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00 ADJECTIFS.<br />

la maligne incon stance du sort! 10. La telegraphic electrique est une<br />

invention nouvelle.<br />

(C) 1. Quel est le feminin des adjectifs etrange, etranger, vert, contigu,<br />

oblong, anterieur, inventeur, flatteur, vengeur, pecheur, pecheur, chatain,<br />

malin, voisin, chretien, bref, curieux, bleu, beau, pret, brunet, discret,<br />

sujet, meilleur, bas, ras, blanc, vrai, frais, cruel, pareil, faux, vieux,<br />

public, sec, joli, mou, nul?<br />

(d) 1. A mutual esteem is the first foundation of (a) true friendship. 2. Their<br />

little girl is graceful and pretty. 3. This syllable is long, that one is<br />

short. 4. You entertain a foolish hope. 5. What you are relating is<br />

old news. 6. Marseilles is a very old town. 7. This old man has a long<br />

white beard. 8. This pious lady is the founder of several establishements.<br />

9. Religious instruction is essential. 10. Your answer is ambiguous.<br />

11. Greediness is a low and disgraceful passion. 12. High mountains<br />

covered with eternal snow separate Switzerland from Italy. 13. Genius<br />

is the gift of inventing and executing ( 155. a. 1) in (of) a new and<br />

original manner. 14. A candid vanity displeases less than a false modesty.<br />

15. This young girl is as fresh as a rose. 16. A secret joy is<br />

hardly ever a complete joy. 17. This Italian [lady] is as clever an<br />

actress as a good singer.<br />

LXE C<br />

legon: Pluriel des Adjectifs. 38.<br />

(a) aigre-doux, bitter sweet, plur aigres - douces.<br />

ivre-mort, dead -drunk,<br />

nouveau-venu, new comer,<br />

ivres-morts.<br />

but adverbially: nouveau-n^, newly -born, nouveau-neS,<br />

nouveaux - venuS.<br />

Exceptions: frais -cueilli, newly gathered, frais-cueillis.<br />

fraiche-cueillie,<br />

fraiches - cueillies-<br />

(b) 1. Comment se fait-il que des villes autrefois contigues a la mcr en spnt<br />

aujourd'hui tres eloigntes? 2. Les livres hebreux ont-ils etc traduits?<br />

Oui, ils ont ete traduits en plusieurs langues. 3. Comment se<br />

divisent les adjectifs numeraux? En cardinaux, ordinaux, fractionnaires,<br />

etc. 4. Comment les demoiselles sont-elles distinguees dans<br />

cette pension? Les unes par des ceintures orange, les autres par des<br />

Weues, et d'autres par des ponceau on cramoisies. 5. Les pluies conti~<br />

nuelles sont fatales aux travaux de la campagne. 6. L'Angleterre a de<br />

nombreux dtablissements coloniaux.<br />

(c)<br />

1. Savez-vous par cceur les nombres ordinaux? 2. Quel est le pluriel<br />

des adjectifs suivants: chataiu-clair, bleu, theatral, egal, egale, legervetu?

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