EXAMINATION PAPERS, 1938
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2. Translate into Greek :—
(1) We at once perceived that they thought themselves
extremely courageous.
(2) Before you came, I had asked them if they were
Greeks.
(3) Those slaves were set free on condition that they would
not fight against us.
(4) You cannot prevent us from being very angry with
our own children.
(5) I shall always be afraid of the Persians until I hear
that their fleet has been destroyed. (14)
3. [a) Give the genitive singular of
vou?, zkKic,, Xsco^, yioiv, avOo?, yapic.
(6) Give the aorist infinitive passive of
xocOoupw, atptTjpi, IXauvco, avayco, axoiico, reivoo. (6)
FRENCH
Lower Grade
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!• Translate into English :—-
La Louee.{1)
“ Te yoila grand, mon Gilbert,” dit un jour Madame
Cloquet a son fils, “ tu as deja onze ans, et il faut com-
niencer a gagner ta vie. Nous irons done a la louee de
bazolles, quoique je sois bien triste de me separer de toi.”
Le dimanche suivant, la louee se tint a Bazolles, comme
d ordinaire. La place etait pleine de fermiers qui venaient
chercher des domestiques, et de jeunesses qui cherchaient
a se louer.” Les jeunes gens en quete d’une place de
cnarretier avaient leur fouet pendu au cou; ceux qui
(1) la louee = hiring-fair.