VOCABULARY

In the French-English section of the vocabulary, it is intended to furnish ail needed information as to the inflection of words, while an effort is made in the English-French section to give quite full information as to the uses and constructions of words.

In the French-English section, it may be assumed thfi^t, unless otherwise indicated, nouns and adjectives form their plurals by adding -s, aside from those ending in -s, -x, or -z, which remain unchanged in the plural.

Unless otherwise indicated, adjectives form their féminine by adding -e, aside from those already ending in mute -e, which remain unchanged.

After regular verbs, there are indicated in parenthèses the conjugations to which they belong.

The principal parts of irregular verbs are given, as well as any peculiarities in the forms made upon them.

After the infinitive, then, the first singular of the future is given, if irregular, the stem thereof remaining throughout the future and the conditional. ; ,

After the. présent participle are given any irregulajr.fprnis of the plural of the présent indicative and imperative, of the imperfect indicative, and of the présent subjunctive. If an irregular first singular subjunctive is given, the stem thereof remains throughout, unless the first plural, having a différent stem, is also given. In this case, this latter stem will be used also in the second plural, the third plural having the same stem as the first singular.

After the fourth principal part, the first singular of the présent indicative, are given any irregular forms in the remainder of the singular of this tense, as well as in the second singular imperative, which normally is identical with the first singular of the présent indicative.

Exercises

ready. It is possible that it will be four p.m. before we are ready to start. 35. The lady whose servant had brought the lamps had just left for the country. 36. Do you remember the name of the lady in whose album you saw that photograph? 37. There is no servant who is taller than theirs. Theirs is the tallest in the city. 38. This is the table on which I told him to put the album. 39. Don*t you hear a carriage approaching? 40. Do you not fear he will break off the marriage? He seems to want to raise the dowry until you will hâve only one or two thousand francs a year left.

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EXERCISE XVn

(Act II, Scènes 13 and 14) A, The Use of Names of Cities and Countries *

1. En + name — with féminine singular names of countries, states, provinces.

n va (voyage) en France (en Californie,

en Touraine).

2. Dans + défini te article + name — with (a) Countries having a distinctive

adjunct.

n va (voyage) dans /'Amérique du Sud (dans les Indes Occidentales).

(6) Masculine names of states and

provinces.

n va (demeure) dans le Massachusetts (dans le Lyonnais).

n est né dans la Meuse {dans le Calvados).

> There are numerous cases which this note, long as it is, does not eover. The author hopes that it is true, however, as far as it goes.