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Articles.--Omission of indefinite article.--Distributive use of definite article.--Review cardinals and ordinals.--Age.--Dates.--Fractions.
Examples
Cet homme est avocat (général, prêtre, Anglais, etc.). That man is a lawyer (a general, a priest, an Englishman, etc.).
Son frère est un avocat (etc.) célèbre. His brother is a celebrated lawyer (etc.).
C'est un Français (un acteur, etc.). It (he) is a Frenchman (an actor etc.).
Lamartine, poète et homme politique, est né à Macon. Lamartine, a poet and politician, was born at Macon.
Cent livres.--Mille mercis. A hundred books.--A thousand thanks.
Quel homme! What a man!
Dix sous la pièce.--Cinq francs la livre (le mètre, etc.). Ten cents a piece.--Five francs a pound (a meter etc.).
Deux fois par jour.--Cinq francs par leçon. Two times a day.--Five francs a (or per) lesson.
Elle est chez elle le jeudi (or) les jeudis. She is at home on Thursday (or) 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 demie.--La. moitié du temps. A half hour.--Half past two.--Half 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.
