The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

getlcr with a verb, the word ne is required.
Ne can be used with verbs only, and must
precede them, as:
Je mai pas; Ihaye not; nay pah.
Ne Susie pas2 am l notl
Nuh swee-zjuh pah.
N'aVais-je pasg had 1 notg Midway -
Je metals pas; Twas not; -nuh-tay pah.
q. Watch; la montre: - montr.
q. Clock; ~Phorloge; lorlohge.
q. Figures; les chifres; - sheefr.
80. Hands; les aiguilles; laze-ay-gwee.
81 Dial; lie cadran; - kah-drong.
81 ~Timepieee; Ia pendule; - pon-dooL
Note-The French reckon time thus:
80. One O'Clock; une heure; -euhr.
81. Five minutes after: une heHre cinq;
=. - sank; {or) uneheure cinQ minutes.
CThe abbreviated time is preferred.l
80. Two O'Clock: deux henres; - zeuhr.
30. Twenty after 2; deux heures viugt.
81. Half past 3; trois heures ct demie;
trivia zeuhr a demee.
81. Ten to 4; quatre heures moins dix
NotemLiteraly this means -four O'Clock. less
ten; The former sentence means three O'Clock
o'clock and ten"
SO. Ten after 4; quatre heures dix.
~. Fifteen to six; six heures moias IN
quart.
Al. u a. m; midi; mee-dee.
~. u p. m. minuis; m~ee-noo-ee.
43. Twelve thirty; midi ct demie (a-m).
Al Twelve thirty; minuit ct demie (p.m.).
Note-In speaking of time ~douze heure5' is
never used. 1t means twelve hours"
As. How much will it costl
Combien codtera-t-l?
Kom-bee-yan koo-tra-teel.
&c. When will it be ready2
Quand sera-t-elle prete!
Kong-s'rah-tell pref.
A. Tomorrow at II sharp.
Domain a ONE heures precises.
- zeuhT pray-seeze.
48. Without faill Sans faute? sang fote.
49. Shall 1 send for itl
Faut-il renvoyer chercher2
- shsre-shay.
so. Give me you address.
Donnez-moi votre adresse.
Reading Lesson.
The following is the proper translation of
the French exercise of last lesson. The
student viii carefully compare the same as
far as he is able, noting the difference in the
construction of the two languages. It is ad-
visable that each exercise be corrected,
copied and again compared. When all is
found TO be perfectly correct, read each
phrase aloud and study it by heart:
~ The horses of Normandy are the finest
in Europe. (2) The climate of this country
is NGFE Llllu. AOJ IL - mLlQcE III OuI COuu-
try. ~ Many persons go to France TO take
the waters. (5) They are on the other side
of the street. (6) What is that house az the
corner? "a Is that the Grand Opera Housel
(S) The vegetables in France are very fine.
(9) Is the cooking in that restaurant good2
10) Here they give excellent meals and st
reasonable prices. I'D We are going TO
have rain. O2) Do you think it will be fine
tomorrow (13) How is your father-in-law!
Note-The most important rule in the division Of
tween coasonants and seldom between novels
When a consOnant stands between two YoWel5 IL
belongs 70 the second syllable, not 10 the nrst A
cOnsonant followed By "IroT IT" is never divided
Termination OF verbs always m arks the beginning
to the above rules. but Of mlhor importance. AS
for the rest, ID is much the sans as in English
Voca5ulary-Je ne puts pas; l cannot
Tard: late. American; American. Resort;
spring. Case; broken. Nettoyez; clean.
4, Reparez; repair. A la fois; st the same
time. Demands; inquired. Conbien2 how
much9 (or) how manyl Comprennent-ils2
do they understand A dit: has said En-
fraueais: in French. Mesdames ct mes
sieurs; ladies and gentlemen. Beaueoup;
many. De nos compatriotes; c~ountrymen
of ours. Comptez-vous2 do you expectz
DIV aller; to visit it. Solvent; often
Read and translate into English:
n Guaranteed unieme. Soixante- dix
neuYieme. Cent soixante- ct unieme- ~
Ouatre cent neuviAme. Six cent douZe.
L'annee mil neuf cents. (3) Neuf heures
vingt. a. Quatre heures vingt-cinq. %
| HUT heures moins vingt-cinq. 60 Je ne
puts pas beaucoup marcher. "a A Paris
nous dinons t~oujours tard. 81 LIE resort
de ma montre est casse. (9) Ga demeure
rhorloger americain2 (l0) Nettoyez-la ct
| reparez-la a la fois. 1n Vous attn de-
mande Padresse2 az Combien de langueS
comprennent-ilsl Q3) Il a dit en- franeais:
.sBoniour. mesdames ct messieurs." "a
II 7 a beaucoup de nos compatriotes a Pexpo-
sition. Q5) Comptez-vous y aller souVentl
Note-The English translation OF this ex-
| ereise will be found in the following lesson,
thwill be published on next Tuesday