CHAPTER III
Adjectives are always invariablo in English; in some tases though, adjectives which have really become nounos are varied.
ADJEOTIVES
Ex. : The ancients.
Les anciers.
The immortals.
Les immortels,
It isthe reason why most names of uations are
varied, notwithstanding their being adjectives. Ex.: The Canadians.
Les Canadiens.
The Americans,
Les Américuins.
We must however except from this rule
names of pations, ending by ch, sh, s, ss, ese,
Ex. : The Irish, the French.
Les Irlandais, les Francais.
The Chinese, the Portuguese, Les Chinois, les Portugais.
Exercice
À traduire et à ‘ppren
Ce vaillant général, avec quelq-es ce taines d’hommes, ff face à une nombrense armée 21 la vainquit- Cette salle peut contenir + x cent: personnes ; l’année dernière, après ur gra4 incendie, deux cent cinquante vieillarde (c 4 ple) y (in it) trouvèrent un reluge, Les Japon is vainquirent ies Russes, il
y 4 quelques an‘ Les Chinois ne sont pas facilement admis dans int pays. Les Irlandais et les Angiais ne furent jamais bons amis. Napoléon, empereur des Français. f suerre aux Espagnol
Les Italiens ont gén ‘a ‘ment uu carac tèreprom} .
Version.
The old man was, one day, sitting in his house with seven or eight of his friends, relating to them the principal features of the battle which decided the fate of our poor country. ‘“Surely, said he, Montcalm had not the sufficient number of soldiers to face Wolfe’s army, but if the English general had not been introduced into the city with his army, he would not have succeded in conquering the country. Later on, though, on account of the want of help (for France did not help us) the French people wonld probably have been obliged to give themselves up to the English. Now allis over (jini), God permitted such à thing, let us think that everything was for the best.
Adjectives expressing measure, dimension such as: wide, large, high, haut, deep, profond, broad, large are placed after the name of measure, and de used in French is not translated into English.
Ex.: A tower sixty feet high.
Une tour haute de soixante pieds.
A house forty feet long and twenty feet broad.
Une maison longue de 40 pieds et large de vingt.
NB. The French preposition sur accon.panying the name of measure is translated by by.
