. Get orfe^re ne se connait-il point a 

 cela? 11. n ne s'y connait point du tout. 12. Vous y con- 

 naissez-vous aussi bien que le forgeron F 13. Je m'y connais 

 tout aussi bien que lui. 14. Ne vous connaissez-vous point en 

 poesie ? 15. Je ne m'y connais guere. 16. Le fabricant BO 

 connait-il aussi bien en etoffes qu'en grain ? 17. II se connait 

 beaucoup mieux a celles-la qu'& celui-oi. 18. Ne connaissez- 

 vous pas ce monsieur i sea gestes vehements ? 19. Je le con- 

 nais a ses cheveux boucles. 20. Ne vous etes-vous pas fait 

 connaitro (told your name) ? 21. Je me snis fait connaitre. 

 22. Ne nous ferons-nous pas connaitre ? 23. Vous voua ferez 

 connaitre. 24. Us se feront connaitre par leurs vertus (they 

 tvill make themselves known). 



EXERCISE 170. 



1. Do yon not know that man ? 2. Yes, Sir; I know him by 

 his large (grand) hat. 3. By what do you recognise me ? 4. 

 I recognise yon by your walk. 5. Do you recognise my friend 

 by his gestures ? 6. No, Sir : I recognise him by his black 

 coat. 7. Do you know him well ? 8. I know him by sight, 

 but I have never spoken to him. 9. Are you a judge of iron ? 



10. No, Sir; the blacksmith is a judge of iron. 11. By what 

 will you know yonr book ? 12. I shall know it by those marks. 

 13. Have you not known your friend by her voice ? 14. No, 

 Madam ; I knew her by her light hair. 15. Have yon told 

 your name ? 16. I have not told my name. 17. Did yon know 

 yonr tister's friend by her cnrled hair ? 18. I knew her by it. 

 19. la the merchant a good judge of cloth ? 20. He is a better 

 judge than I. 21. Is ho a better judge of it than the manu- 

 facturer ? 22. He is quite as good a judge as he. 23. la not 

 the goldsmith as good a judge of precious stones as you - i 

 He is a better judge of them than I. 25. Of what are you a 

 judge f 26. I am a judge of nothing. 27. Are not yonr sister* 

 good judges of poetry ? 28. They are not the least judges of 

 it. 29. Do you not know that young lady by her dress (robe) ? 

 30. I know her by her graceful carriage. 31. Have they made 

 themselves known ? 32. They have made themselves known 

 by their merit (nitrite). 33. la not tho workman known by his 

 work ? 34. The workman is known by hia work. 35. He ia a 

 judge of it. 



SECTION LXXXVIII.-PECULIAB IDIOM4. 

 1. Quelque, whatsoever, however, tome, any. followed br s> 

 noun, uki-.i t i..- form of the plural. It in invariable when it is 

 followed by an adjective or SA adverb [ 94 (1) 2, 3] t 

 Qutilquea livre* que TOUS ye*. Whalt*tr took* y* m*y WM. 



Quelque bon* qu'ili sotont. Hovw 9004 thty may U 



_'. Quel que, followed by tho verb etre, or some other verb 

 preceding etre, U written in two word*, the first (quel) free- 

 ing in gender and number with tho subject of the verb [f 94 

 (1)1]:- 



Quell** que soieut vos rertu*. tFtotawr your virtue* y It. 



Quellu qua pnine &tro * rtoln- Whatmr hit raolutto* may U. 



tiou. 



3. The above examples show that quelque que and queJ 

 que govern tho subjunctive. 



1. Tout, meaning entirely, quite, nothing but, though an ad- 

 verb, takes the mark of the feminine and of the plural when it 

 precedes an adjective or paat participle feminine commsdf 

 with a consonant or an h aspirate : 

 L'esplrance tout* trompeuie qn'ello Hop*, dtteitful oj it u, MTM* ft 



est, sert au moins a nous menr Uatt to conduct ut to Q* trrmi- 



a la fin d la Tie par uu chomin nation of lift by an ttgrttM* 



agrt-'able. (LA BRUYKKE.) road. 



5. The word gre\ signifying consent, vill, meaning, kc., form* 

 a number of idioms : 

 Je lui sais [(avoir, 3. ir.] bon gr6 I am thankful to him (i.e., owt him 



de cette action. gooi-vtll) for that action. 



II nous suit mauraii gre de coin. Ht it displeased with * for Uttt. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



Ne le ferez-Tous pas de bon gre ? H'ill you not do it iriQtufly f 

 II s'est marie contre lo gre de e Ut married caatiut UU inU of ha 

 parents. parent*. 



Sa cbevelure voltige au gr6 du 



vent. 

 Je sais rouuvais gre a votre fK-re 



de vouloir se iiieler de men 



affaires. 



Je lui en sais bon gre. 

 J'espere que vous ue me saurez 



pas mauvais gr4, si je ne vous 



e'cris pas. 

 C'est a mon gro le meilleur enfant 



du inonde. 



Hit hair fiuttert tl tUt x3l of tht 



vind. 

 I am diipleattd viili tour br*4Jur 



for vitlung to iidtrftrt vith my 



affair*. 



I am thankful to him for it. 

 I hopt that you nU *ot U displomtl 



vith mtj if I do not vnt to \ou. 



Ht it, to my thinking, On Itti claU 

 in tht world. 



EXERCISE 171. 



Bon gro, mal cm ! , trill- Men-er, 1. to take, to Rccotnouuid-er, 1. to 



ing or not willing. lead. rtoommtmd. 



Chnmbre, f. room. Nou-er, 1. to tit, to Secret, m. ttcnt. 



Gurd-er, 1. to keep. fatten. Silence, m. nltmct. 



Lit, m. bed. Oblig-er, 1. to Migt. Suite. I. MMMTMKO*. 



Mulgn?, in p.t of. Offre, f. n/er. Vol-er, 1. to/y. 



1. Savez-vons mauvais gro a votre oncle de ce qn'il a dit? 

 2. Je ne lui en sais aucun mauvais gre (VoLTAiBS). 3. Ne mo 

 sauriez-vous paa bon gre de voua emmener aveo moi ? 4. Je 

 vous en aauraia le meilleur gre du monde. 5. Ne lenr savex- 

 vona paa bon gre d'avoir garde ce secret P 6. Je tear sais boo 

 gre de 1'avoir garde. 7. Ne lenr avez-vous pas recommande 

 de garder le silence ? 8. Je lour ai recommando de le garder. 

 9. Ce malade garde-t-il encore le lit ? 10. II ne garde plus le 

 lit, mais il est encore oblige de garder la chambre. 1 1. Votre 

 chevelure est-elle bien nouee ? 12. Non, Monsieur, elle role 

 au gre du vent. 13. Garderez-vons votre domestiqne ? 14. 

 Je le garderai, il fait tout a mon gre. 15. Qnelqoes offres qn'on 

 lui fasso, il ne vent pas me quitter. 16. Qnelqne bonnes qoe 

 soient ces dames, elles ne sont pas a mon grv. 17. Qoelles qae 

 soient les suites do cette affaire, je vous sais bon gr6 de TO 

 intentions. 18. Toute belle qu'elle est, elle n'est pas k mon 

 gre. 19. L'avez-vona fait malgre vous? 20. Non, Monsieur; 

 je 1'ai fait de bon gre. 21. Bon gre, mal gre, il partira. 22. 

 Me garderez-voua le secret ? 23. Je vous le garderai. 24. 11 

 change d'opinion au gre des evenements. 

 EXERCISE 172. 



1 . \Vill he marry against his father's consent ? 2. He will 

 not marry against his parent's consent. 3. Why are you dis- 

 pleased with mo ? 4. I am not displeased with yon. 

 yonr little girl's hair tied e 6. It is not tied ; it ware* (/ottt) 

 with the wind. 7. What do you think of my book ? 8. It is, 

 in my opinion, the best book that I have read [Sect 74. 3, 4]. 



