LKSSONS IN FRENCH. 



' niliiiir.iMii 'I. .n, 



l.'limtiiu-t. H.HIH d ill do 



I'UIIKUMI.' r.i. 



' juuuu ploiite en VUBO Uia- 



tin.-t. 

 beneath 



7'h't( 11 ' 



daubtUtt /iir 



r*a>on. 

 There (hat v<"V7 ]'<"' haped as 



van, receive* tht deie in its rl. JOH 



cup. 



Do theee honour* admired l"i il, 

 vulyar awake (he dead /rom their 



Y.I .' 



Dan* na coupo t'K'gnnUj ucoucille 



la ro*4e. (THK SAME.) 



CM honneura que le vulgaire ad- 



ut-ilfl lea niorta an soiu 

 dm monuments ? (SOUIEL.) 



Wli.-ii it is necessary to make, in French, a difference 

 ximilur to t)i:il i'xinting between tho English words this anc 

 that, the adverbs ci and '<i must be placed after the nouns : 



Ce Hrro-ci, thin book (here). 

 Cos livrv'H-ci, these books. 



Ce livre-li, (hat book (there). 

 Cos livruH-la, those books. 



22. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES. 

 (1.) The possessive adjectives, which are always joined to a 

 noun, express possession ; they ore : 



Singular. Plural. 



Masculine. Feminine, Both genders. 



nion, ma, mes, my. 



ton, ta, tea, thy. 



son, sa, sea, ht, her, its. 



notre, notre, noa, our. 



votre, votre, voa, 'jour, 



lenr, lour, lean, their. 



(2.) In French these adjectives take the gender and number 

 of the object possessed, and not, as in English, those of the 

 possessor : 



JIasc. sinij. 

 Mon frure, my brother, 



Ton livre, thy book, Ta plume, thy pen, 



Son papier, his or her Sa table, his or her 



paper, 

 Notre cheval, our horse, 



Votre lit, your bed, 

 Leur foin, their hay, 



Fern. sing. PI. both genders. 



Ma. sceur, my sinter, Mas cousins, my 



cousins. 



Tesmaisons, (hy houses. 

 Ses habits, his or her 



clothes. 



Nos prairies, our mea- 

 dows. 



Votre chaise, your Vos crayons, your pan- 

 chair, cilu. 

 Leur paille, their Lours femes, their 

 farms. 



table, 

 Notre yache, our coio, 



straw, 



Sobrie'W dans toute chose, 

 Jfon ami, c'est I'art de jouir. 

 D0 TKKMBI.AY. 



Afa main de quelque fleur es- 

 quisae la peintnre. CASTEL. 



ifes sens sont places d'effroi. 

 J. B. KOUSSEAU. 

 De son propro artifice on eat 

 sonvent victime. 



COLIN D'HARLEVTLLK. 

 X >a vocation chuque 3tre doit 

 ivj>ou(]re. KB. DE NEUFCHATEAU. 



II faut de ses amis endurer 

 quelque chose. MOLIHKE. 



Xotre vie est une maison, 

 Y mettre le feu c'est folie. 



NIVERNAIS. 



Vos niailles se romprout sous 

 la charge pesante. CASTEL. 



Leurs flours suivront mcs pus, 

 en n : cr( ; iint ma vue. 



(THE SAME.) 



(3.) The adjectives mon, my ; ton, thy ; son, his or her, are 

 used instead of ma, ta, sa, before feminine words commencing 

 with a vowel, or an h mute, in order to prevent the meeting 

 if two vowels ; thus we say : 



lion <?ptte, my sword. 

 Tn Spouse, thy toi/e. 

 Sou aruioo, his army. 



C'eu est fait, mon heure est. venue. I All is over, my hour is com*. 

 BOILKAU. 



(4.) The possessive adjectives must be repeated before every 

 noun : 



Mon frere, ma sceur, et mcs I My brother, sister, and cowin are 

 cousius BOnt a Paris. at Paris. 



Sobriety in all things i, my friend, 

 the true enjoyment. 



ify hand sketches the picture of 

 some flower. 



ify senses are frozen with fear. 



One is often the victim of his own 

 artifi.cc. 



Every being should fulfil his voca- 

 tion. 



We must bear something from our 

 /rinds. 



Our life is a house ; to set it on 

 fire is folly. 



Tour meshes will break under the 

 heavy burden. 



Their ./lowers will follow my steps, 

 and please my sight. 



23. NUMERAL ADJBCTIVM. 



(1.) There are two kindu of numeral adjective* : the eardiual 

 uti'l the ordinal. 



(2.) The cardinal numberx indicate simply the nun. 

 quantity, without any rofercii<:e to onlor ; as, un, one ; deux. 

 two, etc. 



(3.) The ordinal numbers mark tho order or rank which 

 persons and things occupy ; aH, premier, fint, tecond, second, 

 etc. 



(4.) Cardinal dumber*, 

 un, feminine une, 



deux, 



trois, 



quatre, 



cinq, 



six, 



sept, 



haft, 



neuf, 

 dix, 

 ouze, 

 douze, 

 treize, 

 quatorze, 

 quiuze, 

 seize, 

 dix-sept, 

 dix-huit, 

 dix-neuf, 

 vingt, 



vingt et un, 

 vingt-deux, etc. 

 trente, 

 treute et uu, 

 trente-deux, etc. 

 qiiarante, 

 quarnnte et un, 

 quarante-deux, etc. 

 cinquante, 

 cinquaute et un, 

 ciuqiwute-deux, etc. 

 soixaute, 

 soixante et un, 

 soixaute-deux, etc. 

 soixante-dix, 

 soixaute et onze, 

 soixante-douze, 

 soixaute- treize, 

 soixaute -quatorze, 

 soixunte-quinze, 

 Boixnnte- seize, 

 soixaute-dix-sept, 

 soixante-dix -huit, 

 soixaute-dix-neuf, 

 quatre-viugts, 

 quatre-vingt-un, 

 qiiatre-vingt-deux, etc. 

 |uutre-viugt-dix, 

 iuatre-vingt-onze, 

 [uatre-viugt-douze, etc. 

 cent, 

 cent un, 

 leux cents, 

 leux cent un, etc. 

 roia cents, 

 roia cent un, etc. 

 mille, 

 leux mille, 



leux mille cinquante, 

 uu miluon, 



(5.) Ordinal KumJbtn. 

 r, feminine preu,. 



iiiiii-iin , Jt. 

 .:; Bccond, /. ecoude, 2nd. 



troiaieme, 



quatrieme, 4th. 



cini|uieme, 



aixieme, 



eptiime, 7th. 



me, 8tb. 



neuvieme, 9tb. 



dixieme, 10th. 



onziume, llt'u. 



douzieme, l^th 



truizicme, 13th. 



quatorzieme, 14th. 



quiiizu-mc, 15th. 



aeizieme, lotli. 



dix-aeptu-uic, 17th. 



dix-huiti> un-, 18th. 



dix-ueuvivme, 19th. 



Tingtiume, 20th. 



vingt et uuitme, 21st. 



vingt-denxicme, etc. 22nd. 



trentieme, 30th. 



trente et unicrne, Slat. 



trente-deuxieme, etc. 32nd. 



quarantit-me, 40th. 



quurautc et uuieme, 41st. 



quarante-deuxiemc, etc. 42nd. 



cinquantierae, 50th. 



cinquante et unieme, 51st. 



cinquante-deuxieme, etc. 52nd. 



soixuntiome, 60th. 



soixaute et uuieme, Cist, 



soixante-deuxieme, etc. 62nd. 



aoixaute-dixietne, 70th. 



loixaute et onzieme, 71st. 



soixaute-douzieme, 72nd. 



soixante-treizieme, 73rd. 



soixante-quatorzieme, 7itb. 



soixaute-quiozieme, 75\i. 



aoixante-seizieme, 76th. 



soixante-dix-aeptieme, 77th. 



aoixante-dix-huitiome, 78th. 



aoixante-dix-neuvicme, 79th. 



quatre-viugtieme, 80th. 



quatre-viugt-unieme, Slat 

 quatre-vingt-deuxicme, etc. 82nd, 



quatre-vingt-dixicme, 90th. 



quatre-vingt-onzieme, 91st. 

 quatre-vingt-douziorue, etc. 92nd. 



40 



41 



42 



50 



51 



52 



60 



61 



62 



70 



71 



72 



73 



74 



75 



76 



77 



78 



79 



80 



81 



82 



90 



91 



92 



100 



101 



200 



201 



300 



301 



1000 



2000 



205G 



1,000,000 { millionieme, 

 z5ro 0. 



centime, 100th. 



cout uuieme, lOlat. 



deux centicme, J-th. 



deux cent uuieme, etc. 201at. 



trois ceuti. in. , 300th. 



trois cent unicice, etc. 301st. 



millieme, 1000th. 



deux milliomc, -:;.. 



deux mille cinquautieme, 2050th. 

 1,000,000th. 



24. VARIATIONS OP THE CARDINAL NUMBERS. 



(1.) The following cardinal numbers vary : 

 (2.) Un. one, takes tho gender of the noun to which it is 

 prefixed : 



un livre, one book; une fcuillc. one leaf. 



When used snbstantively, un may take the mark of the 

 lural : 



Vase. Lea uns et lea autres, 

 Pern. Lea unes et les autres, 



These and those. 



(Tht- ones and the others^. 



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