The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-27


attending the Paris exposition. These
LESSONS VIII include ID common French
Wofcs and phrases, % easy cOnversa-
ton and 90 simple reading lessons.
DEUXIEME LEcoN. LESSON NO. 2
Hints on Pronunciation.
1. The student has seen in the pre-
ceding lesson that many letters of the
French alphabet are like the English
The chief difficulty OF the Frenea pro-
nunciatlon is confined TO the sounds u,
Gu and the naSals. II would, therefore.
seem best to fan1iliarize oneself with
these VOWels as soon as possible To
effect this successfully they should be
gone over and reheaTsed daily for some
ume' first singly-yiz., u, Ell, an, in. on,
un, and then united to the other let
tiers, using for that purpose the words
OF the exercises and phrases as they
VIII appear in the lesSOn-ViZ, Iundi.
mercredi, princempts, jeuli, deux, pre-
mler, dernier, etc; lung-dee, mair-cre-
dee, prang-tong, juh-dee, duh, prem
ee-ay, dare-nee-ay.
:. Among the COlsOnante are two re-
curing special attention, soft and j.
which ought both to be pronounced like
in azure; the soft e is always fol-
lowed by or e; otherwise it is hard.
3. The final is generally mute in
French; it is blended with the follow
ing vowel, then ii sounds like z. See
lesson l.
4. There are three accents in French.
% Aigu, ay-gu, a mark from the
right to the left over g, % grave.
grahv, mark from the left to the
right over the letters a, G, Il; 90 cir
cOnfeXe. ceer- kOhn-dex, double mark
composed of the former two, over the
letters a, q, j. o, u
;. Another important mark is the 50
called "cedille," say-dee-y, which is
placed under the C before the novels
"a, o, u, thus making the sound of C
like that of s-viz-, recu, resuh. No ce-
ollie is required before or e.
6. The ''trait-d' union" mark, trail
doom yOn q connects one word, Syl-
liable or letter with anOtaer-viZ.:
Voulez-vous me bonner un timbre-
DOste?
voo-lay VOC muh donn-nay un-tang-
br Doh-st2
VIII you give me a stamp?
Memory Exercises.
Much-Needed Words and Phrases.
/ The hotel: Ihotel
Lo-tell.'
.. The office; le bureau.
Luh bu-Toh.
g. The manager; le gerant.
Zia-rang.
4. The elevator; Pascenseur.
L'asS-sen-suhr
;. The waiter; lie garcon,
Luh gahr- ssOn.
6. The chambermajd; Ia femme d.
chamh-e.
Lah-falhm duh shombr.
Note-The student will observe that
3 4 lot fN
| in place of the short vowel sign, as;
/ de, duh; le. luh, etc.
/ Z. How much per day? Combien pal
jour?
Kom -bee-yan pahr zhour?
s. BY the week; par semaine.
Pair S'men.
9. The story; Petage.
Lav-taZh-
10. On the second nat; au second.
o 6'gOnd.
II. Where is our hotel? Gu est notre
hOtel2
90 a nO-tr-
y. RivOli street; Rue de RiVoh.
Ru duh ree-vo-lee-
10. What number? Quel numero?
Kell nu-may TO.
IA. Send me a cab; enyoyez-moi VI
sacre.
On-vwa-yay mwa un fee-akr.
Note-The definite article the" is ex-
pressed as follows:
lie. before any masculine noun is the
singular as le jour; luh zjouhr.
la, before any feminine noun is the
| singular, as la. semaine; lah s'men.
before any noun beginning with q
vowel or h mute, as lhOtei; lo-telL
les. before any noun is the plural as
| les fiacres; lay fee-acr.
Is. Are you the landlord? etes-v0us le
proprietaire?
Et VOC luh prop pree-a-tare.
| 10. Service is extra; lie service est-s
part.
Sair vee-ce ate-ta par.
II. Give me a room on the first floor
donnez-moi une chambre al
premier.
Don-nay mwa oon-o prem-ee'
ay.
Is. On the second floor; au second
Oh s'gon.
10. Is there an elevator? Y a-t-n un
! ascerseur?
Ee at-teel ing
20. Are the beds clean? Les Its SOnt
lis uTODres?
Lay lee song 'teeI propr.
Il. A pillow; I'm Oreiller.
Tn or-ra--a.
%. A bolster; I'm traversin.
Tn trah-Verce-ang.
%. A blanket; une couverture.
| Don koO-ver-tOOT.
Note-The two gendenS in FTanch
masculine and feminine, are determines
by nature, spelling and derivation.
"a. Take up my baggage; montez me
. bagages.
Mon-tay may ba-gahje.
%. What is your name! Quel es
vOtTe nom?
Kell-ay votr nong.
o. The hours Of the meals; les heure
des repas.
Lays u're day rapah.
q. The number of my room; lie nu
nero de ma chambre.
Luh noO-may TO dab nah shOm
br.
Note-AIl the French verbs in the in
finite end either with er, ir, OR or re
From this classification the differen
coniugations are formed. We shall &C
casionally give a practical rule whicl
will aid the student materially in form
ing and using the French VERBS,
2S, Give me a candlestick; donnez-mo
un bougeoir.
= - ung bOO-Zhwar.
%. Make a fire in my room; faites d
feu dams ma chambre.
Feht du fuh dong nah -
90 A rocking chair; un fauteUil bas
cule.
ing fo-tiyh ali bas-kule.
Note-Here follow very useful word
and idiomatic expressions. The studen
will carefully try to study them.
possible commit them to memory. TIL
numbers and the names OF the mont
will be given in the next lesson.
81. Wait a moment; ATTENDED un in
slant.