Cet homme est avocat (général, That man is _a_ lawyer (_a_
prêtre, Anglais, etc.). general, _a_ priest,
_an_ Englishman, etc.).
Son frère est _un_ avocat His brother is a celebrated
(etc.) célèbre. lawyer(etc.).
C'est _un_ Français (un It (he) is a Frenchman (an
acteur, etc.). actor etc.).
Lamartine, poète et homme Lamartine, a poet and politician,
politique, est né à Macon. was born at Macon.
Cent livres.--Mille mercis. A hundred books.--A thousand thanks.
Quel homme! What _a_ man!
Dix sous _la_ pièce.--Cinq Ten cents _a_ piece.--Five
francs _la_ livre (_le_ francs _a_ pound (_a_
mètre, etc.). meter etc.).
Deux fois _par_ jour.--Cinq Two times _a_ day.--Five
francs _par_ leçon. 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 arrivé lundi (passé). He came (last) Monday.
Il arrivera mardi (prochain). He will arrive (next) Tuesday.
Le premier mai.--Le deux avril. May first.--April second.
Quel âge a-t-il?--Il a dix ans. How old is he?--He is ten.
Une femme âgée de trente ans. A woman thirty years old.
Une demi-heure.--Deux heures et A half hour.--Half past two.--Half
demie.--La. moitié 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 uncle's. 15. I paid ten cents an ounce for[11] this tobacco.
16. Thank-you[12] a thousand times! 17. She says she is only
thirty! 18. The enemy attacked us first.[13] 19. At first[14]
I didn't want to sing. 20. What a man! He changes[15] his[11]
mind[16] a hundred times a day. 21. The President of the United
States receives $75,000 a year. 22. I am going to change[15]
my[11] hat. 23. Whatever[17] problem you give[18] me, I can work
it.
[Footnotes 1: vivre; _past definite_. 2: à. 3: siècle (_m._).
4: naître; _past definite_. 5: pharmacien (_m._). 6: _past
definite_. 7: mourir; _past definite_. 8: _supply_ years. 9: à
_with infinitive_. 10: Ce. 11: _omit_. 12: merci. 13: le premier.
14: d'abord. 15: changer de. 16: avis. 17: quelque ... que.
18: _subjunctive, why?_]
B., Word Study, Use in sentences: audacieux, audace, aussi, aussitôt,
autorisation, autorité, habile, habiller, hôte, hôtelier, humble,
humilier, maladresse, maladroit, penser, penseur, pensif.
Be careful to note that in some cases words are very similar
but are of different meaning and not necessarily from the same
root.