Class-book of French CompositionHachette et cie, 1885 |
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Common terms and phrases
¹¹ 11 See Ex 9 See Ex 9 Translate adverb Alexandre Dumas aller asked avait avant avoir bien Bruges Cloth cœur compound tenses dative death deux donner droit Duke DUKE OF CHOISEUL enemies English Erskine être expression father fois French gentleman hanged homme honour imperfect indicative in¹ infinitive which follows intrans j'ai jusqu'à king l'autre lady lord lordship manière masc means mettre mieux negative neuter never Note 11 Note 9 noun one's Paris parler partitive article past participle personal pronoun placed possessive adjective pouvoir prendre prep preposition present participle prince pron qu'il qu'on rappeler referring Reflexive verbs rendered replied requires the subjunctive rien speaking subjunctive mood subordinate sentence subs temps to¹ to² tout trans Turn verb faire verb vouloir voir XVII XVIII XXIV XXVI XXVII XXXIII XXXIX
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