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Has he

Is not Mr. G. wrong to sell his house? Perhaps. another? He (en) had another, but he has sold it also. - I have not wine enough; give me (en) a little more, if you please. — Don't you wish to have a little more meat? No, thank you, I (en) have enough.-Do you take coffee? No, never; I like tea better than coffee. - You are wrong, I think, for coffee is better than tea. Take some cheese. I never eat cheese. -- Have you much more of this good old wine? I (en) have not much more; from fifteen to twenty bottles. - We shall not have much wine this year; much less than last year. - Do you work in the evening? I do, because I go out in the after- Do you never go out in the morning? No, I study, write, and read in the morning. - You are right. have you received this beautiful gold watch? from my grandmother. It is a beautiful watch. -Sell me your horse, will you? I like it too much to (pour) sell it. Where were you last month? I was in Lyons. - Are you not too warm? I am never too warm.

noon.

From whom I received it

TWENTY-FIRST LESSON-Vingt et unième Leçon.

Study and conjugate the present subjunctive of avoir, être, aimer, finir, etc.

Notice, in the following examples, that the word for o'clock, time, (heure) is never omitted in French.

Votre montre retarde; à la mienne il est onze heures moins vingt-cinq.

My watch always keeps good time. Ma montre va toujours bien.

What o'clock is it by your watch? Quelle heure est-il à votre

Your clock is a quarter of an hour Votre pendule avance d'un quart

It is late; you will not have time Il est tard; vous n'aurez pas le to finish your lesson. temps de finir votre leçon.

Do you wind up your watch in Remontez-vous votre montre le

the evening?

Not always.

You need a watch.

I shall buy one later.
You come too soon.
It is a quarter to twelve.
It is already so late.
Come to-morrow at three.
Not before three?

Come, rather, at half past two.

soir ?

Pas toujours.

Vous avez besoin d'une montre.

J'en achèterai une plus tard.

Vous venez trop tôt.

Il est midi moins un quart.

Il est déjà si tard.

Venez demain à trois heures.

Pas avant trois heures ?

Venez plutôt à deux heures et demie.

CONVERSATION.

N'avez-vous pas besoin d'une pendule dans votre chambre? Quelle heure est-il? Pourquoi n'êtes-vous pas venu plus tôt? N'avez-vous pas été en retard? Quelle heure est-il à votre montre? Ne retarde-t-elle pas? Pourquoi venez-vous toujours tard? De quoi votre sœur a-t-elle besoin? Viendrez-vous de meilleure heure demain ? Commencez-vous à étudier avec plaisir? Pouvez-vous dire l'heure? Votre pendule va-t-elle bien? Savez-vous la remonter? Quand la remontez-vous? De quoi avez-vous besoin Charles? Ne partez-vous pas ce soir? A quelle heure?

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The hands of your watch are too small. They are gold. — Does your watch keep good time? It is ten minutes too fast. Then it is twenty-five minutes past two. It is time to learn my lesson. How many pages have you to learn? One; and I

have two exercises to write.

At what o'clock do you take

your lesson? At one o'clock. You have time enough; you will have finished at twelve. — I am afraid of being late. You are right. Will you have time to go out to-day? Yes, I intend to go and see my godfather; he wishes to see me. At what time will you go? At four o'clock. That is very late. I have not time to go sooner. - When will you have finished your exercise? Very soon. - Has your brother a clock in his room? No; he wants to have one, because he never knows the hour, and is always late. Where have you been so early this morning? I was in need of ink, and I went to buy some. Did you go out earlier than I did? At what o'clock did you go out? I went out at a quarter to eight. I went out at half. past seven.

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What do you want? I want some money. -You always need money. You do not (en) give me enough. You buy too many books. Had I more money, I would buy many more. What are you reading now? A book of my sister's. - - Have you not enough of your own? No; will you lend me some? With pleasure. Why does that boy always come too late? He has not time to come sooner; he goes to work early in the morning. I should like to write a letter to my uncle, who is in Germany, but I have no time to-day. — What o'clock is it by your watch? It is sixteen minutes past one. Already so late!Where are you going? I am going to buy some silver spoons and forks. Will you be here early? As soon as possible. — Will your husband go to England? He will, by and by; he has not time now. - Have you ever been at Oxford? No, but I shall go as soon as I know English. - How many hours a day do you study? I study four hours.

THE VERB.

The verb agrees with its subject (sujet), whether the subject precedes or follows the verb.

The past participle of active verbs, conjugated with

avoir, agrees with the accusative or direct object, when that accusative precedes the participle; but remains unchanged when the object comes after the participle.

The houses I have seen.

I have admired them.

We have admired the houses.

Les maisons que j'ai vues.

Je les ai admirées.

Nous avous admiré les maisons.

If the verb is conjugated with être, the past participle agrees with the nominative.

My sister has come.

Ma sœur est venue.

Her brothers have not left. Ses frères ne sont pas partis.

The rules for the past participle will be found in Part II.

Reflective verbs are essentially reflective (i. e., can not be other than reflective) or accidentally reflective (i. e., occasionally so used.)

Reflective verbs are conjugated in their simple tenses, like the regular verbs of the conjugation to which they belong (see p. 159). Two pronouns are used in their

conjugation:

Je me, I myself.

Tu te, thou, thyself.
Il se, he himself.
Elle se, she herself.

Nous nous, we ourselves.
Vous vous, you yourself, yourselves.

Ils se,

Elles se,

} they themselves.

In their compound tenses they take être; as:

Je me suis habillé. I have dressed myself.

Passive verbs. An active verb may become passive by adding its past participle to every tense of the auxiliary être. The participle agrees in gender and