McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 9
They like to see the big wheel go round.
Ils aiment voir la grande roue tourner.
They have come to play on the logs and in the boat.
Ils sont venus jouer sur les bûches et dans le bateau.
John and Sue will play here all day.
John et Sue joueront ici toute la journée.
The cows like grass.
Les vaches aiment l'herbe.
They stand in the shade.
Elles se tiennent à l'ombre.
Here are some girls with skates; but they are not on the ice.
Voici des filles avec des patins ; mais elles ne sont pas sur la glace.
Their skates roll on the floor.
Leurs patins roulent sur le sol.
Which way do you like to skate,--on the ice, or on the floor?
De quelle façon aimez-vous patiner, -- sur la glace, ou sur le sol ?
The girl with the new black dress is Jane Bell.
La fille avec la nouvelle robe noire est Jane Bell.
Look out for the cars!
Attention aux voitures !
How fast they come!
Comme elles arrivent vite !
No horse can go as fast as the cars.
Aucun cheval ne peut aller aussi vite que les voitures.
I will not try to catch them, for I should fall and be hurt.
Je n'essaierai pas de les attraper, car je tomberais et me blesserais.
See the horse look at the cars.
Regardez le cheval observer les voitures.
Will he not run?
Ne va-t-il pas s'enfuir ?
There is ice on the pond, and the mill wheel can not go round.
Il y a de la glace sur l'étang, et la roue du moulin ne peut pas tourner.
The boys are all out on the ice with their skates.
Les garçons sont tous dehors sur la glace avec leurs patins.
I will let you and Tom try to skate; but do not fall, for you will be hurt.
Je vous laisserai, toi et Tom, essayer de patiner ; mais ne tombez pas, car vous vous blesseriez.
Look! here come the cars.
Regardez ! voici les voitures qui arrivent.
John and Nat try to skate as fast as the cars go, but they can not.
John et Nat essaient de patiner aussi vite que les voitures, mais ils n'y arrivent pas.
John has had a fall.
John a fait une chute.
Vocabulary
- Ils
- Third person plural masculine pronoun meaning 'they'
- aiment
- They love or like something
- voir
- To see or to watch something
- la
- Definite article 'the' for feminine singular nouns
- grande
- Feminine adjective meaning large or tall
- roue
- A wheel or circular rotating object
- tourner
- To turn or spin around
- sont
- Third person plural form of 'être' (to be)
- venus
- Past participle of 'venir', meaning came or have come
- jouer
- To play a game or instrument
- sur
- Preposition meaning on or upon something
- les
- Definite plural article meaning 'the'
- bûches
- Logs or chunks of wood for burning
- et
- Conjunction meaning and, connecting two elements
- dans
- Preposition meaning in or inside something
- le
- Definite article 'the' for masculine singular nouns
- bateau
- A boat or small watercraft
- joueront
- Future tense: they will play
- ici
- Adverb meaning here, in this place
- toute
- Feminine form of 'tout', meaning all or entire
- journée
- The entire day or daytime period
- vaches
- Plural noun referring to cows or cattle
- l'
- Contracted definite article before a vowel sound
- herbe
- Grass or herb growing on the ground
- Elles
- Third person plural feminine pronoun meaning 'they'
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning themselves or each other
- tiennent
- They hold or keep themselves in position
- à
- Preposition meaning at, to, or in
- ombre
- Shadow or shade from sunlight
- Voici
- Here is or here are, presenting something
- des
- Indefinite plural article meaning some
- filles
- Girls or daughters, female children
- avec
- Preposition meaning with, accompanied by
- patins
- Skates worn on feet for skating
- mais
- Conjunction meaning but, introducing contrast
- elles
- Feminine plural pronoun meaning they
- ne
- Negative particle used with 'pas' to negate
- pas
- Negative word used with 'ne' meaning not
- glace
- Ice or ice cream depending on context
- Leurs
- Possessive adjective meaning their (plural)
- roulent
- They roll along a surface
- sol
- The ground or floor surface
- De
- Preposition meaning of, from, or about
- quelle
- Interrogative adjective meaning which or what (feminine)
- façon
- Way, manner, or method of doing something
- aimez
- You like or love something (plural/formal)
- vous
- Pronoun meaning you (formal or plural)
- patiner
- To skate on ice or rollers
- ou
- Conjunction meaning or, offering an alternative
- fille
- A girl or daughter
- nouvelle
- Feminine adjective meaning new or recent
- robe
- A dress or gown worn by women
- noire
- Feminine adjective meaning black in color
- est
- Third person singular of 'être', meaning is
- Attention
- Warning or caution, pay attention to danger
- aux
- Contraction of 'à les', meaning to the (plural)
- voitures
- Cars or automobiles used for transportation
- Comme
- Conjunction meaning as, how, or like
- arrivent
- They arrive or are coming toward something
- vite
- Quickly or fast, at high speed
- Aucun
- No, not any, used for negation
- cheval
- A horse, large domesticated animal
- peut
- He/she/it can or is able to
- aller
- To go somewhere or move toward a place
- aussi
- Also, too, or as much as something
- que
- That, than, or as, used in comparisons
- Je
- First person singular pronoun meaning I
- n'
- Contracted negative particle used before vowels
- essaierai
- I will try to do something (future tense)
- de
- Preposition meaning of, from, or some
- attraper
- To catch or grab something or someone
- car
- Conjunction meaning because or for
- je
- First person singular subject pronoun meaning I
- tomberais
- I would fall down (conditional tense)
- me
- Reflexive or object pronoun meaning me or myself
- blesserais
- I would hurt or injure myself (conditional)
- Regardez
- Look or watch, imperative form for you (plural)
- observer
- To observe or watch carefully
- Ne
- Negative particle used with other negation words
- va
- He/she/it goes, third person of 'aller'
- il
- Third person masculine singular pronoun meaning he
- s'
- Contracted reflexive pronoun used before vowels
- enfuir
- To flee or run away quickly
- Il
- Third person masculine singular pronoun meaning he
- y
- Adverbial pronoun meaning there or in that place
- a
- Third person singular of 'avoir', meaning has
- étang
- A pond or small body of still water
- du
- Contraction of 'de le', meaning of the
- moulin
- A mill used for grinding grain or wind
- garçons
- Boys or young males, plural form
- tous
- All or everyone, masculine plural form
- dehors
- Outside or outdoors, away from inside
- leurs
- Possessive adjective meaning their (plural objects)
- laisserai
- I will let or allow someone to do something
- toi
- Emphatic pronoun meaning you (singular informal)
- essayer
- To try or attempt to do something
- tombez
- You fall down (plural or formal imperative)
- blesseriez
- You would hurt or injure yourselves (conditional)
- voici
- Here is or here are, introducing something present
- qui
- Relative pronoun meaning who or which
- essaient
- They try or attempt something (present tense)
- ils
- Third person masculine plural pronoun meaning they
- fait
- Made or done, past participle of 'faire'
- une
- Indefinite feminine article meaning a or an
- chute
- A fall or drop from a height
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