Un nouvel habit, another coat. Un pauvre homme, a man Un petit homme, a little man. Une sage-femme, a midwife. Un seul homme, a single man. Unique tableau, a single pic ture. Un habit nouveau, a new- Un habit neuf, a new coat. man. Un homme plaisant, a pleasant facetious man. Un personnage plaisant, an amusing person. Un conte plaisant, an amusing story. woman. Un homme seul, a man alone. (Tableau unique, a picture, the only one of its kind, incomparable. Un vilain homme, a disagree-Un homme vilain, a mean man. able man. Un homme petit, a mean man. Les termes propres, correct expressions. Une femme sage, a prudent { EXERCISE CLVII. He opened the presses with false keys.-As an actor ind-3 armoire f. de on was walking tiptoe to represent the great marcher ind-2 le bout des pieds pour Agamemnon, they cried out to him that he was making him a on ind-3 + tall man, and not a great man.-Bonaparte had a loud ind-2 tone of voice.—He has (got on)a new-fashioned coat.-A lady, non pas mis seeing Chapelain and Patru, said that the first was an author ind-3 ind-2 auteur without genius, and the second a poor author. pauvre † See 4th Example, page 34. § III. GOVERNMENT OF ADJECTIVES. One of the difficulties of the French language is to know what preposition must be used after an adjective, as the French prepositions are not always in this instance correlative to the English prepositions. Adjectives which govern the preposition À. pareil à, Adonné à, addicted to. ardent in. ardent à, bon à, cher à, good for. dear to. conforme à, conformable to. semblable à, égal à, enclin à, lent à, nuisible à, equal to. slow to, and in. prompt à, of our anger. colère sensible à, And in general all adjectives denoting inclination, habit, aptness, fitness. And, when followed by a verb, it is most commonly put in the present of the infinitive. † Place of Se, page 34. like. ready to. prompt in, quick at. fit for. similar to. sensible of. deaf to. subject to. useful to. EXERCISE CLVIII. Your intentions are conformable to my wishes. He is slow désir m. to punish, and prompt in rewarding.—Are you ready to go out? récompenser sortir -He is fit for (anything).-He is deaf to remonstrances.— art. remontrance f. tout Sicily is subject to great earthquakes. That man is useful Sicile f. Im. tremblement de terre and dear to his family. That is easy to say.-It is ridiculous famille f. Cela facile Il ridicule to put oneself in a passion against objects which are insensible de set en colère I objet m. * Rule V., page 189. As likewise adjectives expressing plenty and scarcity, and in general all those which are followed in English by the prepositions of, from, with, or by. EXERCISE CLIX. I am very glad to see you in good health.-Voltaire was bien santé f. ind-3 always greedy of praise. The vine is loaded with grapes.louange pl. vigne f. raisin I am pleased with your answer. Virtuous men are always réponse f. art. 2vertueux worthy of esteem.-I am tired with running after him.—A fatigué heart free from cares enjoys the greatest felicity possible.— soin m. jouir de 1 estime inf-1 f. He is very grateful for the services you have rendered him. 2 fort 1 3rendus satisfied with my lot. sort m. que -Here is a purse full of louis † and napoleons -I am bourse f. napoléon m. -m. SOME Adjectives are often followed in French by the preposition envers, and in English by the preposition to; A gold coin of France, worth about twenty shillings; so called, since Louis XIII., from the name of the kings who coined it. A gold piece of twenty or forty francs, with the effigy of Napoleon. It is more commonly said of pieces of twenty francs. such are affable, bon, complaisant, cruel, généreux, indulgent, or any other expressing kindness or unkindness of feeling towards individuals; as, Il faut être poli ENVERS tout le | We must be civil To everybody. monde. Adjectives expressing gladness or regret at a thing, such as aise, charmé, enchanté, fâché, contrarié, etc., require the infinitive with DE, or the subjunctive mood; as, Je suis bien aise D'être de retour | I am very glad that I have reà temps. turned in time. Je suis bien aise que vous soyez I am very glad that you have rede retour. turned. In the first example, there is only one subject, Je, and the second verb is in the infinitive. In the second example, there are two subjects, Je and vous; the verb, therefore, is put in the subjunctive mood. IL EST, impersonal, joined to an adjective, requires de before an infinitive. C'EST requires à; as, Il est horrible DE penser, DE voir. It is horrid to think, to see. EXERCISE CLX. We must be charitable to the poor.—I do not like people Il faut pauvre pl. aimer ceux who are cruel to animals.-Scipio Africanus was respectful Scipion l'Africain ind-2 respectueux to his mother, liberal to his sisters, good to his servants, just domestique juste and affable to everybody.-He will be delighted to see you. enchanté come. It is agreeable to Il I am very sorry you cannot live with one's friends.-It is noble to die for one's country. ses C' pénible entendre § IV. ADJECTIVES OF NUMBER. 1. Of all the cardinal numbers, un is the only one that takes an e for the feminine: UN homme, UNE femme. 2. Unième, first, is never used but after vingt, trente, quarante, cinquante, soixante, quatre-vingt, cent, and mille. C'est la vingt et UNIÈME fois, it is the twenty-first time. 3. We say second, or deuxième, but we cannot say vingt-second, trente-second, we must say vingt-deuxième, trente-deuxième, quarante-deuxième, etc. There is this difference between le second, and le deuxième, that this last makes you think on the third, it awakens the idea of a series, whereas le second awakens the idea of order without that of series. We say, therefore, of a work which has only two volumes: Voici le SECOND tome, and not le deuxième; and, of a work which has more than two volumes: Voici le DEUXIÈME tome, or also voici le SECOND tome. (Chapsal, Boniface, etc.) 4. The French say, le onze, le onzième, du onze, du onzième, au onze, au onzième, vers les onze heures, vers les une heure, or sur les une heure, pronouncing the words onze, onzième, and une, as if they were written with an h aspirated. NOTE.-Dumarsais thinks that if we write and pronounce le onze, it is in order not to confound l'onze with l'once. Vers les une heure is an elliptical phrase, for, vers les moments qui précèdent ou qui suivent une heure. The article is allowed to remain in the plural, although the substantive is not expressed. 5. When a cardinal number is preceded by the pronoun en, the adjective or participle which follows that number must be preceded by the preposition de; as, Sur mille habitants, il n'y EN a | Of pas un DE riche. 6. Cent and mille are sometimes used for an indefinite, but very large number; as, Il nous fit cent caresses. one thousand inhabitants, there is not a rich one. | Heureux, heureux mille fois, L'enfant que le Seigneur rend docile à ses lois !-(Racine.) (For several important remarks on Nouns and Adjectives of Number, see pages 27, 28, 29.) He showed us a hundred |