This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...PRONOUNS P0S8ESSIVE ABSOLUTE--FEMININE. Singular. La mienne, la tienne, la sienne. La nôtre, la vôtre, la leur. Plural. Les miennes, lestiennes.les siennes Les nôtres, les vôtres, les leurs. Singular. Mine, thine, his (hers, its). Ours, yours, theirs. Plural. Mine, thine, his (hers, its). Ours, yours, theirs. Obs. A. It will he remarked that nôtre and vôtre as absolute possessive pronouns have a circumflex accent () upon o. Obs. B. The following substantives have a distinct form for individuals of the female sex. Obs. C. The three substantives, auteur, author; peintre, painter; poète, poet, are only of the masculine gender, and are used for both sexes. She is a poetess. Elle est poète. Is she a painter i Est-elle peintre? She is an author. Elle est auteur. To hire, to let. Louer 1. Have you already hired a room? Avez-vous déjà loué une chambre? To admit or grant a thing. To confess a thing. Do you grant that? I do grant it. Do you confess your fault? I confess it. I confess it to be a fault. To confess, to avow, to own, to acknowledge. To confess. I Convenir de quelque chose. Convenez-vous de cela? J'en conviens. Convenez-vous de votre faute? J'en conviens. Je conviens que c'est une faute. Avouer 1. Confesser 1. So much. She has so many candles that she cannot burn them all. To catch a cold. To make sick. If you eat so much it will make you sick. Obs. D. When the English pronoun it relates to a preceding circumstance, it is translated by cela; when to a following circumstance by il. Tant. Elle a tant de chandelles qu'elle ne peut pas les brûler toutes. f S'enrhumer 1. f Rendre malade. Si vous mangez tant, cela vous rendra malade. Does it suit you to lend your gun? It does not suit me to lend it. It...
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