TWENTY-FIRST LESSON.—Vingt et unième Leçon.

To whom?

Whom?
What?

A qui? (a question followed by the

object indirect in the dative.)

For persons: qui?

For things: que? quoi?

THE FOUR CASES OF THE INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS :

Qui? Who?-Que? Quoi? What?

Qui? who? has no plural, and always refers to persons, without distinction of sex, as who in English.

Que? and quoi? What? have no plural, and always relate to things. Obs. A. Always use que for things before a verb, and never quoi as the subject and object direct or accusative.

To answer.

To answer the man.

To answer the men.

Répondre 4.

Répondre à l'homme.
Répondre aux hommes.

Obs. B. There are many verbs in English after which the preposition to may or may not be expressed; but this is not the case in French, where to, à, must be expressed.

To whom do you wish to answer? | À qui voulez-vous répondre ?

EXERCISES.

57.

Will you write to me?—I will write to you.-Will you write to che Italian ?—I will write to him.-Will your brother write to the English ?—He will write to them, but they have no mind to answer him.-Will you answer your friend?—I will answer him.-But whom will you answer ?—I will answer my good father.-Will you not answer your good friends?-I will answer them.-Who will write to you ?—The Russian wishes to write to me.-Will you answer him ?—I will not answer him.-Who will write to our friends? -The children of our neighbor will write to them.-Will they answer them ?—They will answer them.-To whom do you wish to write?—I wish to write to the Russian.-Will he answer you ?—He wishes to answer me, but he cannot.-Can the Spaniards answer us?—They cannot answer us, but we can answer them.-To whom do you wish to send this note ?—I will send it to the joiner.

58.

What have you to do?-I have to write.-What have you to write?-I have to write a note.-To whom?-To the carpenter.What has your father to drink ?—He has to drink some good wine.— Has your servant any thing to drink?—He has to drink some tea.— What has the shoemaker to do ?—He has to mend my shoes.-What have you to mend?—I have to mend my thread stockings.—To whom have you to speak?—I have to speak to the captain. When will you speak to him?-To-day.-Where will you speak to him ?— At his house. To whom has your brother to speak?—He has to speak to your son.-What has the Englishman to do?—He has to answer a note.-Which note has he to answer?-He has to answer that of the good German.-Have I to answer the note of the Frenchinan ?—You have to answer it.-Which note have you to answer? -I have to answer that of my good friend.-Has your father to answer a note ?-He has to answer one, (à un billet.)—Who has to answer notes ?-Our children have to answer a few.-Will you answer the notes of the merchants?—I will answer them.-Will your brother answer this or that note ?-He will answer neither this nor that. -Will any one answer my note ?-No one will answer it.

59.

Which notes will your father answer?-He will answer only thoan of his good friends.-Will he answer my note ?—He will answer it. -Have you to answer any one?—I have to answer no one..-Who will answer my notes ?-Your friends will answer them.-Have you

a mind to go to the ball?—I have a mind to go there.-When will you go there?-To-day.-At what o'clock?—At half-past ten.When will you take your boy to the play?—I will take him there tomorrow. At what o'clock will you take him there ?—At a quarter to six.-Where is your son ?-He is at the play.—Is your friend at the ball?-He is there.-Where is the merchant?-He is at his counting-house.-Where do you wish to take me to ?-I wish to take you to my warehouse.-Where does your cook wish to go to ?-He wishes to go to the market. Is your brother at the market ?—He is not there.—Where is he?—He is in his magazine.

60.

Where is the Dutchman ?-He is in his garret.-Will you come to me in order to go to the play?—I will come (aller) to you, but I have no mind to go to the play.-Where is the Irishman ?-He is at the market. To which theatre do you wish to go ?—I wish to go to that of the French.-Will you go to my garden or to that of the Scotchman ?—I will go neither to yours nor to that of the Scotchman; I wish to go to that of the Italian.-Does the physician wish to go to our storehouses or to those of the Dutch ?—He will go neither to yours nor to those of the Dutch, but to those of the French.What do you wish to buy at the market?—I wish to buy a basket and some carpets.-Where will you take them to ?—I will take them home.

61.

How many carpets do you wish to buy ?—I wish to buy two.-To whom do you wish to give them ?—I will give them to my servant. -Has he a mind to sweep the floor?-He has a mind to do it, but he has no time. Have the English many storehouses?—They have many.—Have the French as many dogs as cats?—They have more of the latter than of the former.-Have you many guns in your warehouses?-We have many there, but we have but little corn.

Do

you wish to see our guns?—I will go into your warehouses in order to see them.-Do you wish to buy any thing ?-I do wish to buy something.-What do you wish to buy?—I wish to buy a pocket-book, a looking-glass, and a pistol.-Where will you buy your trunk?-I will buy it at the market.-Have you as much wine as tea in your storehouses ?-We have as much of the one as of the other. Who wishes to tear my linen ?-No one wishes to tear it.

62.

Will the English give us some bread ?-They will give you some. -Will they give us as much butter as bread ?—They will give you more of the latter than of the former.-Will you give this man a

franc ?—I will give him several.-How many franes will you give him?—I will give him five.-What will the French lend us?— They will lend us many books.-Have you time to write to the merchant ?—I wish to write to him, but I have no time to-day.—When will you answer the German ?—I will answer him to-morrow.-At what o'clock ?—At eight.—Where does the Spaniard wish to go to -He wishes to go no whither.-Does your servant wish to warm my broth ?—He wishes to warm it.-Is he willing to make my fire? —He is willing to make it.—Where does the baker wish to go to ?— He wishes to go to the wood.—Where is the youth ?—He is at the play. Who is at the captain's ball?-Our children and our friends are there.

TWENTY-SECOND LESSON.—Vingt-deuxième Leçon.