Le petit Chaperon Woug-e.— Little Hed Jiidinghood

S qu' on eût su voir, that could have been seen. For savoir used for pouvoir, see p. 32, 1. 4. The Plupf. Subj. often stands for the Condit Perf.

0 être fou (folle) de, to be passionately fond of, to dote on

10 lui fit faire ... ordered... to be made for her. See Introduction

14 comment se porte ta mère-grand, hozv grandviother is. Mèregrand, ob-oleîe form of grand'mère ; grand unchanged, because in Old French all Adjectives derived from Latin Adjectives of two endings like grandis, m. and f., grande, n., were unchangeable in the feminine ; thus, grand'rue, grand'chose, &c. on m'a dit, T am told. See XL § 33 (a)

19 n'osa ; oser is one of the few verbs (savoir, pouvoir, cesser, n'avoir garde, bouger) after which pas may be omitted

26 tout là-bas, yonder, far away

28 je veux l'aller voir. In Modern French we should rather say —

je veux aller la voir je m'y en vais, Près, of s'en aller; en denotes the starting pomt, y the destination

29 à qui plus tôt y sera, iv ho first ivill be there

30 se mit à courir de toute sa force, started running as fast as

he could

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1 se trouver un peu mal, to feel rather poorly

2 cherra, obsolete Fut. of choir, to fall ; rarely used

4 en moins de rien, in less than no time

car il y avait, &c. , for he had not had anything to eat for more than three days

5 s'aller coucher, or aller se coucher (see p. 33, 1. 28), to lie down 23 que vous avez de grandes jambes ! what large legs you have !

In interjections the complement of que {how) is placed after the Verb ; as, que c'est beau ! how beautiful it is !

1 7. — CENDRILLON. — Cinderella.

32 il était, for il y avait, there was

qui épousa en secondes noces tine femme, who had a second wife (in second the c is pronounced = g)

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33 qu'on eût, the Verb in the Subjunctive after a Superlative. Set II. lo{d)

36 de son côté, here, from his first marriage

37 tenir de, t-o take after

39 que; for que used instead of quand, when, after ne. ..pas plutôt. See p. 6, 1. 37

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1 ne put. See p. 33, 1. 19

cette jeune en a.nt. See p. i, 1. 11

2 rendre haïssables, to render (?iiat!e) hateful. When " to make "

has an Adjective for its complement, we generally say rendre and not faire in French

7 & 17 méchante, here, wretched. See II., Appendix, p. 181

8 les plus à la mode, the most fashionable (stylish) 1 1 se plaindre, to complain ; plaindre, to pity

13 elle s'allait mettre = elle allait se mettre. See p. 33, 1. 28

14 ce qui faisait que, on account of which 18 ne laissait pas d'être, was nevertheless

20 en prier, to invite to it ; en, and not y, because prier takes de

22 faire grande figure, to cut a great figure

23 les voilà, now tluy were. See p. 4, 1. 9

24 siéraient, Cond. of seoir, to ft, to suit "îS habit de velours rouge, red velvet gown ^'0 en récompense, to make up for it

manteau à fleurs d'or, cape of gold flower brocade

31 barrière de diamants, circlet of diamonds

32 bonne coiffeuse, hairdresser

pas des plus indifférentes, not amiss

envoyer quérir, to send for ; quérir is used in the Infinitive only

33 fit acheter. .See Intnjduction

34 bonne faiseuse, dressmaker mouches, patches (la mouche, the fly)

35 avoir le goût bon, to have good taste. See III. § 7, i^, 1

36 le mieux du monde, to the best of her ability

37 vouloir bien, to have no objection

40 ce n'est pas là ce qu'il me faut, that won't do for mt

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2 tant elles étaient transportées, so overjoyed 7vere they ; the com-

])Icnicnt of tant stands aflerthe Verb, as with que. Seep. 34, 1. 23 6 le plus longtemps que, as long as 9 ce qu'elle Avait, what was the matter with her ^ thus— qu'avez-

vous ? 7ahat nils you ? II était fée, without article. Thus — il est matelot [not — un matelot),

he is a sailor ; il s'est fait catholique, he has become a Catholic.

See III. § 8, f, 2