1. There are in French ten kinds of words, or parts of speech, as:

Nouns or Substantives,

Articles,

Adjectives,

Pronouns,

Verbs,

Participles,

Adverbs,

Prepositions,

Conjunctions,

Interjections.

2. Six of these are subject to changes in their endings, and are called

variables; they are:

The Noun,

The Article,

The Adjective,

The Pronoun,

The Verb,

The Participle.