LESSONS IN FRENCH 



(8.) When there is a direct object in the sentence, it is placed 

 after the verb : 



1. Subject. 2. Xttribut,'. U. Frb. 4. Advvrb. 5. Direct Object. 



lier attentif appreud toujoun sa lecon. 



The scholar attnti learns alicay* hit lemon. 



(9.) When there are two objects of eqnal length, or nearly so, 

 the direct precedes the indirect : 



1. Subject. 2. Ferb. 3. Direct Object. 4. Indirect Object. 



a douu<* le lirre a mo;. 



Jo/in has given the book. to my father. 



(10.) Should the direct object be followed by a relative pro- 

 noun, or by attributes rendering it longer than the indirect 

 object, the latter is placed first : 



1. Subj. 2. Ff>-b. 3. Ind. Object. 4. Direct Object. 



Jean a donui ; a moil jw-re le livre qu'il lui avait promts. 

 John hat given to my father the book which he had promised him. 



(11.) The pronouns representing the direct object, and those 

 representing the indirect object, preceded by to, expressed or 

 understood in English, are placed before the verb in French : 



(19.) The pronouns used M direct and indirect object* are 

 placed before the imperative, used negatively. They are subject 

 to the rules of precedence, (13.) and (14.) : 



1. Ntgat. 2. Obj. & Qbj. 4 Ferb. 5. JTjat. 



[Rule (13.)] Ne nous le donuet pM. 



Not to us it give not. 



[Rule (14.)] Ne le lui donnex pu. 



Not it to him give mat. 



(20.) The construction of an interrogative sentence, which 

 has a noun for its subject, differs in the two languages. The 

 following examples will show the order of the words in 

 French : 



1. The Subj. 2. Ferb. 3. Di'j-licote Subj. 4. Objtrt. 



Le marchand re?oi t - il ion argent ? 



The merchant receives he his numey .' 



Mon frere <<crit- il des lettxes? 



My brother writes he letter* f 



(21.) When the sentence commences with ou, where ; que, 

 what ; quel, what, which ; combien, hoiv much, how many ; 

 the noun may be placed after the verb : 



