French Reader

French Reader on the Cumulative Method The story of Rodolphe and Coco the Chimpanzee

Name: French Reader on the Cumulative Method The story of Rodolphe and Coco the Chimpanzee
Author: Dreyspring, Adolphe, 1835-1906

作者：Dreyspring, Adolphe, 1835-1906
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
RODOLPHE, UN CONTE 7
GRAMMATICAL REFERENCES WITH SYNOPTICAL TABLES 101
ADVERBS, § 51 153
CONJUNCTIONS. List of, § 53 155
INTERJECTIONS. List of, § 54 156
PARTICIPLE present, participle past, § 50 152
PREPOSITIONS. List of, § 52 154
VOCABULARY TO THE STORY 157
RODOLPHE.
UN CONTE.
VERB-DRILL MODEL.
3. =manger=: T. p.? Que fait No. 3? Il mange, etc.
VERB-DRILL.
4. =donner=: T. p.? No. 4 que fait-il? que faisait-il? etc.
9. =peser=: T. p.? No. 9. Combien de livres pèse-t-il? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
12. =voir=: T. p.? Je vois le garçon; qui est-ce que je vois? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
16. =mordre=: T. p.? No. 16 que fait-il? qu'est-ce qu'il a fait? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
19. =briser=: T. p.? Que fait No. 19? etc.
20. =tenir=: T. p.? No. 20. Que tient-il à la main gauche? etc.
21. =lécher=: T. p.? No. 21. Que fait-il? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL
23. =prendre=: T. p.? Je prends des leçons; qu'est-ce que je fais? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
6. Le lendemain Mme. Molle s'occupa du trousseau
VERB-DRILL.
30. =se hâter=: T. p.? Que fait No. 30? etc.
31. =pleurer=: T. p.? Que fait No. 31? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
32. =brosser=: T. p.? No. 32 que fait-elle? Que fit-elle? etc.
33. =raccommoder=: T. p.? No. 33 que fait-elle? qu'a-t-elle fait? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
36. =rire=: T. p.? Que fait No. 36? Que faisait-il? Que fit-il? etc.
37. =recevoir=: T. p.? Je vous reçois, qu'est-ce que je fais? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
VERBS: 45. S'effrayer, _to get frightened._
VERB-DRILL.
42. =embrasser=: T. p.? J'embrasse ma mère; qu'est-ce que je fais? etc.
43. =casser=: T. p.? Je cassai une noix; que fis-je? etc.
45. =s'effrayer=: T. p.? Je ne m'effraie pas; que dis-je? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
45. =se cacher=: T. p.? Que fait No. 45? Que faisait-il? etc.
47. =suivre=: T. p.? Je vous suis; qu'est-ce que je fais? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
50. =essuyer=: T. p.? J'essuie la bouche, etc.
VERB-DRILL.
51. =souffler=: T. p.? Que fait Coco dans No. 51? etc.
52. =plier=: T. p.? Que fait-il dans No. 52? etc.
53. =piquer=: T. p.? Que fait-il dans No. 53? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
54. =s'endormir=: T. p.? Je m'endors: que fais-je? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
55. =voler=: T. p.? Que font les pigeons? que faisaient ils? etc.
55. =jeter=: T. p.? Je jette des graines; qu'est-que je fais? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
56. =pondre=: T. p.? Que fait No. 56? Que faisait-elle? etc.
VERB-DRILL.
58. =caquetter=: T. p.? Que fait No. 58? Que faisait-elle? etc.
59. =chanter=: T. p.? Le coquerico que fait-il? etc.
M. BONHOMME. Non, mon cher, il ne pond pas du tout.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
63. =tirer=: T.p. Also of RACONTER, TOMBER, SE NOYER.
RODOLPHE. Parce que le nigaud ne savait pas nager.[66]
M. BONHOMME. Non, mon cher, c'est parce qu'il n'écoutait pas son père!
VERB-DRILL.
65. =s'échapper=: T. p.? Also ATTRAPER, ENTENDRE, BONDIR, SAUVER, NAGER.
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Je les lis dans ce livre; veux-tu aussi apprendre à lire?
M. BONHOMME. Bien, je te lirai une charade; fais attention!
M. BONHOMME.
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Tu as deviné juste.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
76. =balayer=; 77. =mettre la table=; =se mettre à table=.
VERB-DRILL.
78. =lancer=; =faire mal=.
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Très bien; je mets maintenant un _i_?
M. BONHOMME. Encore juste; maintenant je mets un _o_?
M. BONHOMME. Tout juste; voilà un _u_?
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Très bien; trouves-tu cela difficile?
M. BONHOMME. Vois-tu ces pigeons sur le toit?
M. BONHOMME. Combien y en a-t-il?
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. RODOLPHE.
M. BONHOMME. Bravo! Tu les a toutes devinées! Voilà une autre:
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Tu ne peux pas voir cela; elle est trop grande!
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
85. =moudre=; 86. =peler=; 87. =cirer=; =se glisser=; 88. =boire=.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Regarde ta main et conte!
VERB-DRILL.
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Bravissimo! Tu les a toutes devinées. Voici une autre:
27. M. Bonhomme souriait.
M. BONHOMME. C'est vrai.
Le caractère de Rodolphe, on l'a déjà dit, s'améliora
M. BONHOMME (_intrigué_). Pourquoi pleures-tu, qu'as-tu, mon garçon?
VERB-DRILL.
M. BONHOMME. Dans une demi-heure.
A ce moment elle vit pour la première fois le chimpanzée.[121]
34. Monsieur Bonhomme appela, et Mademoiselle
RODOLPHE. C'est l'homme de neige.[136]
42. Madame Molle partit.[147]
1. There are in French ten kinds of words, or parts of speech, as:
3. The remaining four are invariables, as:
4. The variables have two numbers: the _singular_ and the _plural_.
1. The _nominative_, or _subject_.
2. The _direct object_, or _accusative_.
1. The French possesses two genders: the masculine and feminine.
2. To this rule are the following exceptions, as:
4. _Second exception._ Those ending in _au_ and _eu_ take _x_, as:
5. _Third exception._ The six following, ending in _ou_, take _x_, as:
7. _Fifth exception._ Those ending in _al_ change this into _aux_, as:
8. Ciel, oeil, aïeul, have two plurals, as:
1. When two nouns form a compound, both take the plural ending, as:
6. Compounds made of invariables, of course, do not change, as:
1. Such are the metals, as:
2. Abstract terms, as:
3. Adjectives used substantively, as:
1. These are used invariable, as:
1. Before a consonant:
PLURAL.
2. Before a vowel or silent _h_ of both genders:
MASCULINE. FEMININE.
MASCULINE. FEMININE.
2. Adjectives which do not end with a silent _e_ append one, as:
3. Exceptions.
4. Note the peculiar changes of the following:
6. Peculiar in _eur_, used both adjectively and substantively, are:
8. The following adhere to the general rule of taking _e_:
10. The following have two forms for their masculine:
11. Without any feminine are:
3. Those whose termination is _eau_ append _x_ in the plural, as:
4. Those ending in _al_ change this into _aux_, as:
1. Examples will best show this feature of the language.
EQUALITY.
INFERIORITY.
2. Moins ... que ... _less ... than ..._
SUPERIORITY.
3. Plus ... que ... _more ... than ..._; davantage, _more so_.
SUPERLATIVE.
5. Le plus ... _the most ..._; le moins ... _the least ..._
1. Adjectives:
2. Adverbs:
SINGULAR.
PLURAL.
FEMININE NOUNS.
1. CARDINAL NUMBERS. 2. ORDINAL NUMBERS.
3. In dating the year the abbreviated form _mil_ is used, as:
5. The cardinals are also used in speaking of rulers and princes:
6. We must say, however, Henri _premier_, _Henry the first_.
2. Demi before and after its noun:
2. _Aucun_ requires _ne_ before the verb:
6. _Plusieurs_ is invariable:
7. _Quel_, _quelle_; _quels_, _quelles_.
8. _Quelconque_ stands after the noun:
9. _Quelque_, in the sense of _some_, is variable:
10. _Quelque_, in the sense of _about_, is invariable:
12. _Tout_, meaning _every_, varies only for the feminine:
13. _Tout_, meaning _all_, varies in gender and number:
2. Accusative:
3. Dative:
4. Genitive and ablative:
2. Possessives relating to one person:
3. Relating to two or more persons:
2. ABSOLUTE DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.
4. _Ce_, _it_, as the nominative of the verb _être_:
5. The absolutes _ceci_, _cela_ serve only to point out objects:
4. As an absolute it has no antecedent.
7. _Que_, as an interrogative, has no antecedent.
1. These pronouns refer to persons and things in a general way:
2. _A autrui_, to others, _d'autrui_, of others, apply only to persons.
3. _Chacun, chacune_.
Je n'ai vu qu'_une seule personne_, _I have seen but one person._
6. _Quelqu'un_, used in a general sense, is invariable.
9. _L'un et l'autre_, _les uns et les autres_, both.
10. _Tel_, _telle_, such, many a one.
11. _Tout_, when used absolutely, is invariable.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
SIMPLE TENSES. COMPOUND TENSES.
PRESENT. PAST INDEFINITE.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE. PAST ANTERIOR.
FIRST FUTURE. SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
PARTICIPLE.
PRESENT. COMPOUND.
PAST.
ASSERTIVES.
INTERROGATIVES.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
SIMPLE TENSES. COMPOUND TENSES.
PRESENT. PAST INDEFINITE.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE. PAST ANTERIOR.
FIRST FUTURE. SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
PARTICIPLE.
PRESENT. COMPOUND.
PAST.
ASSERTIVES.
INTERROGATIVES.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
SIMPLE TENSES. COMPOUND TENSES.
PRESENT. PAST INDEFINITE.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE. PAST ANTERIOR.
FIRST FUTURE. SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
ASSERTIVES.
INTERROGATIVES.
24. Affirmatively: IMPERATIVES.
25. Negatively:
INDICATIVE MOOD.
SIMPLE TENSES. COMPOUND TENSES.
PRESENT. PAST INDEFINITE.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE. PAST ANTERIOR.
FIRST FUTURE. SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
PARTICIPLE.
PRESENT. COMPOUND.
PAST.
ASSERTIVES.
INTERROGATIVES
INDICATIVE MOOD.
SIMPLE TENSES. COMPOUND TENSES.
PRESENT. PAST INDEFINITE.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE. PAST ANTERIOR.
FIRST FUTURE. SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
PARTICIPLE.
PRESENT. COMPOUND.
ASSERTIVES.
INTERROGATIVES.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
SIMPLE TENSES. COMPOUND TENSES.
PRESENT. PAST INDEFINITE.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE. PAST ANTERIOR.
FIRST FUTURE. SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
IMPERFECT. PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
PARTICIPLE.
PRESENT. COMPOUND.
ASSERTIVES.
INTERROGATIVES.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT.
IMPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE.
PAST INDEFINITE.
PAST ANTERIOR.
PLUPERFECT.
FIRST FUTURE.
SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT.
PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT.
IMPERFECT.
PAST.
PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PAST.
PARTICIPLE.
PRESENT.
COMPOUND.
PAST.
MODEL VERB.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT.
IMPERFECT.
PAST DEFINITE.
PAST INDEFINITE.
PAST ANTERIOR.
PLUPERFECT.
FIRST FUTURE.
SECOND FUTURE.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT.
PAST.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
PRESENT.
IMPERFECT.
PAST.
PLUPERFECT.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PARTICIPLE.
PAST.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PARTICIPLE.
INTERROGATIVE.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
Y avait-il? _Was there?_ _Were there?_ Y avait-il eu? _Had there been?_
PAST DEFINITE. PAST ANTERIOR.
Y eut-il? _Was there?_ _Were there?_ Y eut-il eu? _Had there been?_
FIRST FUTURE. SECOND FUTURE.
Y aura-t-il? _Will there be?_ Y aura-t-il eu? _Will there have been?_
CONDITIONAL MOOD.
PRESENT. PAST.
Y aurait-il? _Would there be?_ Y aurait-il eu? _Would there have been?_
I. THE PARTICIPLE PRESENT
PARTICIPLES. ADJECTIVES.
II. THE PARTICIPLE PAST.
2. When joined to the verb _être_, it is a true adjective.
5. When joined to the verb _avoir_, it never agrees with its nominative.
6. But it agrees with its direct object (see sec. 3) when preceded by it.
7. Placed after it, it remains invariable.
1. Adverbs are invariable; they are divided into seven classes.
2. Of order: d'abord, _at first_; ensuite, _afterward_.
2. Expressions used adverbially are:
I. Such as are not followed by any other preposition, as:
II. Such as are followed by _à_:
III. Such as are followed by _de_:
IV. Examples in the use of some prepositions.
11. Parmi (_between many_). _Parmi_ la multitude, _among the multitude_.
13. Pendant (_lesser epoch_). _Pendant_ l'orage, _during the storm_.
15. Prêt à. Je suis _prêt à_ partir, _I am ready to leave_.
1. Essential conjunctions:
2. Conjunctive expressions:
3. Conjunctions requiring the subjunctive mood:
4. Conjunctions followed by _de_ require the infinitive, as:
VOCABULARY TO THE STORY.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
T.
U.
V.
Y.
Z.
2. For those to whom price is of paramount consideration; and