etait pas
sortie?--Quel soupcon la soeur a-t-elle concu?--Comment le suisse
a-t-il explique sa conduite?

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XXI

Articles.--Omission of indefinite article.--Distributive use
of definite article.--Review cardinals and
ordinals.--Age.--Dates.--Fractions.

EXAMPLES

Cet homme est avocat (general, That man is _a_ lawyer (_a_
pretre, Anglais, etc.). general, _a_ priest,
_an_ Englishman, etc.).
Son frere est _un_ avocat His brother is a celebrated
(etc.) celebre. lawyer(etc.).
C'est _un_ Francais (un It (he) is a Frenchman (an
acteur, etc.). actor etc.).
Lamartine, poete et homme Lamartine, a poet and politician,
politique, est ne a Macon. was born at Macon.
Cent livres.--Mille mercis. A hundred books.--A thousand thanks.
Quel homme! What _a_ man!
Dix sous _la_ piece.--Cinq Ten cents _a_ piece.--Five
francs _la_ livre (_le_ francs _a_ pound (_a_
metre, etc.). meter etc.).
Deux fois _par_ jour.--Cinq Two times _a_ day.--Five
francs _par_ lecon. francs _a_ (or _per_) lesson.
Elle est chez elle le jeudi She is at home _on_ Thursday (or)
(or) les jeudis. every Thursday.
Il est arrive lundi (passe). He came (last) Monday.
Il arrivera mardi (prochain). He will arrive (next) Tuesday.
Le premier mai.--Le deux avril. May first.--April second.
Quel age a-t-il?--Il a dix ans. How old is he?--He is ten.
Une femme agee de trente ans. A woman thirty years old.
Une demi-heure.--Deux heures et A half hour.--Half past two.--Half
demie.--La. moitie du temps. the time.

A. 1. Piron was a French poet, who lived[1] in[2] the eighteenth
century.[3] 2. He was born[4] at Dijon, a city of France, July
9, 1689. 3. His father was an apothecary.[5] 4. Piron was[6]
never a member of the Academy. 5. He died[7] January 21, 1773, at
the age of eighty-three.[8] 6. She has spent an hour and a half
singing.[9] 7. Who is that man? He[10] is a marshal of France. 8.
A child seven years old cannot solve these problems. 9. Was he
a Frenchman or an Englishman? 10. I only have half a pound of
tobacco, but I'll give you half of it. 11. He earns ten francs
a day. 12. She always goes out on Sunday. 13. I am going to dine
at an author's house Friday. 14. Last Monday I spent the evening
at my uncl