n'avait plus la barbe si bleue, see note to p

10. c'était, instead of ' il était,' because the complément is a noun.

Compare He is old — Il est vieux {adjcctive).

He is an old man — C'est un vieillard {noun). fort is hère an adverb used in the sensé of très, very, in which sensé the final t is sounded if foUowed by a ivicel or silent h, as hère, honnête homme, Jionest man ; homme honnête, a civil (politc) man. Other instances of adjectives having a différent meaning, according as they are placed be/orc or a/ter their noun, will be noticed farther on.

11. se conclut. Many verbs used reflexively in Frencli are best

rendered in Euglish by the passive voice, as liere, for instance.

Compare — Je me trompe — / am mistaken.

Cela s'entend — That is undcrstood (is a mattcr

of course).

Il s'appelle — He is callcd.