Alexis n'est pas attentif.

13. Le gros Guillaume* n'est pas studieux. 14. La grosse Henriette* est une bonne fille. 15. Elle est attentive et studieuse. 16. Les enfants qui sont studieux, sont aussi attentifs.

Theme 5.

1. Little Henry* is a good boy. 2. He is studious and attentive. 3. Little Henrietta* is a good girl. 4. She is studious and attentive. 5. Good childrent are studious and attentive. 6. Young Alexis* is not here. 7. He has a sister, who is sick. 8. The brother of Mary is sick too. 9. The father of Julius has bought a large boat. 10. It‡ is in the water, attached to a tall tree. 11. The uncle of (the) stout William has brought large (big) oranges, which are very good. 12. He is rich; he has a large stable and many (beaucoup de) horses. 13. Julia has an aunt, who is very kind, but she is poor. 14. You have brought bad paper and bad pens (Less. 4th-2). 15. He has brought pencils which are not bad.

Tel, f. telle, such.

Pareil, f. pareille, similar.

Ancien, f. ancienne, ancient.

*See foot-note on opposite page.

Bon, f. bonne, good; kind.
Sujet, f. sujette, subject.

+ Good children, les bons enfants. The article is used in French before nouns that

represent a class,

See foot-note *, p. 31.

REM. A few adjectives in et do not double the t, viz.:

Complet, f. complète, complete.
Concret, f. concrète, concrete.
Discret, f. discrète, discreet.

Secret, f. secrète, secret.

Inquiet, f. inquiète, uneasy.

Replet, f. replète, corpulent.

Exc. 5. Five adjectives have three forms, two for the masculine, and one for the feminine:

Beau, bel, f. belle, beautiful;

handsome; fine.

Nouveau, nouvel, f. nouvelle,

new.

Vieux, vieil, f. vieille, old.

Fou, fol, f. folle, foolish.

Mou, mol, f. molle, soft..

Beau, nouveau, vieux, fou, and mou, are used before a consonant; bel, nouvel, vieil, (or vieux), fol, and mol, before a vowel and before a silent h.

Exc. 6. Four adjectives end in che, in the feminine:

Blanc, f. blanche, white

Franc, f. franche, frank.

Exc. 7. The following are peculiarly irregular :

Doux, f. douce, sweet.

Faux,
f. fausse, false.
Jumeau, f. jumelle, twin.
Préfix, f. préfixe, prefixed.
Roux, f. rousse, reddish.

Tiers, f. tierce, third (part.). Long, f. longue, long. Oblong, f. oblongue, oblong. Bénin, f. bénigne, benign. Malin, f. maligne, malicious.

Caduc, f. caduque, decrepit.

Public, f. publique, public.

Turc, f. turque, Turkish.

Grec, f. grecque, Greek.

Coi, f. coite, still; snug.

Favori, f. favorite, favorite.

Traître, f. traîtresse, treacherous.

2. PLURAL OF Adjectives.—ExCEPTIONS. (CONTINUED.)

A few adjectives (Less. 5th-4) do not conform to the rules given for the formation of the plural of nouns in Lesson Second.

Bleu, blue, plural masculine: bleus (not bleux).

The following and some other adjectives in al, do not change al into aux, but follow the general rule and take s, as: amical, amicable; fatal, fatal; final, final; initial, initial, etc.; plural masculine: amicals, fatals, finals, etc. The masculine forms (Less. 5th.-Exc. 5) bel, nouvel, vieil, fol, and mol, have in the plural, beaux, nouveaux, vieux, fous, mous.

SIXTH LESSON.

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES.

1. Adjectives are compared by means of the adverbs, plus, more; moins, less; aussi, as ; pas si or pas aussi, not so. The two terms of a comparison are connected by que, than, as:

Henri est plus grand que

Charles.

Louise est moins avancée

que Julie.

Paul est aussi studieux que
Marie.

Il n'est pas si attentif.

Henry is taller than Charles.

Louisa is not so far advanced as
Julia.

Paul is as studious as Mary.

He is not so attentive

2. The superlative degree is formed by le plus, le moins.

Le plus studieux.

Le moins avancé.

The most studious.

The least advanced.

When the adjective in the superlative degree is placed after the noun,* the article is used twice, once before the noun, and once before the comparative adverb.

La fille la plus studieuse.

The noun that limits an degree, is preceded by de.

L'élève le plus avancé de
l'école.

The most studious girl.

adjective in the superlative

The most advanced scholar in the school.

le meilleur, the best. le moindre, the least. le pire, the worst.

The regular forms of petit, small; and mauvais, bad; that is plus petit, le plus petit, and plus mauvais, le plus mauvais, are also used.

* In French, the adjective is generally placed after the noun,

Est-il ?

Est-elle ?

Etes-vous ?

Sont-ils ?

Sont-elles?

REM. The feminine form of the adjective is given in the vocabularies unly when it does not conform to any of the rules contained in Lesson Fifth.

de l'école.

Exercise 6.

1. Je suis plus grand que Charles. 2. Oui, Paul, mais tu es aussi plus âgé que Charles. 3. Guillaume est le plus grand des enfants du maître. 4. Il est le plus avancé 5. Julie, vous êtes moins avancée qu'Élise. 6. Élise est la meilleure élève de la classe. 7. Les bons élèves sont toujours les premiers à l'école. 8. Nous ne sommes pas les premiers ce matin. 9. Non, vous êtes les derniers aujourd'hui. 10. Nous ne sommes pas souvent les derniers. 11. Pierre est aussi appliqué qu'Alexis. 12. Henriette, vous n'êtes pas si attentive que Marie. 13. Êtes-vous encore malade ? 14. Non, je ne suis plus malade, mais je

*

Encore, still, and plus (ne), no longer, are adverbs of time. Plus requires ne before the verb; it is the responsive negative to encore: Est-il encore ici ? Is he still here? Il n'est plus ici. He is not (or he is no longer here).