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Partitives and expressions of quantity.
Examples
Donnez-moi du pain, de la viande, des pommes de terre. Give me (some) bread, meat, potatoes.
Ne me donnez pas de fromage. Don't give me any cheese.
Nous avons de bons livres et de mauvais. We have (some) good books and bad.
Il y a peu de gens qui le croient. There are few people who believe it.
La plupart des gens (bien des gens) ne le croient pas. Most people (many people) do not 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.
