IN THE ORDER C^F SUBJECTS
The words to the Reading Lessons from fage 29 will be found in the Alphabetical Vocabulary .
iV.B. — The Roman Jigtircs T., II., and III., refer to ^^ Mac mil Ian' s Progressive French Course," i.e., I. to the First, II. to the Second, and III. to the Third Year respectively.
IVords exactly alike in the tzvo languages, as — province, village, famine, etc., are not given.
The Principal parts of Irregular Verbs are given in the following order : —
Infinitive ; Près. Part. ; Past. Part. ; Près. Indie. ; Preterite.
T/ie derived tenses are only given when irregularly formed.
ABBREVIATIONS.
= Section.
Obj.
= Object, or objective.
Adj.
= Adjective.
= Page, if before a
Adv.
= Adverb.
numeral.
Ant.
= Anterior.
= Person, if afitr a
Art.
= Article.
numeral.
Cond.
= Conditional.
Pron.
= Pronoun.
Conj.
= Conjunction.
= Past Participle.
Def.
= Definite.
Pr.
= Present.
Ex.
= Exercise.
Pr. P.
= Present Particii)le.
= Feminine.
Pr. Subj
= Present Subjunctive
Fr.
= From.
Prêt.
= Preterite.
Fut.
= Future.
Perf.
= Perfect.
Impf.
= Imperfect.
Plupf.
= Pluperfect.
Imper.
= Impcative.
pi.
= Plural.
Indef.
= Indefinite.
Refl.
= Reflexive.
Indie.
^ Indicative.
= Singular.
Infin.
= Infinitive.
= Substanlivc.
Intr.
= Intransitive.
Subj.
= Subjunctive.
Irr.
= Irregular.
tr.
= Transitive.
= Line.
= Verb.
= Masculine.
NOTES AND VOCABULARY
IN THE ORDER OF THE TEXT FROM PAGE i TO 29.
Page I.
r. — Fondation de la Maison
DE Dieu.
Line
1 la fondation, the foundation la maison, the house Dieu, God
2 le champ (pronounce = chan),
the field labourer, to plough le frère, the brother posséder, to possess, to o'vn
3 la partie, the part
le terrain, the ground, plot où, where, on which s'élever, to rise, stand aujourd'hui, to-day
4 la fontaine, the fountain, well l'oranger, m. the orange-tree ;
from orange, f. the orange ; thus — le pommier, appletree, from — la pomme ; le poirier, pear-tree, from — la poire
l'un, the one
marié, married
5 plusieurs, several l'enfant, m. and f in the
sing. ; always masc. in the
plur. ; the child l'autre, m. and f., tlie other vivait, 3rd p. s. Impf. of
vivre (vivant, vécu, je vis,
je views,,) to live. See H.
seul, -e, alone, lonely cultiver, to cultivate, to till
6 en commun, in common hériter, to inherit
6 qn* for que, obj. case of qui.
See I. Ex. 45.
leur, their. See I. Ex. 7
7 la mère, the mother
le temps, the time {weather)
la moisson, the harvest, crop
venu, P. P. of venir (venant,
venu, je viens, je vins :
Fut. je viendrai ; Pr. Subj.
je vienne) to come. See II.
lier, to tie, to bind
8 la gerbe, the sheaf
en, of them. See I. Ex. 42 firent, 3 p. pi. Prêt, of faire
(faisant, fait, je fais, fis ;
Fut. ferai ; Pr. Subj. fasse),
to make, to do le tas, the heap, stack égal, -e J pi. m. égaux, equal,
alike laisser, to leave (to let)
9 pendant, during la nuit, the night
celui, that one. See I. Ex. 44 qui, who; that
10 bon, m. ; bonne, f., good la pensée, the thought, idea se, reflex, pron. , himself, always used with a verb
dit. Prêt, of dire (disant, dit,
je dis, je dis), to say. See
