LESSONS IN FRENCH. 



11. -i 



EXIBCIBE 186. 



1. Arc thero many people at your brother's ? 2. There are 



there. >>. it young man slander 



\rryl'il\ l. 11" sliunltTH nobody. 5. Have you brought 



n:iny people with yu '< (5. Wo have brought but few people 



, la there company with your mother P 8. '11 

 110 company with her. 9. Who haa told you that P 10. . 



nys BO. 11. Is the company come? 12. The company 

 i.s not yet como. 13. Has your mother discharged two servants 

 i domeatiques) ? 14. She has discharged all her people. 15. 

 Do you know those people P 16. I know them very well ; 

 10 very worthy people. 17. When he travels, he stops 

 always with good people. 18. Are there foolish people here P 

 I'.i There are foolish people everywhere (partout). 20. Do you 

 awake your people every morning ? 21. Yes, Sir ; I must 

 awake them every day. 22. What can your brother have to 

 settle with those people P 23. They are the best people in the 

 world. 24. Were there many people at church this morning ? 

 25. There were not many people there. 26. Are your people 

 ill? 27. Yes, Sir; all my people are ill. 28. There is 

 here a society of learned men. 29. There are in Paris several 

 societies of lawyers. 30. What worthy people ! 31. What 

 good people ! 32. Do you expect your people to-day ? 33. 

 We expect them this evening. 34. So goes the world. 35. 

 Has your captain all hie crew P 36. He has all his crew on 

 board. 



SECTION XCVL IDIOMS RELATING TO EN, 

 ENTENDBE, ETC. 



1. When property or possession is affirmed of things inani- 

 mate, the relation of possession is expressed by the relative 

 pronoun en when the thing possessed is not in the same clause 

 as the inanimate possessor [92 (5)] : 



Voila un bel arbro j le fruit on est That is a fine tree ; its fruit is excel- 

 excollont. tent. 



2. When, however, the inanimate possessor and the thing pos- 

 sessed are in the same clause, the possessive adjective is used 

 [92, (4)]:- 



Cet arbre a perdu son fruit. That tree has lost its fruit. 



3. Entendre, to hear, is used in the sense of to understand. 

 It is also used reflectively. It means then, to be understood, to 

 understand one's self, or one another, or to agree with one an- 

 other. It means also, to be expert in anything. In this latter 

 sense it take a before its object, which may be replaced by the 

 pronoun y : 



Comment entendez-vous cela ? 



Cela s'entend. 



11 s'euteucl aux affaires. 



How do you understand that 1 



That is understood. 



He is eepert in business. 



14. Se faire entendre corresponds to the English, to make one's 

 self understood, to make one's self heard : 



Nous uous soinmes fait entendre. We made ourselves understood, or 



heard. 



5. Taire [4. ir.] means, to conceal, to keep to one's self. Se 

 taire, ref., to be silent. 



Taisez-vous. Taisons-nous. 



Se silent (hold yow tongue). 



us be silent. 

 Tell him to be silent. 



Let 



Dites-lui do so taire. 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES. 



L'auteur d'uii bieufuit est 

 qui en recoit lea plus 



celui 

 doux 



fruits. DUCLOS. 



Votre jardin eat magnifiquo; lea 



arbres en sont superbes. 

 La vie a nee plaisirs et ses pciiies. 

 L'etude a ses cbarmes. 

 Entendez-vous bien le latin ? 

 Cet avoud n'entoud lien aux 



affaires. 



II ne s'y enteud pas. 

 Je lui ai donn<5 a entendre qu'il 



<5tait de trop ici. 

 Qu'eutendez-vous par la ? 

 II y avait tnnt de bruit, quo nous 



The author of a good deed is the one 

 u>ho receives its sweetest fruits. 



Your garden is magnificent ; its trees 



are very beautiful. 



Life IMS its pleasures and its troubles. 

 Study has its charms. 

 Do you understand Latin veil 7 

 That attorney has no fcnoicledye of 



business. 



He is not expert in this. 

 I gave him to understand that he was 



in the way here. 

 What do you. mean by that 1 

 There teas so much noise, that we 



Taisec le premier, 00 quo vou 



voulez qu'ou tuie. 

 Pourquoi ne votui taiaez-voa* pu P 



Nou* I'UTOUK fait tttiru. 



Keep to yowneV tkatwktik you vouU 

 tr i*h other* to Jcwp Mertt. 



. ..- <jou not tiemt 1 

 We made him hold M* 

 (silenced him). 



EXERCISE 187. 



Maud*, t sbeve. 



Mcl-cr, 1. to mix. 

 Muct, to, dumb, 

 Pays, m. country. 

 liaison, f. reason. 

 RluM-ir, 2, io succeed. 



AgrriSment, m. plea- Chirurgica, m. *ur- 



ture. ;,- '. 



Avuutoge, m. adta/i- Coutxmt-ir, 2. ir. to 



toy*, content. 



Basque, f. skirt of a Court, e, short. 



coat. Force, f. force, povcer. 



Brave, worthy. Fort, very. 



1 . Est-ce un habit neuf quo votro fils porte P 2. C'est un habit 

 neuf, lo drap en eat tres fin. 3. Le* nianches n'en Bont-elles 

 pas trop oourtes P 4. Je crois quo les manches en sont trop 

 courtes et les basques trop longues. 5. La campagne n'a-t-ello 

 pas ses avantages ? 6. J'aiiue la campagno ; j'en conaais les 

 avantages. 7. Paris a ses agrements. 8. J'aimo Paris ; j'en 

 connais les agrements. 9. Ce chirurgien s'entend-il a la 

 medecine? 10. D n'y entend rien du tout. 11. Entendez- 

 vous la medecine 'c 1 12. Je ne m'y entcnds pas. 13. Je ne 

 1'entends pas. 14. Je n'y entends rien. 15. Avez-vons 

 reussi & vous faire entendre P 16. Nous n'y avons pas reoaei. 

 17. Mon voisin est un brave honime, et je m'entendu fort bien 

 avec lui. 18. Faire ta.ire certaincs gens est nn plus grand 

 miracle que de faire parler les inuets (BALZAC). 19. Savez-Toua 

 de quel pays est cet hommc P 20. II tait son pays ct sa nais- 

 sance. 21. Par la force de la raison, elle apprit 1'art do parler 

 et de se taire (FLECHIER). 22. Voulez-vous vous taire, imper- 

 tinente, vous venez toujonrs meler vos impertinences a toutes 

 choses (MOLIEEE). 23. Qui se tait consent (PfiOVEBB). 



EXERCISE 188. 



1. Have you a very good garden ? 2. We hare a very large 

 one, but its soil (terre, f.) is not good. 3. Is your brother's 

 coat new ? 4. He has a new coat, but its sleeves are too short. 

 5. Are not its skirts too long ? 6. No, Sir ; its skirts are too 

 short. 7. Have yon not heard that preacher (pre"dicateur) ? 

 8. There was so much noise, that I could not hear him. 9. 

 Does not the country have its pleasures ? 10. The country 

 has its pleasures. 1 1 . Does not your brother hike the city ? 

 12. Ho likes the country ; he knows its pleasures. 13. What 

 does your brother mean by that ? 14. He means what he says. 

 15. Is your father expert in business ? 16. My fatber has no 

 knowledge of business. 17. Does that young man understand 

 English well ? 18. He understands French and English very 

 well. 19. Do yon agree well with your partner ? 20. My 

 partner is an honest man [ 86] ; I agree very well with him. 

 21. Does that young man conceal his age? 22. He conceals 

 his age and his country. 23. Does your father understand 

 medicine P 24. He does not understand it. 25. He has no 

 knowledge of it. 26. Bo silent, my child. 27. Tell that child 

 to be silent. 28. Silence gives consent. 29. Will yen not be 

 silent ? 30. What have yon given him to understand ? 31. We 

 gave him to understand that study has its charms. 32. Have 

 yon silenced him? 33. Yes, Sir; we silenced him. 34. Tell 

 hhn to be silent. 35. I have already (dej&) told him to be silent. 

 36. Let us be silent. 



a'avous pu nous fairo entendre. : could not mafco ourselves heard. 



KEY TO EXERCISES IN LESSONS IN FRENCH. 

 EXERCISE 104 (Vol. I., page 394). 



1. Aviez-vous peur, ce matin, quaud vous etes veuu chez nous? 2. 

 J'avais peur. 3. De quoi aviez-vous penr ? 4. J'avais peur du cheval. 

 5. Votre ami n' avait- il pas peur de tomber? 6. II n' avait pas peur do 

 totnber, mais il oraignait de se troinper. 7. Conduisiez-vous votre fils 

 alVcile? 8. Je le conduisais a 1'^cole. 9. De quelle coulenr lo teiu- 

 turier teignait-il la sole ? 10. II eu teignait en rouge et en vert. 11. 

 Teignuit-il sa toilo en iioir on en vert ? 12. II ne la tei'.-nait ni en noir 

 ni en vert, il la teignait en rose. 10. Qu'est-ce quo lo mousieur lisait ? 

 (Que lisott le monsieur f) 14. H lisait une lettre qu'il venait du reee- 

 Toir. 15. Aviez-vous froid quand voua etes venu ici? 16. J'avais 

 froid, faim et aoif. 17. N'avier-vous pas honte de votre conduit*? 

 18. J'en avais honte. 19. Ou alliez-vona quaud je vous rencontrai ? 

 20. J'allais chez vous. 21. Conduisiez-vous la voituie de M. votre 

 ftvro ? 22. Je conduisais la mienne. 23. Ecrivies-vous i mou pi-re 

 ou a moi ? 24. J'ocrivais a I'ami de votre cousin. 



EXEECISE 105 (Vol. I., page 405) 



1 . Did you not know where tho musician was gone ? 2. I knew 

 that he was gone to Paris. 3. Had you not been told that your 



