Donnez-moi du pain, de la viande, Give me (some) bread, meat,
des pommes de terre. potatoes.
Ne me donnez pas de fromage. Don't give me any cheese.
Nous avons de bons livres et de We have (some) good books and
mauvais. bad.
Il y a peu de gens qui le croient. There are few people who believe
it.
La plupart des gens (bien des gens) Most people (many people) do not
ne le croient pas. believe it.
L'église était pleine de fleurs. The church was full of flowers.
A. 1. The king has good trees but no fruit in his garden. 2.
He sent a slave to[1] buy some eggs. 3. One must[2] not attach
too much[3] importance to small things. 4. I have no hens, but
I have eggs to[4] sell. 5. The king's courtiers have not killed
any game. 6. There are big trees and small ones[1] in this garden.
7. There must[2] be good fruit here. 8. The traveler has no
provisions and would like something[5] nourishing. 9. Have you
anything[5] good to[4] eat? 10. We have meat, bread, fruit,[6]
and good eggs. 11. There was no fire in the kitchen, but there
were lots of people there.[7] 12. There were large chairs near
the fire. 13. The boy brought to the innkeeper six dozen eggs.
14. There isn't enough charcoal, do you want me[8] to bring you
some?[9] 15. The servants were not boys but women. 16. These[10]
are excellent oysters. 17. There are many people[11] at the inn.
18. We have good inns and bad in France. 19. The servant bought
five cents'[12] worth[1] of salt. 20. Many[13] people do not
eat oysters. 21. A great[1] many of the king's soldiers were
hungry. 22. The house was surrounded by trees. 23. Most kings
do not set good examples. 24. Most children haven't so much wit.
25. Many[13] children become stupid in later life. 26. Here is
the only fire[14] there is[15] in the house.
[Footnotes 1: _omit._ 2: devoir. 3: trop. 4: à. 5: _supply_ de.
6: _plural._ 7: là. 8: que je. 9: vous en apporte (_why
subjunctive?_). 10: ce. 11: monde. 12: sous. 13: bien des.
14: _supply_ que. 15: _why subjunctive?_]
B. Use the following words in the proper spaces in the exercise
given below:
(a) ami, aimer, aimable, amiable, aimablement, aimant, amabilité,
amical, amicalement, amitié, amour, amoureux, amoureusement,
enamourer.
Cette homme est mon ----, il m'---- beaucoup, il est très ----.
Il a témoigné de l'---- moi. Nous nous parlons ----; il me donne
des conseils ----. Son ---- me plaît; il me traite ----. Nous
pouvons régler cette affaire à l'---- Ce jeune homme est ----
de ma fille, il lui parle ----; il s'est ---- d'elle; il lui
dit son ----. Elle est d'une nature ----.
(b) laboureur, labeur, laborieux, laborieusement, labourage,
labourable, labourer.
Le ---- est ----; il travaille ----. Il vit de son ----. Le ----
des terres est difficile. Cette terre n'a pas été ----, elle
n'est pas ----.
(c) autre, autrement, autrui, autrefois, altérer, alterner,
alternative.
Rien ne peut ---- notre amitié. On se voit d'un ---- oeil qu'on
ne voit ses prochains. Je n'ai pu faire ----, il n'y avait point
d'----. Les saisons ----. Cet homme était ---- mon ami. Ne fais
pas à ---- ce que tu ne voudrais pas qu'on te fît.