LESSONS IN FRENCH. 



EXERCISE 182. 



1 II is in.! IT. L. resigned hia place? 2. He baa not re- 

 aigned it. 8. He would resign it if ho went to Germany. 4. 

 Are yon obliged to resign your place ? 5. 1 am not obliged to 

 resign it. 6. Has your cousin dislocated his arm 't 7. He has 

 not dislocated his arm, bnt hia shoulder. 8. Who set it for 



;i. Doctor F. aet it for him. 10. Has not your mother 

 dislocated her wriat ? 11. She has not dislocated her wrist; 

 is broken her arm. 12. Has the enemy seized the 

 town? 13. The enemy has seized the town. 14. Will not 

 some one lay hold of your hat, if you leave it hero? 15. 

 Some one will lay hold of it. 16. How has your son behaved 

 this morning? 17. Ho behaved very well. 18. He always 

 behaves properly. 19. Do you not trouble yourself uselessly 



,,x;it) ? 20. I do not trouble myaelf at all (da tout). 21. 

 Did you expect such treatment from (de la part de) your son ? 



22. I did not expect such treatment from him (de sa part). 



23. Does that young lady behave well towards her mother ? 



24. She behaves well towards everybody. 25. Will you 

 behave bettor in future ? 26. Wo will bohavo well. 27. 

 Have you broken your finger (doigt) ? 28. I have broken my 

 thumb (pouce). 29. Could yon help going to sleep (de dormir) ? 

 30. We could not help smiling. 31. My sisters could not help 

 laughing. 32. Why are you uneasy ? 33. Because (parce que) 

 my son does not bohavo well. 34. Did your father expect to 

 bo well treated ? 35. He expected to be treated properly. 



SECTION XCIV. 



1. N'importe, an ellipsis of il n'importe, answers to the 

 English expression "no -matter" it does not matter, never 



I : 



Douue/.-uioi uu livre, n'importe Give me a boofc, no matter which. 

 lequel. 



2. Qu'importe ? answers to tho English phrase what matter ? 

 What does it matter ? When the expression is followed by a 

 plural subject, tho verb importer is put in the plural : 



Que iious important lours mur- What do vie care for their murmurs ? 

 inures ? 



3. N'est-ce pas ? corresponds to the English expressions, is 

 i>. not 'f is he not 't $c , do tliey not ? following an assertion : 



II fait froid ; u'est-ce pas ? It is cold; is it not f 



4. N'est-ce pas? frequently precedes the assertion, and is 

 then followed by que : 



N'est-ce pas quo votre frere est Four brother is coma, is he not t 

 arrivo ? 



5. Eegarder, to look at, is used in the sense of to concern : 

 Cola regarde votre frerc. That concerns your brother. 



6. En vouloir (3. ir.) a quelqu'un, a quelque chose, means 

 to have a design, against or upon; a grudge against any one : to 

 be angry ivith any one on account of something : 



II en veut a uotre vie. He has a design against our life. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



Pourvu que vous veuiez, n'im- 



porte par quel chemin. 

 Pourvu qu'il le fasse, n'importe 



comment. 

 Apportez-moi quelque chose, n'im- 



porte quoi. 



J'un mourrai ; n'importe. 

 11 u'est pas satisfait ; qu'importe ? 



II refuse uos presents ; qu'importe ? 



Que nous importe cette nffnire ? 

 IJne vous importe sou arrivee ? 

 Vous viendrez ; u'est-ce pns ? 

 NVst-eo pas quo vous yiendrez ? 

 Est-co que cela me regarde ? 



Ccla no regarde personne. 



II en veut a nos biens. 

 II en veut a uos amis. 

 Cela vous regardc-t-il ? 



Provided you come, no matter which 



way. 

 Provided he does if, no matter how. 



Bring me something, no matter u-hat. 



I shall die through it ; no matter. 

 He it not satisfied with it ; what 



matters it f 

 He refuses our presents ; tchat does it 



mafler f 



What do tee cars for that affair t 

 What is his arrival to us T 



You will come ; trill you not .' 



Does that concern me .' Is (fiat any- 

 thing to me t 



That concerns nobody. That is no- 

 body's busine**. 



He has a design upon cv: - property. 



He has a grudge again:* ' -ir friends. 



Is that your business .' 



Accord-cr, 1. to jranl. 

 Approuv-er, 1. to ap- 



Auteur, m. author. 



Bien, vtry. 



Condamn-er, 1. to con- Fen, little. 



I. in . I'laiutc, f. complaint. 



Deuaande, f. rt<iu*t. 



EXKBCIBC 183. 



Hjuutrd, m. chant*. Poor-air, 3. ir. to U 

 Loin./ar. atU. 



Moqu or (no), 1. ref. to But;, m. Wood. 



feu*/ 1 V, from tiler, to ft. 



Muruiure, m. murmur. Veloan, m. twlvrf. 



Vr-er, 1. to pour, to 



ttod. 

 Vil, e, viU. 



1. Que VOUK apportcroi-jo de Londrea ? 2. Apportez-nou 

 oe quo vous pourrez, n'importe quoi. 3. Lui avez-rotu dit 

 d'apporter dn velours ? 4. Je lui ai dit d'en apporter, n'importe 

 de qnelle qualitc. 5. Pourvu que qnelqu'nn viennc, n'importe 

 qui. 6. Quo m'importe qu'Arnaud m'approuvo ou me con- 

 damno ? (BOILEAU.) 7. Vons accordo-t-il votre demande ? 

 8. II refuse ; qu'importe ? 9. Est-il satUfait des effort* que 

 vous avez faits ? 10. II n'on est pas aatiafait ; qu'importe ? 

 11. II n'a pas vouln nous rocevoir; peu m'importe. 12. Qu'im- 

 portent les plaintes et les murmnrea des autenrs, ri le public 

 s'en moque ? (FEBAUD.) 13. Qu'importe qn'au hazard an 

 sang vil soit verse ? (RACINE.) 14. Cela vous regarde ; n'cat- 

 oe pas ? 15. Cela ne mo regarde pas. 16. Cela ne regardo 

 que moi. 17. Vous lerr avez dit que ces affaires no lea regar- 

 daient pas; n'est-ce pas? 18. Vous m'en vonlez ; n'est-oe 

 pas ? N'importe. 19. A qui en vonlez-vons ? 20. Nous n'en 

 voulons a personne. 21. Nous ne vous en voulona pas. 22. 

 Vous m'en voudrez ; n'est-ce pas ? 23. En vouler-vona a la Tie 

 de votre ami ? 24. Je n'en veux pas a sa vie. 

 EXERCISE 184. 



1 . Which way will your brother come ? 2. Provided he 

 comes to-morrow, it does not matter which way. 3. Will ho 

 write to your brother ? 4. He will not write to him ; bnt it is 

 no matter. 5. Will yon not lend mo a book ? 6. Which 

 book do you wish to have ? 7. No matter which. 8. Shall I 

 bring you some silk from Paris ? 9. Bring me what you can ; 

 no matter what. 10. Does that concern your brother? 11. 

 That does not concern him, but it concerns me. 12. Does be 

 refuse to write to us ? 13. Ho refuses to (de) write ; but what 

 does it matter ? 14. Bring me a book, no matter which. 15. 

 Your brother will come, will he not ? 16. Has he been willing 

 to receive your brother ? 17. He has refused to receive him, 

 but no matter. 18. He is pleased, ia he not ? 19. He is not 

 pleased, but it is no matter. 20. Is that your business ? 21. 

 It is my business. 22. It is my brother's business. 23. I 

 have told you that it is nobody's business. 24. Has that man 

 a design against your father's life ? 25. He has no design 

 against his life ; bnt he has a design upon his property. 26. 

 Are you angry with us on that account ? 27. I am not angry 

 with you for this. 28. Have yon a grudge against my friends P 

 29. I have no grudge against them. 30. That concerns you, 

 does it not ? 31. That concerns me. 32. Is that your busi- 

 ness ? 33. It is very warm this morning ; is it not ? 



KEY TO EXERCISES TO LESSONS IN FRENCH. 



EXERCISE 83 (Vol. I., page 316). 



1. Is the young man gone far.? 2. He is not gone very far, he U 

 only gone as far as Paris. 3. Your children make too much noise, 

 why do you not take them away ? 4. They are sick, they cannot walk. 



5. How have you brought them here? 6. I brought them in a car- 

 riage. 7. At what hour do you bring the physician ? 8. I bring him 

 every day at twelve (noon). 9. How many times a day do you take 

 your pupils to church? 10. I take them to church twice a day. 11. 

 How many times have you been there? 12. I have been there several 

 times. 13. Which way did those travellers come? 11. They came 

 through Amiens and Rouen. 15. Whence do you bring this news? 

 16. I bring it from Cologne. 17. Whence have you brought tho*e 

 suptrb horses? 18. I have brought them from England. 19. If you 

 leave France, do you intend to take your son with you ? (to talk* airay 

 your son 7) 20. I intend to take him with me. 21. What have you 

 brought from France ? 22. We have brought magnificent silk good*, 

 fine cloths, and Lyons hats. 23. Have you brought your daughter on 

 foot or on horseback? 24. 1 brought her in a carriage. 25. Your 

 brothers have brought us books. 



EXERCISE 84 (Vol. I., page 317). 



1. Combien de temps M. votre tils a-t-il demeure' a Londres? 2. II 

 y a demeure 1 diz ans. 3. Jusqu'ou le raldecin est-il nil* ? 4. Le 

 m<5decin est alld jusqu'a Cologne. 5. A-t-il emmen< ; son fils avec lui ? 



6. II no l"a pas etnmem 1 . 7. Comment avez-vous amene vos daoz 

 petitcs fllles ? 8. J'en ai amene une en voiture, et j'ai porte 1'autre. 

 9. Est-elle trop petite pour marcher ? 10. Elle n'cct pat trop p*tit 



