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The article is used before the days of the week, to indicate the periodical return of something cn a certain day of the week.

Nous avons le français deux fois par semaine, le lundi et le jeudi.

We have French twice a week,
Mondays and Thursdays.

No preposition is used before the days of the week.

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The cardinal numbers are used for the days of the month, except for the first.

The preposition de before he names of the months is generally omitted, and no preposition is used before the date.

Le premier janvier.

Le trois février.

Le quatre mars.

The first of January.

The third of February.

On the fourth of March.

C'est aujourd'hui le quinze mai. It is to-day the fifteenth of May

TENTH LESSON.

L.MITING ADJECTIVES. (CONTINUED.) — INDEFINITĂ.

1. The indefinite adjectives are:

Aucun, f. aucune, no.

Pas un, ƒ. pas une, not one.

Nul, f. nulle, no, not one.

Autre, other.

Même, same.

Chaque, each; every.

2.

(1.)

Tout, toute, all; every; whole.
Plusieurs, several.

Quel, f. quelle, which; what.
Quelque, some.

Quelconque, whatever.
Tel, f. telle, such.

REMARKS AND EXAMPLES.

Aucun; Pas un; Nul (ne).

These are negative words; they require ne before the verb.

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REM. Another, meaning a second one, one more, is expressed by

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(4.) Tout, pl. tous; f. toute, pl. toutes, ALL; EVERY;

WHOLE.

The article is placed between tout and the noun.

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(6.) Quel, pl. quels; f. quelle, pl. quelles, WHICH;

WHAT.

Quel generally precedes a noun, either in an interrogative or an exclamatory sentence.

Quel jour du mois est-ce aujour- What day of the month is it to

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In an exclamatory sentence, quel is equivalent to what a.

Quel homme! Quelle femme! What a man! What a woman!

The noun is sometimes understood after quel. It is then equivalent to qui, who, as:

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The numeral adjective un precedes tel.

Un tel homme; une telle femme. Such a man; such a wouUMKIN.

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fesseur est dans l'autre chambre. 3. Nous avons tous la

faute dans ce thème. 6. Jules a été absent

même leçon. 4. Il n'y a pas une 5. Chaque chose est à sa place. lundi (on Monday). 7. Il n'a apporté aucune excuse. 8. C'est toujours la même chose. 9. Combien de pièces de mousseline y a-t-il dans cette caisse? 10. Chaque pièce est de trente mètres. 11. Toutes les pièces sont de la même qualité. 12. Il y a quelques pièces d'une qualité differente. 13. Tout le monde est dans la rue. 14. Tous les élèves sont présents. 15. Il y a plusieurs fautes dans votre thème. 16. Quel jour du mois est-ce aujourd'hui ? 17. Quelle est cette dame? 18. Quel homme et quelle femme! 19. Je n'ai jamais vu un tel homme et une telle femme.

Theme 10.

1. Everybody is here. 2. Each student is in his seat. 3. No scholar has been absent to-day. 4. I have found a few mistakes in this exercise. 5. There are forty pieces of muslin in this case. 6. This piece is not of the same quality as the others. 7. Each piece is of a different* quality. 8. That is another thing. 9. Have you another pencil (2-2 Rem.)? 10. I have bought a whole piece of this muslin. 11. It is (of) thirty meters. 12. All my books are at home. 13. You have been absent several times. 14. It (Ce) is not my fault. 15. What an excuse! 16. What day of the week is it? 17. Which scholars are absent this morning? 18. Who is that gentleman? 19 I have never seen such a man.

ELEVENTH LESSON.

PRONOUNS. PERSONAL.

1. There are six kinds of pronouns: personal, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, and indefinite. Pronouns agree, in gender and number, with the nons which they represent.

2.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS.-CONJUNCTIVE.

Personal pronouns are of two kinds: conjunctive and disjunctive.

Conjunctive personal pronouns are used only in connection

* Place the adjective after the noun.

Introduction,

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