The problems of heredity / by E. Apert.

  • Apert, E. (Eugène), 1868-
Date:
1914
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    UP21-FRENCH 'sepfuagenaire, octogenaire, nonagermire arc still in 'oninion use to designate persons 70, 80, or !)0 yccars of age. For soixante tlie corresponding ^orm is sexagenaire. 3. The conjunction et is used in the first number of every new decade from vingt et un, •?J, to soixante et onze. 71. It is not used after •t, hundred ; cent cinq, 10.7 ; cent vingt, 120 ; 0. ./ by some it is again usedafter niille, 1,000: les tie et une A'miYs, the Thousand and One Niglits. «. No preposition must be placed between le cardinal number and a noun ; but de i« squired after million and milliard, which arc really nouns: De\ix millions de francs. For this reason they have un before them when used in the singular, and they take s when in the plural. Cent and mille are occasionally used as nouns of measure, and then follow the same rule : deux cents de poires, un mille de fagots. 5. Vingt, twenty, and cent, hundred, take s when they are multiplied by a number, but not followed by one. As regards vingt, s occurs in the one number 80 only : quatre-vingts, deux cents ; but quatre-vingi-un, deux cent deux. G. When vingt and cent are used as ordinal numbers, or when they occur in dates, they do not take s : Van quatre-vingt, the year 80 ; Van liuit cent, the year 800 ; page quatre-vingt, page 80 ; page deux cent, page 200. 7. WTien the word thousand occurs in a date of the Christian era, and is followed by another number, it is written mil: mil neuf cent cinq, 1905 ; but Van mille, the year 1000. 8. The cardinal numbers, and not the ordinal as in English, are used to indicate the order of succession of sovereigns and the days of the month, after the first: Charles deux, Henri quatre, le trente fuillet, le quinze novemhre. In indicating the order of sovereigns, no article is used before the numeral. In indicating the day of the month, an article is used before the numeral, but no preposition after it. 9. In dating letters, figures are commonly used. The use of the article before them is optional. Sometimes ce (this) is used. Thus : London, May 28th: Londres, 28 mai. Londres, le 28 mai. Londres, ce 28 mai. 10. In indicatmg the hour of the day. “twelve” is not used. Midi (midday), and minuit (midnight) are used instead. 11. In multiplying and adding, the verb faire (to make) is used instead of “ to be.” Deux fois deux font quatre. Twice (two times) two are four. Neuf et .sept font seize. Nino and seven are sixteen. II. Ordinal Numbers 1. The ordinal numbers {adjectifs numeraux ordinaux) are formed from the cardinals by adding ieme : troi.sieme, third ; huitieme, eiglith. 2. If the caidinal number ends in e, that e is omitted. Tlie s of quatre-vingts is also dropped, quatrihne, 4th ; onzieme, 11th ; quatre- vingtieme, 80th. 3. “ First ” is premier ; but the regular form, unieme is used for the first of every decade from 21 st to Cist, and also after cent and mille. Vingt el unieme, trente et unieme, cent et unieme, mille et unieme. 4. “ Second ” has the two forms second, (fern, seconde) and deuxieme. Second is used of the second of two, deuxieme of the second in a longer series. 5. In “ fifth ” the u which is the only vowel that can follow q is inserted : cinquieme. 6. In “ninth,” the final / of neuf is changed into v: neuvieme. 7. Premier is used for “first” in indicating the order of sovereigns and the day of the month : Charles premier, le premier janvier; but le vingt et un juillet, le trente et un aoiit. 8. A special ordinal, le quantieme (literally, the “ how-manieth”) is used for “the day of the month ” ; thus : Quel est le quantieme ? What day of the month is it ? III. Fractions 1. The ordinal numbers are used as fractions, except in the case of -§-, J, J. Thus : un sixieme, ^ ; deux cinquiemes, f. 2. “Half” is demi. It is masculine as an arithmetical value. When preceding a noun it is joined to it by a hyphen, and is invariable : une demi-houteille, half-a-bottle. When it follows the noun it agrees with it in gender: une bouteille et demie, a bottle and a half ; trois heures et demie, three hours and a half. As a noun, “ half ” is moitie : la moitie de la nuit. 3. The “ thirds ” are un tiers, deux tiers ; the “ quarters ” are un quart, trois quarts. Exercise XII. 1. Write out in French: 3, 5, 7, II, 12, 15, 19, 21, 22, 30, 31, 44, 55, 58, 60, 69, 70, 71, 80, 89, 91, 99, 100, 210, 350, 789, 911, 999, 1,234. 2. Give French for: 1st, 2nd, (two ways), 4th, 5th, 9th, 20th, 21st. 32nd, 45th, 51st, 66th, 70th, 71st, 80th, 81st, 89th, 90th, 91st, 99th, 100th. 3. 1 and 1 are 2, and 2 are 4, and 4 are 8, and 8 are 16, and 16 are 32, and 32 are 64, and 64 are 128. 4. Twice 1 are 2 ; 3 times 2 are 6 ; 4 times 6 are 24 ; 5 times 24 are 120. 5. The minute contains {contient) 60 seconds. 6. The second is the 60th part (partie) of a minute. 7. (The) light takes (emploie) 8 minutes 13 seconds to come (venir) from the sun. 8. In an hour there are 60 minutes. 9. The day is a period (espace, m.) of 24 hours. 10. From midnight to midday there are 12 hours. 11. The year is composed of 365 days and a quarter. 12. The week {semaine, f.) has 7 days ; the month has sometimes{quelquefois) 31 days, some- times 30 days, and sometimes 28 only (seulement). 13. The month of February, the second month of the year, has 28 days. 14. The year begins (on) the 1st of January ; it finishes (p'nit) on the 31st of December. 15. 'I'he month of December is the last month of the year. 16. The feast of Christmas falls always (on) the 25th of December.