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. 1839 Excerpt: ...for it is very long since. I have seen him.--Is it a long time since you have heard speak of the oflicer who has given a kick to your friend?--It is more than a year since I have heard speak of him.--How long is it that you are learning German?--It is hardly six months that I am learning it.--Can you speak already?- ...
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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. 1839 Excerpt: ...for it is very long since. I have seen him.--Is it a long time since you have heard speak of the oflicer who has given a kick to your friend?--It is more than a year since I have heard speak of him.--How long is it that you are learning German?--It is hardly six months that I am learning it.--Can you speak already?--You see (that) I begin to speak.--Is it long since the French gentleman's children learn it?--It is already five years that they learn it, and they do not begin to speak.--Why can they not speak?--Because they learnt it badly.--Why do they not learn it well?--They have no good master, so that they do not learn it well. EXERCISK 155. Is it long since you have seen the young man who has learnt German with the same master with whom we have learned it?--It is very soon a year since I have seen him.--How long is it since this child has eaten?--He has eaten a few minutes ago. (lesson 49)--How long is it that these children have drank?--They have drank a quarter of an hour ago.--Since when-is your friend in Spain?--He is there since a month.--How often have you seen the King?--I have seen him more than ten times, when I was at Paris.--When did you meet my brother?--I met him a fortnight ago.--Where have you met him?--In the great square before the theatre.--Did he hurt you?--He has not hurt me, for he is a very good boy.--Is it a long time that your son can read?--It is but two days.--Where (with whom) has he learned it?--He learned it with the German tutor.--How long is it that you pass the time in studying?--It is about twenty years.--Have you made any purchases to-day?--I have.--What have you bought?--I have bought three casks of wine and thirty pounds of sugar.--Have you not bought any stockings?--I have bought nine pairs of them.--Have you also bo...
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