The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-16
Hint. ON pronunciation.

Hirts ON Pronunciation
We have In French diphthongs as
u,ai, 40 In English, The French diph-
,hongs however. are formed and sounded
altogether differently A plain rule tnere-
fore is that a diphthong is iormen IN
French By the double vowel SOUND Slight
" extended by the last vowei.
The following five dipntnonss feauiie
our special attention.:
an sounds like the Ensiish up-eo IL
oyonf thaving); ayee yang l.,
OF sounds like the English ndh' as !"
n,iyoir (mrrorl meer- wanr. 49,,
vi sounds like the English ioeo. as In tu'
ito him her, III; lwee
on sounds like the English mdh-ee' RS IN
royal lroyaD rwah-yal
w sounds like the English nee-ee' as III
essupef Ito wipe); ess-wee-ee-a
To pay: payer, pay-ee.a.
drink; je bols zjuh-owah.
Cooked: cult; kwee.
Foyer; foyer; ,wah-ee-a.
Night; mutt; nwee
Note--The student will do well to repeat THESE
and previous sounds; those OF the eompouuu
yowc,s and the nasal sounds over ana over
again until he is thoroughly familiar with them.
Every new lesson should be preceded by
A full rehearsal of the entire text ana
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
IL out 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 lesson.
Few Things to Remember.
ne On
plete. though as far as possible practical
guide for the gender of feminine nouns.
There is no positive, flyed rule for genders
in French. The best and only way to de-
termine it is to commit each noun to
memory. with it's proper article. (See
lesson No. 81
ta) Nouns signifying woman in all her
conditions are 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 chatte; shaft.
Eve, la brebis; brebee.
Mare; la jument; zhuh -mong
(c) Names of qualities, virtues, vices
are usually feminine, though the word
"vice" tvice) is masculine and the word
virtue (vertu) is feminine.
beauty, Id bchbNct bOh-NoJ'
Goodness; la bonte; bongtay.
Laziness la paresse; pah-ress.
Fote--There are few exceptions. however,
to this last rule.
(d) Nan. es OF fruits are, with few excep-
tions, -lso feminine:
Cherry; la cerise; say-reeZ.
Orange; la orange; o-rahnge.
APPLE Ia pomme; pom.
(e) Nouns ending in an re" mute are
usually feminine, with but some few ey-
ceptions:
Earth; la terre; tairr.
River; la riviere; ree-vee-air
Experience; l'experience; 'ex-pay-
ree-once.
Sote-The proper articles TO with the
above mentioned and all feminine nouns
Ia. the lah1; une. one. or an loom Those to
be used With the masculine nouns given in les
son .. and all masculine MS, are; lie, the Qph);
IN, a one, or an Quinn
Memory Exercises.
/. VIII you tell me?
Voulez-vous ME diref
Voo-lay-voo muh deer.
2. | want to do it.
Je yeux lie t6ire.
Zhuh vuh lub fair
3. Do you understand it?
lie comprenez- vous?
Luh com-pren-nay VOC.
4. eSt i uuuSIStahu lie
Out, je lie comprends.
Vice. zhuh luh com-prong.
5. He has sent them letter.
Ii leur-,a enyoyc unc lettre.
Eel luhr ah gngvwa-ya- DON lettr.
Note--The student will note In these sem
tcnces the popularity OF French construction.
This construction cannot be altered. and must
therefore be used exactly as given. There
idiomstie constructions and phrases peculiar to
the language and should be learned by heart.
Remember. then that the Frehch say: win you
me tell He TO him has written. lie to thew
has sent lettef etc, etc.
6. What is the day of the week?
Quel est lie jour de Ia seaiainel
Kell a luh .-1oI -
T. We have holiday to-day: or, to-
day 10 a holiday.
Nous~ayons congo aujorrd'hu.
Nooz ayong kong zhay
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