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BEGINNERS' FREKFCH BY
VICTOR
E.
FRANgOIS,
Ph.D.
OFFICIER D'ACADEMIE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FRENCH IN THE COLLEGE
OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK
NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY :.
•:•
Copyright,
1903,
by
Victor E. Francois Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
FRANCOIS, BEGINNER'S FRENCH W.
p.
22
To MY Dear Friend AND Former Colleague in the University of Michigan DR.
ERNST MENSEL
Professor of
German
THIS VOLUME IN
IS
in
Smith College
DEDICATED
REMEMBRANCE OF THE MANY PLEASANT
HOURS WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER DISCUSSING BOOKS AND METHODS
68'7'902
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGB
Introduction
7
Pronunciation
13
.19
Definite article. Plural of nouns Definite article (continued). Translation of it when a subject Negation. Formation of questions. Present indicative of etre Agreement, feminine and plural of adjectives. Formation of questions (continued) Possessive and demonstrative Comparatives and superlatives. adjectives Of or from the. Irregular plurals Reading Lesson. Sorite Some or any. Present indicative of avoir . . Indefinite article. Cardinal and ordinal numbers Reading Lesson. Divisions du temps Present indicative of the first conjugation . To or at the. Imperfect indicative of the first conjugation Reading Lesson. Impossible ii'est pas franfais . Present indicative of the second conjugation Imperfect indicative of the second conjugation. Formation of adverbs Reading Lesson. Du pareil au mime Present and imperfect indicative of the third conjugation Some or any (continued). Verbs ending in -ger and -cer . • . . Reading Lesson. Un Calembour Some or any (continued). Irregular feminine of adjectives. Present and imperfect indicative of recevoir Place of adjectives. Agreement of adjectives qualifying two or more .
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67 70
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8° 88 93
nouns Reading Lesson. .
Trois excellents Medecins • Peculiarities of some verbs of the first conjugation Future and conditional of regular verbs. Impersonal verb
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Demonstrative pronouns
97 108
Interrogative adjectives; interrogative and relative pronouns. Com.112 pound tenses .118 Agreement of past participles Possessive pronouns. 121 Une Meprise Reading Lesson. Demonstrative and relative pronouns (continued). Compound tenses •
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(continued) Indefinite adjectives and pronouns Place of personal pronouns Preterit. Place of personal pronouns (continued). Formation of tenses. Cueillir Reading Lesson. Une joyeuse Harangue S
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Mi
TAHLK OF CONTKNTS
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PACK
Imperative. Place of personal pronouns (continued). Passive voice. Couvrir^faire, pleuvoir Disjunctive pronouns. Hair^ partir,falloi> Time of the day. Aller, mettre Voir Reading Lesson. La petite ATendiantt .
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Envoyer
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,
.
152
156 160 163
Prendre
165
.168
Active voice instead of passive. Plaire Simple tenses of the reflexive voice. Sortir
Compound
tenses of the reflexive voice. Venir, sentir, s'asseoir Reading Lesson. Enignies Plural of compound nouns. Resoudre^ dire, valoir Prepositions before the infinitive. Craindre Imperative of the reflexive voice. Tenir, boire, pouvoir .
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Reading Lesson.
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La petite Hirondelle
Atteindre, introditire
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Dormir, eteindre, poun>oir Reading Lesson. Une Suppression
172 178
.183 .184
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Ouvrir, lire
142
.146
189 194 198 201
203 207
spirituelle. Repartie royaU 211 Reciprocal verbs .212 Reading Lesson. Acrosticke .216 .216 Place of adverbs. Senir, vetir Reading Lesson. La Tombe et la Rose .221 Rules of the subjunctive mood. £crire, votiloir .222 228 Use of fie. Mourir, rire, vivre Reading Lesson. Un Courtisan pris au pies^e 232 Instruire, paraitre, (aire, decouvrir, conveuir 233 Imperfect of the subjunctive. Sequence of tenses. Acquerir, croire, .
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savoir, cofinaitre
Reading Lesson.
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Bons Mots de
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Diof;ene.
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Animal
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Reponse de Socrate
Poems
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plus nuisible. 243
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Le Colimafon, by Arnault La Feuille dessechee, by Arnault Le Petit Pierre, by Boucher de Perthes Beau Soir, by Paul Bourget Etoiles Filantes, by Fran9ois Coppee Con sells a un Enfant, by Victor Hugo Partant pour la Syrie, by La Reine Hortense Trois Fils d'Or, by Leconte de Lisle .
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Chanson de Barberine, by Alfred de Musset Full conjugation of avoir and etre Table of endings of regular verbs Alphabetical table of irregular verbs Vocabulary, i. French-English 2. English-French
244 24S 245 246 247 247 2^8 249 250 25 254 255 256-2 ::9 •
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INTRODUCTION The old method of teaching modern
languages was trainThe new methods aim to train the ear, tongue and the eye. The author has tried to bring
ing only the eye. the
together a set of exercises giving to each of these organs a fair field of activity.
Up-to-date teachers are anxious to use French in their classes as soon as possible, but very if
few elementary books,
any, help them to carry out their cherished ambition.
It is the aim of the present volume to enable such masters, however inexperienced they may be, to make use of the conversational method from the very start. A glance through the book will suffice to understand its arrangement. It is simple and methodical. Rules. The book contains all grammar rules that first and second-year high school students or first-year college Every lesson students are expected to be familiar with. the examples coming first general rules, begins with a few write the rules in decided to It was for obvious reasons. learner. the However, as of English for the convenience teacher reviewing, the especially when early as possible and is advised to translate them into easy French and to require his pupils to recite them in the same form.
—
May
it
also be suggested here that teachers of languages
should make a more general use of the Socratic or inductive method ? Instead of giving detailed grammatical explanations to which nobody listens, 7
let
the teacher write on
beginner's FRENCH
8
the board a few well chosen examples, underlining words
or parts of words illustrating the rule to be worked out, and let
him have
the students themselves find
the solution of a problem.
It is
it
out as
an easy matter
if
if it
were
the teacher
prompts them by well directed questions. this
Such a fine opportunity should not be missed. First, method accustoms the pupils to think, to argue logically
and to express themselves intelligibly in their mother's tongue, results which are the first we should aim at even in the teaching of foreign languages. Secondly, it makes interesting and attractive a subject which is otherwise dull and repulsive, for it never fails to create a lively spirit of emulation in the class room, which is most beneficial. Thirdly, the student remembers better and for a longer time a rule which he himself has found out or helped to work out. The arguing about the rules should be done in French as soon as the progress of the class allows
Vocabulary.
it.
— Common words, words of every-day and the stock
life,
were especially sought very slowly. The words are given in the following order after,
in the special vocabularies
adjectives,
:
increased
masculine nouns, feminine nouns,
pronouns, verbal forms, adverbs, prepositions,
conjunctions and interjections.
There
end of the book. This part French Texts.
lary at the
It
is
—
is
is
a general vocabu-
the pivot of the lesson.
generally consists of four, five, or six easy sentences,
A great effort has plainly illustrating the preceding rules. been made to have sentences connected in meaning. The task
was very hard
at the beginning.
verbs except avoir and etre in the
The
There are no irregular
first
twenty-five exercises.
place of personal pronouns, except en, could not be ex-
plained earlier than in the twenty-fifth lesson, because nouns
were needed for the application of the
rules.
From
that
exercise on, the use of personal pronouns as objects should
BEGINNERS FRENCH be required
in the
texts the linking
9
answers as often as possible.
mark has been
In
all
the
used, following the set of
Paul Passy (see Linking of Words, p. 17). as well as the Vocabulary, should be read aloud carefully several times by the teacher on the day he assigns the lesson. As many students as possible should rules of Dr.
The French Text,
repeat
it
after him.
It
should be studied hy heart and every
sentence pronounced aloud again and again.
Transposition. the rules and
—
It offers the learner
knows the French
who understands
text by heart, a golden
opportunity to display his progress in pronunciation and to
master promptly and intelligently the various verbal forms and constructions. The books being closed, the teacher reads a sentence of the French text at a time and then asks it after him with the required Care should be taken not to name that particular
a particular pupil to repeat changes.
Keep
pupil before reading the sentence to be changed. class
on the qui
monotony
vive.
A
very profitable
in this part of the
work
is
way
the
to relieve the
to ask a student to
read the sentences to the class, the teacher having only to point out those
The
who must
repeat them.
preparation of the transposition
work has been made
easy by examples given after every direction. out saying that the class
changes which are indicated.
own judgment. age and
It
goes with-
not expected to prepare
is
The
all
the
teacher should use his
The work to be assigned depends on the members of the class, the length of
ability of the
the recitation and the time the students are supposed to
devote outside to this special study.
Questions.
— When the
class uses a
book not
especially
prepared for conversational work, lazy or indifferent pupils may answer " I do not understand you. I cannot answer." :
In such cases the teacher
excuse
is
is
generally helpless.
possible with this system.
No
such
Every question has
its
BEGINNERS FRENCH
lO
answer do
in the preceding
French
question of every set
first is
is
text,
given.
and the answer So,
all
to the
the pupil has to
to imitate the example.
At
first
glance the reader
may
think that these numerous
questions, calling for almost identical answers,
come tiresome and monotonous.
It
might be so
would bein a very
small private class but not in a large section.
Teachers and students know how hard it is for an English-speaking person to form correct questions in French.
Yet
this
important side of the work
every text book.
is
sacrificed in almost
After years of study, students are able to
answer questions, but cannot ask any in a correct way. From the very beginning, when two or three minutes can be spared, select one of the French texts which has already been studied, ask a student to stand up and form questions based on it. Call upon other members of the class to answer them fully. This is a very good way of reviewing. The students are obliged to do their best in pronouncing to make themselves understood, and it gives them confidence in themselves.
Grammar
Drill.
— This part of the work affords
the
learner a chance to apply the rules he has just mastered, and, if it is
written in English, to
both languages.
Translation. deal of trouble
if
make a
fruitful
comparison of
— Teachers could save themselves a great they would follow the plan the author pre-
sented in a letter published last year in "
Modern Language
Notes" (see June, 1902). At the beginning, instead of giving out
for the next recita-
Grammar
and the Translation of the lesson he has just explained, let the teacher be satisfied with the French part of the exercise until he reaches, say, the tenth or twelfth lesson. Then, on the day he assigns the eleventh tion the
Drill
lesson, for instance, let
him give
out, as reviewing
work.
BEGINNERS FRENCH
II
Grammar
the
Drill and the Translation of the first lesson. simply a shifting of the usual work, care being taken
It is
that the students be always ten or twelve
What
ahead.
work
the
will be
of the
first
the results?
French exercises
First,
it
will
lighten
two weeks and allow more time
devoted to pronunciation.
Then,
to be
in the first ten exercises,
the pupil has seen the rules of the first lesson applied so
many
become so familiar with them and the he will consider as very easy and enjoyable a task which would have seemed to him hard and disagreeable if he had been asked to do it on the day the first lesson was explained. He will, of course, make very few mistakes, his confidence will increase daily, the standard of the class will be raised and a great deal of time saved. Reading Lessons. They have been added to bring variety and to play the part of a preparatory reader. The words will be found in the general vocabulary. Another way to use the book is to set aside for review work the Transposition and Questions and go ahead with This plan could be followed by the rest of the exercises. times, he has
words of that
lesson, that
—
teachers that
most
aim
who in
are anxious to begin reading very early.
mind, two lessons
may
With
be assigned at a time in
cases.
New
Rules.
— References
to the set of licenses
(tole-
adopted by the Minister of Public Instruction of France in his decree of February 26, 1901, will be found at
rances)
the proper place in the rules or in notes at the bottom of the
pages.
—
Verbs. Tables of regular and irregular verbs will be found at the end of the book, before the vocabulary.
PRONUNCIATION Graphic Signs
Accents.
—
e,
e,
a, u, a, e,
i,
6,
ii.
There are three accents in French the acute ( ' ) the grave (") and the circumflex ("). The acute is found only over the vowel e (e). The grave is especially used over the vowel e (e), sometimes also over a or u. The ,
:
circumflex
may
Apostrophe.
—
be used over any vowel.
1',
s',
m'.
The apostrophe (') indicates that a final vowel has been word beginning with a vowel or an h mute.
elided before a
That vowel
is
generally e;
or personal pronoun) and
Hyphen. The
— Asseyez-vous.
i
it
of
may si
A-t-il
also be a of la (article
before
il
and
ils.
?
decree of February 26, 1901, promulgated by the
Minister of Public Instruction of France, does
away with
However, it was kept after an imperative followed by a personal pronoun object and in questions where the so-called euphonic t is inserted between the verb and il, the hyphen.
elle, *
or on.
It goes
without saying that no foreigner can master the French pro-
nunciation from rules without outside help.
The few
here are to be used by pupils as mere references. 13
general rules given
:
BEGINNERS FRENCH
14
— Fa§ade,
Cedilla.
The that
fagon, degu.
under c preceding and should be pronounced
cedilla is put
soft
it is
Diaeresis.
— Naif,
a,
o or
Esali.
placed over the last of two vowels to
It is
forms a
bv
svllable
u to indicate
like s in sin.
show
that
it
itself.
Simple Vowels Approximate corresponding Examples. la,
va,
ma,
ta, sa,
sounds in English.
Value.
papa,
a short
ame,
a long
=
intermediate sound bfetween a in lad and a in father.
baba. tas, pas, fable, ine,
a in father.
rr
flamme. le, ce,
me,
te, se, je, ne, te.
dame,
acte, fable.
elle,
table,
6t6, h\6, priiiri, nez, et,
d^,
pied, les, des,
mes,
tes,
acc^,
chef,
fer,
fete,
« in b«t.
e short =:
e almost silent
e,
e,
6,
e
=^
fol-
ces,
lowed by a
sel,
consonant.
in sol^.
The
quality of that sound is the same as that of e in th^re, ranging from a in s^le to e in
bete,
s^ll.
tete, etre.
midi, gite,
fini,
mardi
abime,
comme,
lie,
col,
amie.
colonne,
i
short
ilong
= =
short
=
long
=
/ in
mach/ne but
/ in
mach/ne.
shorter.
in c^rn, shortened.
mode. nos, vos, dos, cote.
o in no.
No
du, vu, bra, rae, debut.
:=
similar sound in English
German
«.
;
Pronounce
the examples with the lips in position for whistling. see ray^, pays, paysage.
1
short above.
The
to the first / belongs preceding syllable and the second to the following
'
BEGINNERS FRENCH
15
Compound Vowels Approximate corresponding Examples. balai,
laquais,
aimerais, lait, mai, aimerai.
sounds in English.
Value.
aimais, fait, ai-
above)
e
**'
au eau
au, aux, travaux, eau, bean, veau.
and
ai (see e
(see o long
above)
reine, peine, veine.
ei (see e
above)
peu,
eu long and close
e in f^rn
peur, leur, fleur, valeur,
eu OBU short and open
= e in iexn
ceux, feu, veux, aveu, bleu,
deiix,
moi, voix, bois.
ou, tout, nous, vous, chou, cou.
01
=
ou
=
o).
but more open than for eu long,
sceur, coBUr. toi,
(= German
intermediate between iva of wax and wa of wa%. 00 in
\ioo\..
Nasal Sounds
A
nasal unless the
is
m
vowel followed by n or
n or
m
ending a word or a syllable by another
in its turn followed
is
n or m or h mute. Pronounce the following examples through the nose, with the mouth widely open, care being also taken to cut the sound short and not let the n be heard. an, tant,
an
chambre, rampe,
iJm
enfant, vent, empire, membre;
enJ^i t em
!>^
=
nasal a.
<
Pronounce an and follow
I
\
in watt
above
directions.
in
vin, '
im
imperial, vain, faim,
aim
teint,
ein
tympan.
ym
ain
bon, ton,
on
nom, ombre.
om
un, brun,
un
parfum, humble.
um
coiUj point, loin, soin.
oin
= -nasal
>
= =
nasal
nasal
\
=w
4-
Pronounce an in angry and follow above directions.
i
•1
I nasal
Pronounce on and follow
in \on^
above
directions.
Pronounce u of t«rn and follow above directions. /
which
see.
£nf, ending of the 3d person plural of verbs, is always silent. In words ending in />« and forms of 2. Bi^«, ri
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