A first French Course
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| A first French Course - by William Smith |
The main object of this book, as of the "Principia Latina," is to enable a beginner to acquire an accurate knowledge of the chief grammatical forms, to learn their usage by constructing simple sentences as soon as he commences the study of the language, and to accumu- late gradually a stock of words useful in conversation as well as in reading.
The grammatical forms are printed in conspicuous type and at full length, as no sound knowledge of the language can be acquired with- out the pupil being thoroughly familiar with these forms. It is the want of this sound grammatical training which is the chief objection to the systems of Ollendorff, Ahn, and similar works. But at the same time it is important that the pupil should be exercised from the first construc- tion of sentences, so as to test by practical application the grammatical forms.
The present work thus contains Grammar, Delectus, Exercise - book, with Vocabularies, and consequently presents in one book all that the be- ginner will require for some time in his study of the language. A few simple rules of syntax are introduced, as they are required for the construction of sentences; but it
is proposed to give the chief syntactical rules in another book in the series, which will form a Practical Introduc- tion to French Prose Composition. The compiler has consulted most of the books used in teaching French in German schools, and has derived especial assistance from Otto's " Franzosische Conversa- tions-Grammatik," from which many of the examples are taken, as well as from the elementary works of Riedel and Keller.
He also desires to express his great obli- gations to a friend, who is an eminent French teacher in one of our great Public Schools, and who has taken unwearied pains in the correction and revision of the work, thus securing it against those inaccuracies which a foreigner would otherwise be in danger of committing.
Some contents of the book:
I. The Alphabet, Accents, and Other Maeks, Parts
of Speech 1
of Speech 1
II. Pronunciation 2
HE. The Article 5
IV. The Substantive 6
1. Formation op the Plural 6
2. Formation op the Genitive 9
3. Formation op the Dative 10
V. The Partitive Article 12
VI. Proper Names 14
VII. The Verb "Avoir" 15
VIII. The Verb "Etre" 22
EX. The Adjective 29
1. Qualipicative Adjectives 29
2. Possessive Adjectives " 38
3. Demonstrative Adjective 39
4. Interrogative Adjective 39
5. Numeral Adjectives 40
6. Indefinite Adjectives 47
X. The Verb 48
XI. First Conjugation 49
XII. Second Conjugation 52
XIII. Third Conjugation 54
XIV. Fourth Conjugation 57
XV. Verbs Conjugated Interrogatively, Negative-
ly, and Interrogatively with a Negative . . 60
ly, and Interrogatively with a Negative . . 60
XVI. Exercises on the First Conjugation 61
XVII. Exercises on the Second Conjugation 65
XVIII. Exercises on the Third Conjugation 66
XIX. Exercises on the Fourth Conjugation 67
XX. The Pronoun 68
1. Personal Pronouns 68
2. Demonstrative Pronouns 74
3. Relative Pronouns 75
4. Interrogative Pronouns 77
5. Possessive Pronouns 79
6. Indefinite Pronouns 80
XXI. Passive Verbs 83
XXII. Neuter Verbs 85
XXIII. Reflective Verbs 86
XXIV. Impersonal Verbs 95
XXV. Adverbs 99
1. Adverbs of Place 101
2. Adverbs of Time 101
3. Adverbs of Number 101
4. Adverbs of Quality and Manner .. ..102
5. Adverbs of Affirmation and Negation.. 102
6. Adverbial Expressions 102
XXVI. Prepositions 105
I. Simple Prepositions 105
II. Compound Prepositions 105
XXVII. Conjunctions 109
XXVIII. Interjections 110
XXIX. Formation of Tenses 110
XXX. Irregular Verbs Ill
I. Irregular Verbs of the First Conjugation Ill
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