The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-18
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EUxIEME LEGION.


yIfuts on Pronu1cintion'
:. Tho student has seen IN the pre,eo :
Inc lesson thlt rasny letters OF the French !
sInhabnt arc like the English. the cnisl
difT3culty OF tho French pronunciation =
coo0ncd To the sounds u. GU ana tuo
,ooXls II would. therefore, seem peht "
fanlliarIzc oneself with these VoWels an
coon as possible. To effect THIS auce'.s-
fuI,v they should be gone over ana re-
hparses daily for some time. first sioEiy-
,,tz :, eu an. in. =, IN. aud then hnlteu
10 the other letters, using Tor that puIposs
tb. words OF The exercises ana PHRASES 40
they will appear In the iesson-si VIZ.
lsiadi msretedi, FTtnhnpS, 'e""',
premier, deTRicr, etc; irns zee, nl".
doe nrang- tong, juh-de duh. prem-ee-ay'
dare -nee-ay. $50 -
surfing special attention. soft and j.
which ought both to be pronounced IKE
in azure, the soft is always followed py
{ or G; otherwise 1t is hard. j..
q Tho Anal is generally mute in
French 1t Is blended with the following
vowel. then It sounds like 9. See lesson L
4 There nre three accsnts In trench.
a. Aigu, ay-gu g. q mark from the rlghs
TO the left over G, as etc; W grave
erahv J, mark from the ieit 10 tue
right over the letters q, e. 81 Ia e. ", as
pere; go circonnexc, ceerkoha Sex }, q
douhle mark comrored of the former two,
over the letters q, G. I. o. 10, Q, l. o. W.
as tete.
8. Another important mark 10 tho So
called "cedille," Eay-dee-ay 81. which Is
nlaced under the (c) before the Vowels
a, o, q, thus making the sound OF llke
that OF s--viz., recu, re-suh. No ced!ile
Is required before or C.
G. The trait -d'union" mark, trai-doon
Won g. connects one word, syllable or
letter with another-v,z
youiez-vous me dolrer IN timbre-
poste?
Voo-lay vo muh donn-nay un-tsng-br
poh-st?
VIII you give me stamp?
Memory EIercires,
Much-Necded Words and Phrases.
l. The hotel; rhotel.
Lo-tell.
g. The office; 10 bureau
Luh bu-roh.
8. The manageri 10 geraut-
Zja-ranE.
4. The elevator; rascenseTr
L'ass-sen-su
s. The waiter lie gurSon.
Luh gahr sson.
6. The chembernsid; 10 femme do
chamore.
Luh-fahnl duh shombr.
Noss-Tho student will observe that the letter
Is used In The pronunciation In place Of the short
rowel-s!gn, as: &c, duhi b. lUh, etc.
Z. How much per day7 Combien par
jour?
Kon-b ee-yan pahr shcur.
8. BY the week: par semaine.
Pair s'men.
8. The story; fetage,
Lay-tazh.
10. On the second nat; au second.
o s'gcnd
II. where is our hotel? GA est notre
hotel?
90 a no-tr - u
u. Rivoli street: Rte de Rivoli
Ru duh ree-vo-lee.
13. What number? Que. numerof
Keil nu-may 70.
II. Send me a cab; euvoyeEmoi IN
facre.
Op-vwa-yay Inwa un fee-ukr,
Ncte-Ihe definite article the" is expressed
AZ follows:
Ie before any masculine mum in tho singular, as
Ia jour; luh zjonhr
IA, before any feuluins noun IN the singular, n,
Ia semaiue; lab srlen.
7, before any mum beginning with vowel or
mule. as Fh0teli lo-tell.
les, before any noun IN the plural as lea 6acres,
lay fse-aer.
10. Are you the landlord7 etes-vous 10
propristalre?
FL VOC luh prop prce-a-tare.
No. Service is extra; le service est-A part.
sair veo-ce ate-tn par.
II. Give Ire room on the frst noor;
donnez-moi une chambre au
premier.
Don-nny mwa oon - prom-ee az,
10. On the second or, au second.
oh sgon.
10. Is there an elovator1 7 attn un as.
cnnaeur
Ee at.eel ung -
20. Are the beds cloanf Les llts sont.- Al,
propres?
Lay lee song 'teel propr.