quel est-il? ' what is he

18. Un pas grand' chose, ' Nothing much!' In old French grand like other adjecti^res derived from Lalin adjecti^es of t\vo terminalions {grandis, -e), had the same form for masculine and féminine, grand père, grand mère. This form is preserved in such compounds a; grand' mère, grand'' chose, but the apostrophe is now commonly inserted, as thoiigh the féminine termination -e had been lost. Note that cho-te lias both genders ; in the sensé of * thi.ig, object * it is féminine, in the sensé of *something, anything,' masculine.

21. pays de Caux. Catix is the name of a district in t'ie Department of Seine Inférieure between Dieppe and the Seine. One of ils principal towns is Saint Valéry en Caux. The whole district is noted for its cidcr, and exports apples largely.

Tage 12.

1. Faut le voir, *You should see him.' The impersonal pronoun il before the \t\h falloir is often omitted by uneducated speakers.

3. dans ses semelles, lit. 'upon the soles of his boots.' The nearest English équivalent is perhaps 'in his pocket.'

6. II... génère, 'Ile wants nothing but speech, and even that he hardly wants.'