Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 518
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520 WARNEFORD SCHOLARSHIPS Je saurai devorer ce tom6raire affront Jusqu'a ce qu' Haiti les depasse du front Et sous leurs etendards grandissant leur ombre Aide par le climat les itouffer du nombre La presence des Wanes leur aspect odieux M'assurera les cceurs en alarmant les yeux Du lion dechaine pour irriter la baine II est bon qoelquefois qu'il voie un bout de chaine Devant l'anneau sanglant qu'il longtemps porti Le captif aime mieux son apre liberte Cependant les Frangais trompes par l'apparence Laisseront mes enfants revenir de la France Aussitot que leurs pieds auront touche ces bords On connaitra Toussaint Je serai libre alors II Grammatical questions Parse the first four lines of the above extract Write the five primitive tenses of the verbs servirai- vaut-pourra-saurai-voie-revenir-connattre Explain the subjunctive voie in the 16th line Give all the meanings in French of the word que 5th line and passim Name the substantive which corresponds to each of the following adjectives taken from the extract rebelle-blanc- faible-vain-temeraire-sanglant-apre-libre Name the adjective which corresponds to each of the following nouns taken from the extract guerre-autorite- couleur-impopularile- force-Hire-arbitre-ombre-nombre- cceur-ceil-haine-apparence-enfant When are you to translate will icould should may or might by separate verbs in French When on the contrary are you to consider them as mere auxiliaries of the verb to which they are attached Illustrate your answer with examples Give the different meanings and constructions of the word bout 16th line Show by examples the different renderings in French of the words match and odd III Translate into French Rogers is silent and it is 8aid severe When he does talk he
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