WATSON'S EDUCATIONAL SERIES. PRONOUNCING FRENCH READER: A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE LESSONS IN FRENCH READING AND PRONUNCIATION; WITH A COMPLETE PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY, ADAPTED FOR SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE INSTRUCTION, BY C. A. F. BAYVEL. GLASGOW: PUBLISHED BY GEORGE WATSON, 58 INGRAM STREET. 1858. 303. c.15. ELEMENTS OF FRENCH GRAMMAR. OF THE ARTICLE. There is but one article in French; le for the masculine singular, la for the feminine singular, and les for the plural of both. THE ARTICLE IN ITS DIFFERENT FORMS. The English indefinite article-a, or an-is expressed by the numeral adjective un, masculine-une, feminine: un homme, a man; une femme, a woman. Acc. Me, moi, me. 2D PERSON MASCULINE AND FEMININE. Acc. Nous, us. Sing. Dat. Se, to himself, to itself. Plur. Dat. Se, to themselves. Acc. Se, soi, himself, herself, itself. Acc. Se, themselves. Le sien, la sienne, his, hers, its Les siens, les siennes, his, hers, its Le nôtre, la nôtre, ours. Les nôtres, les nôtres, ours. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. Singular and Plural, Masculine and Feminine. Nom. Qui, who, which. Acc. Que, whom, which; qui, whom. Dont, whose, of whom, of which, relates both to persons and things of either gender or number, and must be preferred to de qui, whose, of whom. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS. Singular and Plural, Masculine and Feminine. Sing. Nom. Quoi? what? Acc. Que? quoi? what. Nom. and Acc. Quel, quelle. Quels, quelles, what? which? INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. VARIABLE. Quelqu'un, sing., somebody, some one, any one. Quelques uns, plur., some, a few. Chacun, each, (joined to its noun by de). Pas un, not one. Aucun, nobody, none, (no plural). Un tel, such a one. Nul, none, not one. Certain, certain. Quelque, whatever, (always joined to a noun, and governs the L'un l'autre, one another. L'un et l'autre, both. [subjunctive. L'un ou l'autre, either. Ni l'un ni l'autre, neither. Quelque, whoever, (governs the subjunctive). |