McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 10
The girls are not on the pond; but some of them have skates which roll on the floor.
Les filles ne sont pas sur l'étang ; mais certaines d'entre elles ont des patins qui roulent sur le sol.
How fast the cars go!
Comme les voitures vont vite !
Can you see them?
Pouvez-vous les voir ?
LESSON XXXI.
LEÇON XXXI.
work ax pile Ned think wood saw hard cut
travail hache tas Ned penser bois scie dur couper
Ned and John are hard at work.
Ned et John travaillent dur.
John has a saw, and Ned has an ax.
John a une scie, et Ned a une hache.
They will try to cut all of the wood which you see in the pile.
Ils vont essayer de couper tout le bois que vous voyez dans le tas.
Do you think they can do this in one day
Pensez-vous qu'ils peuvent faire cela en un jour
LESSON XXXII.
LEÇON XXXII.
noise air hear gone May walk cool two
bruit air entendre parti mai marcher frais deux
Two girls have gone out for a walk.
Deux filles sont sorties se promener.
It is May, and the air is cool.
C'est mai, et l'air est frais.
They hear the birds sing in the trees, and they hear the noise of the frogs in the pond.
Elles entendent les oiseaux chanter dans les arbres, et elles entendent le bruit des grenouilles dans l'étang.
They see men at work and boys at play.
Elles voient des hommes au travail et des garçons en train de jouer.
LESSON XXXIII.
LEÇON XXXIII.
pull cart goats Bess up ride hill
tirer charrette chèvres Bess en haut monter colline
Bess has a cart and two goats.
Bess a une charrette et deux chèvres.
She likes to ride in her cart.
Elle aime faire des tours dans sa charrette.
See how the goats pull!
Voyez comme les chèvres tirent !
Bess is so big, I think she should walk up the hill.
Bess est si grande, je pense qu'elle devrait monter la colline à pied.
The goats love Bess, for she feeds them, and is kind to them.
Les chèvres aiment Bess, car elle les nourrit et est gentille avec elles.
LESSON XXXIV.
LEÇON XXXIV.
Vocabulary
- filles
- Girls or daughters
- ne
- Negative particle used with 'pas'
- sont
- Third person plural of 'être' (to be)
- pas
- Negation word meaning 'not'
- sur
- Preposition meaning 'on' or 'upon'
- étang
- A small, shallow body of still water
- mais
- Conjunction meaning 'but'
- certaines
- Some or certain (feminine plural form)
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- elles
- Third person feminine plural pronoun 'they'
- ont
- Third person plural of 'avoir' (to have)
- des
- Indefinite plural article meaning 'some'
- patins
- Skates used for rolling or ice skating
- qui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'that'
- roulent
- Roll or move on wheels (third person plural)
- sol
- The ground or floor surface
- Comme
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'how' or 'like'
- voitures
- Cars or automobiles (plural)
- vont
- Third person plural of 'aller' meaning 'go'
- vite
- Adverb meaning 'fast' or 'quickly'
- Pouvez
- Second person plural of 'pouvoir' meaning 'can'
- vous
- Second person plural or formal pronoun 'you'
- voir
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to see'
- LEÇON
- A lesson or unit of instruction
- travail
- Work or labor as a noun
- hache
- An axe used for chopping wood
- tas
- A pile or heap of objects
- penser
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to think'
- bois
- Wood or forest material
- scie
- A saw used for cutting materials
- dur
- Adjective meaning 'hard' or 'difficult'
- couper
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to cut'
- travaillent
- Third person plural of 'travailler' meaning 'work'
- a
- Third person singular of 'avoir' meaning 'has'
- Ils
- Third person masculine plural pronoun 'they'
- essayer
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to try'
- tout
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everything'
- que
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'which'
- voyez
- Second person plural of 'voir' meaning 'see'
- dans
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'
- Pensez
- Second person plural of 'penser' meaning 'think'
- ils
- Third person masculine plural pronoun 'they'
- peuvent
- Third person plural of 'pouvoir' meaning 'can'
- faire
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to do' or 'make'
- cela
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'it'
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'within'
- jour
- A day or daylight period
- bruit
- A noise or sound
- air
- The air or atmosphere surrounding us
- entendre
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to hear'
- parti
- Gone or departed; past participle of 'partir'
- mai
- The month of May
- marcher
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to walk'
- frais
- Adjective meaning 'fresh' or 'cool'
- deux
- The number two
- Deux
- The number two (capitalized at sentence start)
- sorties
- Outings or exits (feminine plural)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'themselves'
- promener
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to take a walk'
- est
- Third person singular of 'être' meaning 'is'
- Elles
- Third person feminine plural pronoun 'they'
- entendent
- Third person plural of 'entendre' meaning 'hear'
- oiseaux
- Birds (masculine plural noun)
- chanter
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to sing'
- arbres
- Trees (masculine plural noun)
- grenouilles
- Frogs (feminine plural noun)
- voient
- Third person plural of 'voir' meaning 'see'
- hommes
- Men or humans (masculine plural noun)
- au
- Contracted article 'à le' meaning 'at the'
- garçons
- Boys (masculine plural noun)
- train
- A train or process; 'en train de' means currently doing
- jouer
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to play'
- tirer
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to pull' or 'draw'
- charrette
- A small cart or wagon for hauling goods
- chèvres
- Goats (feminine plural noun)
- haut
- Adjective or noun meaning 'high' or 'top'
- monter
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to go up' or 'climb'
- colline
- A hill or small elevated landform
- Elle
- Third person feminine singular pronoun 'she'
- aime
- Third person singular of 'aimer' meaning 'likes'
- tours
- Trips or turns; rides around a route
- sa
- Possessive adjective meaning 'her' or 'his'
- Voyez
- Second person plural of 'voir' meaning 'see'
- comme
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'how' or 'like'
- tirent
- Third person plural of 'tirer' meaning 'pull'
- si
- Adverb meaning 'so' or conjunction meaning 'if'
- grande
- Adjective meaning 'big' or 'tall' (feminine)
- pense
- First person singular of 'penser' meaning 'think'
- elle
- Third person feminine singular pronoun 'she'
- devrait
- Conditional of 'devoir' meaning 'should'
- à
- Preposition meaning 'to', 'at', or 'in'
- pied
- Foot; 'à pied' means on foot or walking
- aiment
- Third person plural of 'aimer' meaning 'love'
- car
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'for'
- nourrit
- Third person singular of 'nourrir' meaning 'feeds'
- gentille
- Adjective meaning 'kind' or 'nice' (feminine)
- avec
- Preposition meaning 'with'
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