édéric Julien
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 74
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...musicien), nor your brother-in-law either (non plus). 15. I beg your pardon. 16. Oh indeed; we will be very glad to (de) have you; what do you 2 1 play? 17. I play upon thereto' harp (la guimbarde); and my brotherin-law plays upon the penny whistle (le sifflet d'un sou). N.B.--Mark that those pronouns are preceded by the articles le, la, les, according to gender and number, and that the article is declinable; that is to say, that the article may be du, de la, des, au, a la, aux. Observation.--In stating the possession of one or several objects, the French often use the personal pronoun instead of the possessive: thus they say--Cette lime est a moi Cette enclume est a lui Ce tourne-vis est a nous Ce maillet est a eux this file is mine that anvil is his this turnserew is ours this mollet is theirs lit. this file is to me, that anvil is to him that turnserew is to us, this mallet is to them Observe also the difference between the two idioms in the following: This veil is Matilda's That brown paper is the grocer's Cette voilette est a Mathilde Ce papier gris est a l'epicier Cette piece de terre est a la ville That piece of land is the corporation's 120. 1. Our grandmother has sent us three muffs (le manchon); this one is mine, that one is hers, and the third is for my dear mother. 2. Have you a good shoeblack (le decrotteur); mine does not take away (enlever) the mud (la boue); but he puts the blacking (le cirage) on the top of it (par-dessus). 3. Here are our two belts (la ceinture); but which (laquelle) is yours; and which is mine 1 4. They have pretty bonnets, it is true; but I like ours better than theirs. 5. Ourfurs (la fourrure) are expensive (d'un grand prix);...
