The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-27
Hints on pronunciation.

l. We have in French diphthongs as
well as in English The French oipn,
thongs, however. are formed and sounded
altogether differently A plain rule. there
fore. is, that a diphthong is formed IN
French by the double vowel sound. silgnt-
ly extended by the last vowel.
The following five diphthongs require
our special attention:
az sounds like the English dy-ee IN
dpdnt fhaving): ayee-yang.
OF sounds Ike the English ~dh' as IN
nrirotr (mirror); meer-wanr. -,
III sounds like the English icee. as IN l"'
Ito him her. it,: lwee.
on sounds like the English Sdh-es. as IA
royal (royaD: rwah-yal
~ sounds like the English toee-ee, as IN
eSSHDer ito wipe): ess-wee-ee-a-
To pay: payer: pay-ee-a.
! drink: ie bois; Ziuh-bwah.
Cooked; cult; kwee.
Foyer foyer; swab-ee-a.
Night: mutt: nwee.
Note-The student win do well to repeat these
and previous sounds; those OF tAe compound
vowes and the nasal sounds over and over
again uDti be Is thoroughly familiar with them.
Every new lessen should be preceded by
a full rehearsal of the entire text and
translation. including the pronunciation, OF
all previous ones Compare each transla-
ton Of the English text with the French
reading exercise. and vice versa. Write
II ont again and again until thoroughly
familiar with the spelling OF words and
construction To work Systematically,
translate the exercise Of one language into
the other. and when thoroughly familiar
with both compare according to the text
given In each lessoE-
4.
The following will serve as an iEcom-
plete though as far as possible practical
guide for the gender Of feminine nouns.
There is no positive, fred rule for genders
in French The hest and only way to de-
termine it is to commit each noun to
memory. with its proper article. (See
lesson No. 81
ta) Nouns signifying woman in all her
conditions sre feminine. as:
Mother: la mere; mair.
Wife; repouse: lay-pooz; (also
femme): fahm.
Cousin: la cousine: koo-zeen.
(b) Names Of females of animals:
Cat; la ehatte; shaft.
Eve: la brebis; breb-ee-
Mare; la jument; zhub-mong.
(c) Names Of qualities. virtues. vices
are usually feminine, though the word
"vice" (vice) is masculine and the word
virtue" (vertu) is feminine.
Beauty. la beaute boh-tay.
Goodness; la bonte: bong-tay-
Laziness: la paresse; pah-ress.
Note-There are few exceptions. however.
to this last rule.
I'D Mar es Of fruits are. with few excep-
lions, -lso feminine;
Cherry: la eerise; say-reez.
Orange; la orange; Drainage
Apple; Ia pomme; pom.
(el Nouns ending in an &c" mute are
usually feminine. with but some few ex-
ceptions:
Earth: la terre: tairr.
River; la riviere; ree-vee-ai
Experience; rexperience; Pex-pay-
ree-opee.
Kote-The prnper articles TO with the
above mentionee and all feminine nouns are
ia the dahl; WTe. one. a or an (oon) Those to
be used With the masculine nouns given in les
son D. aud all masculine nouns, are: le, the Quh);
Er. a one. or an fuhnh
Memory Exercises
/. VIII you tell me?
Vouleg-vous me dire?
Woo lay-voo muh deeE
2. want to do it
Je yeux lie faire-
Zhuh vuh lJh fair.
3. Do you understand it,
lie comprenez-vous?
Luh com-pren-nay VOC
4. Yes. | understand it.
Oui, je lie comprends.
Wee, zhuh luh com-prong.
5. He has sent then a letter.
II leurOa envoye une lettre.
Eel luhr ah eng-vwa-ya~ Don lettr.
Note-The student will note In these SEN
fences the peculiarly Of French construction.
This construction cannot be altered. and must
therefore be us-d exactly as given There are
idiomatie constructions and phrases peculiar to
the language and should be learned by heart.
Remember then that the French sag; VIII you
me tell he to him has written De 10 them
has sent a letter. etc, etc.
G. What is the day Of the week?
Quel0est lie jour de Ia semainel
Kell a luh 5or -
7. We have a holiday to-day; or. to-
day is a holiday.
Nous~ayons congo aujourd'hu
Nooz avong kong-zhay -