malade, ill; joli, pretty; grand, great; bon, good; petit, small; riche, rich; pauvre, poor; jeune, young.

Je suis malade. Tu es petit. Il est grand. Elle est jolie. Suis-je petit? Es-tu riche? Est-il pauvre? Est-elle jeune ?

I am little. Thou art poor. He is rich. She is small. Am I ill? Art thou pretty? Is he great? Is she rich?

Masc. Sing.
le père, the father.
le frère, the brother.

Masc. Plural.

les pères, the fathers.
les frères, the brothers.

2.

Fem. Sing.

la mère, the mother.
la soeur, the sister

Fem. Plural.

les mères, the mothers. les soeurs, the sisters.

Masc. mon, my; ton, thy (your); son, his.

et, and Fem.: ma, my; ta, thine (yours); sa, her.

Ton

Mon père et son frère. Ma mère et ma soeur. frère est grand. Ma soeur est jeune. Les pères et les mères. Les frères et les soeurs. Ton frère et ma soeur. Son père et sa soeur. Ta mère

et son frère.

3.

et mon père. Sa soeur

My father and my mother. The father and her sister. Her mother and my father. The brothers and my sister.

My brother and her sister. Thy mother and my sister. My sister and my mother. The mothers and my brother. The fathers and his sister. Her mother and my father.

le sommeil, the sleep; l'image, the picture; la mort, death; la forme, the form; la terre, the earth; la vie, the life; le soleil, the sun; la lune, the moon; le cheval, the horse; la maison, the house; l'arbre, the tree; l'école, the school; l'habit, the dress. Obs. If the Article,,le" or ,,ta" be placed before a vowel, the e or a is omitted and an Apostrophe substituted.

Le sommeil est l'image de la mort. La forme de la terre est ronde. La vie de l'homme est courte. La lune reçoit sa lumière du soleil. Le propriétaire du cheval.

5.

The proprietor of the house. The branch of the tree. I am the proprietor of the school. The school of the father. The sleep of the brother. The dress of the sister. The rays of the sun. The size of the earth. The picture of the mother. He is the proprietor of the horse. The life of my mother. The picture of my sister. The sleep of thy father. The life of thy sister.

l'enfant, the child; l'homme, the man; le chat. the cat; la table, the table; le livre, the book; l'ami, the friend; l'église, the church; le fils, the son; la fille, the daughter; rond, round. L'enfant n'est pas malade. L'homme n'est pas riche. Le chat n'est pas petit. La table n'est pas ronde. Le livre n'est pas bon.

7.

The friend is rich. The friend is not rich. The church is great. The church is not great. The son is poor. The son is not poor. My daughter is handsome. Thy daughter

is not handsome. The child is not pretty. The man is not ill. The cat is not young. The table is not small.

The book is not small.

8.

Un, a, (Mascul.) une, a, (Femin.)

J'ai, I have.

Tu as, thou hast.

il a, he has.

elle a, she has.

ai-je, have I? as-tu, hast thou? a-t-il, has he? a-t-elle, has she?

J'ai un fils. Tu as une mère. Il a un ami. Elle a

une soeur. J'ai un livre. Tu as un chat. Il a une table. Elle a un enfant. Il a un cheval.

9.

He has a father. She has a mother. Thou hast a friend. She has a cat. I have a friend. Thou hast a table. He has a book. Have I a book? Hast thou a horse? Has he a table? Has she a mother? Have I a brother? Hast thou a mother? Has he a friend? Has she a son? Have I a father? Hast thou a house? Has he a sister? Has she a brother?

10.

Declensions with the definite Article.

The definite article (l'article défini) is rendered,.le" before a masculine noun, and ,,la" before a feminine noun, as: le père, the father; la mère, the mother. - The Plural for both genders is ,,les", as: les pères, the fathers, les mères, the mothers. If the article,,le“ and „la" stand before a vowal or silent,,h", the e or a is omitted and an Apostrophe substituted, as:

not le arbre but l'arbre, the tree.

The plural however is as usual: les arbres, les écoles, les habits.

l'oreille, the ear; le jardin, the garden; l'oiseau, the bird; un bonnet, a cap; la plume, the pen; donnez-le, give it; reçu, received.

La plume du père. Le jardin de mon frère. Donnezle à la mère. Il a reçu l'oiseau de ma soeur. L'enfant de ma soeur. Donnez la table au père. La robe de la

mère.

11.

The ear of the brother. Have you received a cap of the mother? Give the pen to the brother. The garden of the son. The bird of the sister. He has received the book from the brother. Give the book to the mother. Has she received the table from the mother? Give the cat to the brother. Has he given the cat to the son? Give the child to the sister. Has she given the child to the daughter? I have given the father's bird to the mother. Has he given the brother's table to the sister? She has given the sister's cat to the mother. Has she given the father's book to the daughter? The horse of the brother.

12:

Declension of the Plural.

Masc. and Fem.

Nom. les pères, the fathers les mères,

the mothers

of the

l'étude, the study; la langue, the language;

to the
from the

l'ile, the island;

la montagne, the mountain; la mer, the sea; Diev, God; le créateur, the creator; le conservateur, the preserver; la créature, the being (mankind); mes, my (plural); tes, thy (plural); utile, useful.

L'étude des langues est utile. Les îles sont les montagnes de la mer. Dieu est le créateur du monde et le conservateur des créatures. Les productions de la terre sont utiles aux hommes. On attribue aux Egyptiens l'invention de la charrue. La paix est favorable à l'agriculture, au commerce, aux arts et aux sciences.

13.

Give the flowers to the

The book of the brothers. sisters. Agriculture is useful to men. Commerce is the fountain of riches. The arts ennoble nations. Sciences are the riches of life. God is the creator of mankind. The mountains furnish useful metals. The preserver of mankind is God. We draw metals from the mountains, and fruits from the trees. Learn industry from the bees and faithfulness from the dogs. The plough was invented by the Egyptians.

Vocabulary:

Donnez, give; la fleur, the flower; la source, the fountain; en noblir, ennoble; les richesses, the riches; nous offre, furnish; nous tirons, we draw; le fruit, the fruit; l'arbre, the tree; apprenez, learn; l'abeille, the bee; l'assiduité, industry; le chien, the dog; la fidélité, faithfulness; a été inventé, was invented.

14.

Declension.

of a word beginning with a vowal or a silent,,h“.

Singular.

N. l'enfant, the child.
G. de l'enfant, of the child.
D. à l'enfant, to the child.
A. l'enfant, from the child.

l'homme, the man.
de l'homme, of the man.
à l'homme, to the man.
l'homme, from the man.