CHAPTER VIII

Conjunctions Carefull attention should be puid to the conjunetions which are called corresponsiye—They are called corresponsive (corrélative) on account of their

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being always used in pairs s0 that one corresponds to the other, We give the principal with examples showing th: place they ought to have in the sentence.

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Ex.: Though he was corrected yet he did not reform.

Bien qu'il fut corrigé il ne se corrigea cependant pas.

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Ex.: Whether there be few or many.

Qu'il y en ait peu ou plusieurs.

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Ex.: He was either ashamed or afraid.

Il avait honte ou il avait peur.

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Ex.: Noither Peter nor John sleeps, Ni Pierre ni Jean ne dorment.

: He is as wise us his brother (is wiso)

Il est aussi sage que son frère. DO is dem sosie nsstarsas e TRAb sos srervsessrentse Ex.: He is so weak that he cannot work.

Il est si faible qu'il ne peut pas travailler.

Translation of the French conjunetion or adverb ‘ Que.”

Que having the meaning of depuis que, is t::nse lated by since,

Ex.: Ily a deux ans que je l’ai vu.

It is two years since I saw him.

Equivalent to lnrsque, it is translated by when. Ex.: Il partit qu'il pleuvait par torrents.

He set out when it rained in torrents, That tra-slates que when the latter has the meaning vf afin que-

Ex.: Venez ici que je vous voie.

Uome here that I muy see you.

Que meaning combien is translated by kw much, how many.

Ex. : How much glory therë is in dying for one’s country.

Qu'il y a de gloire à mourir pour son pays.

How many fine flowers there are in this

garden,

Qu'il y a de belles fieurs dans ce jardin.

As à general rie, we may: .ÿ that the best manner oftranslating que, is to find out its real meaning. and render it accordingly