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5. Write out in full— (a.) The future of vouloir. (b.) The preterite of naitre. (c.) The imperfect subjunctive of se lever. (d.) The present indicative of teindre. 6. What single French word is equivalent to each of the following: — A l'avenir; bien que; de gui; faire voir; pas beaucoup; de bonne heure ; jour precedent; il ny a pas longtemps. 7. Give the plural forms of— Une autre affaire; celui dont; cette voix; quelqu'un; ver-a-soie; pied-a-terre; lazarone ; te-Deum ; il est trop jeune. 8. Give your reasons for thinking that the past participles in the following sentences are correctly used or otherwise :—• lis ont ri et puis ils sont partis. Elle est plus jeune que je ne l'avais cru. Le sort les &faits naitre dans l'obscurite. Elle s'est coupee le doigt. Montrez-moi les lettres que vous avez Scrites. 9. Give the French for— I like to sing. I do not sing. We never dine very early. He loves nobody. Three times seventeen are fifty-one. 10. What difference does the use of a capital initial make in the meanings of the following:— L'Etat, l'etat; Dieu, dieu; Franijais, fran9ais; La Manche, la manche; Pierre, pierre; La Porte, la porte.

German. — For Class D, and for Senior and Junior Civil Service. Time allowed : 3 hours. 1. Translate into English,— Der Konig yon Spanien hatte em jungen Edelmann nach Rom gesandt urn dem Pabste zu seiner Erwahlung Gliick zu wiinschen. Der Pabst war unzufrieden, dass man ihm einen so jungen Menschen gesandt hatte, und sagte zu demselben : Ihr Konig scheint sehr kurz an Mannern zu sein, dass er mir einen Gesandten ohne Bart schickt. Der-stolze Spanier antwortete schnell: Wenn mem Herr gedacht hatte, dass Sic das Verdienst nach dem Bart beurteilen, dann hatte er Ihnen sinen Bock gesandt, anstatt einen seiner hochsten Edelleute. 2. Translate also, — Urn wieviel Uhr geht die Sonne auf ? Wollen Sic das Fever in unserem Zimmer anziinden ? Die Stadt ist mit Gas erleuchtet. Alle Fenster waren offen. Wo wird diese Zeitung gedriickt. Ich verstehe mehrere Sprachen. Die Laden sind geschlossen. Es ist heute nieht so warm wie gestern. 3. Distinguish between — fallen and fallen ; kranken and kriinken; drucken and driicken; setzen and sitzen. 4. Form verbs with the prefixes be, emp, ent, erz, ge, miss, un, ur, ver, and zer. 5. Translate into German, — He does not command it, but wishes it. She is not only talented, but also industrious. Were you not in the theatre yesterday? Yes, I was there. If I had the money, I would buy the house. Be upright, that I may be able to trust you all the more. I should like to take a walk, but the weather is too bad. 6. State all you know about the auxiliary verbs of mood. 7. Give in tabular form the three persons singular of the indicative present and imperfect, and the two participles, of beginnen, bergen, denken, essen, geben, geniessen, graben, messen, rathen, schlagen. 8. Sixteen monosyllabic adjectives modify their vowels in the comparative and superlative. Name as many of them.as you can, and give the meaning of each. 9. When are verbs compounded with the prepositions durch, iiber, unler, and urn separable, when inseparable ? Give examples. 10. What do you know about the adverbs hin and her ? Translate into German, — Where are you going to ? Where do you come from ? Come upstairs. Ferry him across. Where am I to go ?