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Excerpt from Uncle Sam and His Nephews, in French, or the French Verb as Taught With the Wanamaker, Strawbridge Conard Scheme of Returning Stem Changes as a Pastime to Little Children
Teacher. Willie, do you know how to read? Willie. Yes, sir. Te. Do you know how to write? W. Yes, sir. Te. Do you want to learn the French verb? W. From the Large Chart, down stairs? Te. Yes, Willie. W. Yes, sir. Te. Anita, Minnie, Nellie, Anna, Stephen, Beulah Dee, do you know how to read and write? Children. Yes, sir. Te. Would you like to learn the French verb? Anita. I do not know. Te. Why? Anita. It is so hard. Te. Who says so? Anita. My sisters. Te. It used to be so, but thanks to Wanamaker, it is now made easy. Willie Wanamaker? Te. Wanamaker Co. Willie. Who is the Co Te. I do not know who the Co. Is ordinarily, except Philadelphia; yet you will presently see who they are. Anita. Oh if it is not too hard, I should like to learn it. Te. It is aseasy now, girl, as rope jumping. Willie. And perhaps less tiresome. Te. Not tiresome at all; we let the verbs jump and keep quiet ourselves. Anita. Well, then, 1 should like to learn it. Children. And we, too, all. Te. Get your Copy-books First page, write French, The Verb. What are verbs? Children. Words which say what we do. Te. Then write: Verbs, words of action. Tenses, what are tenses? 0h. Tenses are words that say something when an action is done. Te. Write: Tenses are forms of verbs which denote the time of an action. Times how many kinds of times have we? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
