Excerpt from A Conversational Grammar of the French Language: Being a Practical Guide to Obtain a Thorough Mastery of the Language, So as to Be Enabled to Write and Converse in a Very Short Time The title page need not be commented on to make the object of this Book clear. The author feels confident his work will prove a short road for Englishmen who train pupils in elementary French. Conversational Exercises follow each rule so as to illustrate it and make it practically intelligible. Trusting this work will meet a general want, the author hopefully bids it good speed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...The loadstone attracts iron. Determinate Sense. Mon frere a de l'argent sur lui My brother lias some money about him. L'aimant attira le fer a lui The loadstone attracted theiron. 132. I was at the president's yesterday, but I did not find him at home. We will not wait for your sister, we will play without her. Here is your little brother, have you nothing for him? He has made fewer errors than you, but you have written better than he. "Who has broken my inkstand? I did not break it; it was my sister. Then she must be punished. At what hour shall I find you at home? Of whom are you speaking, of me or of yourself? Have you a pencil about you? No; but the Professor always has one with him. Have you any further need of me? Thank you, I have no further need of you. Do not write to us so seldom, think of us oftener. Your cousins not having yet arrived, we shall not wait for them any longer, and shall depart without them. Who mends your pens, Miss? We generally mend them ourselves. Where are your two youngest brothers at present? It is with them that I have passed so many agreeable hours; it was they who consoled me in my moments of sorrow and grief. Have you any pins about you? No; but my sister probably has some with her. Vice is odious in itself. Exercice de Conversation. Qui a raconte cette histoire? Moi. A qui avez-vous donne le livre, a lui C'est a lui que je l'ai donne, ou a elle? A quelle heure etes-vous ordinaire-Je suis chez moi tous les jours de huit ment chez vous? a neuf et de quatre a six. Avez-vous parle de lui ou d'elle? Ni de lui ni d'elle, mais de vous-meme. L'avez-vous appris de lui-meme ou C'est de sa s ur que je l'ai appris, de son frere?...