The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-24
LESSON NO. 10.
DIXIEME LEGION.


Few Tdiomatfc Expressions.
1 What do you want2
Qu'est-ce que yous voulezl
2. What are you doing there2
Qu'est-ce que yous fsites Ia?
Note-The word que what; Ckuhl is used when
asking question: Qli fkee) is translated by who
or which. After proposition Qui'is translated
3. What is your troubled
Qu'est-ce qui vous-afflige2
4. What have you lost2
Qu'est-ce que Yous>-aveZ perdu2
3. What have you foundl
Qu'est-ce que vousOavez trouve2
Memory Exercises.
l. Give me some water
Donnez-moi de l'eau.
2. Give me some meat.
DCnnez-moi de Ia viaude.
3. Give me some bread.
Donnez-moi dn pain.
4. Give me some apples.
Donnez-moi des pommes
The student will notice here that some is trans
deS To plainly. &c VIII be found very useful to
remember that the article, when expressiLg the
some bread. some annlesl etc is rendered as fol-
lows and is called the DGrtitiTe article:
(a) de 2 is placed before any noun in the
singular commencing with a Voaoel or ''h'
mate.
(b) de Ia is used before any feminine noun
Il the singular commencing with coRsonant
(c) d1t is used before any masculine noun
in the singular commencing with a co7aSOndnt
ID des is USED before any noun in the
plural
6. They have enough water.
s-ont~asseZ d'eau.
Z. A pound of chocolate.
On livre de chocolst
s. Two yards of silk.
Dcux metres de sole.
9. A dozen roses.
me douzaiMe deToses; - doo-Zenn-
10. Some pretty feathers; de iolies plumes.
II. Some (or any, excellent wine.
D'eXcellent win.
Note-Exeeptions 10 the above rules, however,
by which dc a takes the place of de r: de Ia du
dee; when USED as follows:
(a) after negatiOn.
Oh after adverbs expressing quantity.
(c) after nouns expressing weight, mels-
ure, quantity, etc.
ID in a sentence in which the noun is
preceded by an adjective.
u. The drinks; les BLOSSOMS; lay bwa-soug.
Is. The vine list; Ia liste des wins; lab
leest day wang.
"A. Table claret; vluOordinaire; - or
dee-nair.
Is. Claret: lie bordeaux; - bor-doh.
16. Port wine; win G'Oporto; - do-por-
Il. Sherry; Xeres; zair-ess.
IS. Champagne; lie champagne; sham-pan-
We.
10. Lemonade; la limonade: lee-mo-nahd.
20. Whisky; whiskey; wees-kee.
81 Beer; de la biere; bee-air.
% A bottle: une bOuteille
90. a glass of beer; un book; - book.
"a. The spoon; la CUTLER; - kuh-ee-yair.
%. The table spoon; la grande CUTLER.
26. The teaspoon: 10 CUTLER the.
81. A teaspoonful of; une cuilleree de; -
kuh-ee- ya-ray duh.
IS. The glasses; les verres.
20. To drink out of glass.
Boire dans-un verre.
Note-The French say: I'VE drink On glass"
80. The knife; lie eouteau; cOo-toh.
81. The knives; les couteaux; coo-toh.
81. The knife and fork; lie couteau ct Ia
fourchette: - fOor-shet.
SO. Give me a clean knife
Donnez-moi un couteau propre; -
prOpr.
"a. The table-cloth; la nappe.
So The cover; lie convert.
sc. Bring US three plates.
AppOrteZ-nous trois-assiettes.
81 The dishes; les plats; (vaisselle);
plah; vay-sell.
Note-The word ~vaisseIe' fer dish expresses a
dish in general; table service.
SIS a glass of ice water.
Tn verre d'eau glacee (or frapp5).
%. a glass of fresh water.
I'm verre de d'eau fraiche
40. Cold water; de reau froide; - lob
frTRd
Al. Warm water; de peau chaude; -
showed.
AZ. Boilin. water; de l'eau bouillante; -
hoo ant