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French All-in-One For Dummies, with CD

French All-in-One For Dummies, with CD

  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 9781118228159
  • Published In: September 2012
  • Format: Paperback + CD-ROM , 720 pages
  • Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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    Your comprehensive guide to speaking, reading, and writing in French

    French is a beautiful language but can be quite difficult to learn. Whether you need to learn the language for a French class, or for business or leisure travel, French for Dummies All-In-One makes it easier.

    With nearly 800 pages, French All-in-One For Dummies is for those readers looking for a comprehensive guide to help them immerse themselves in the French language.

    • Culls vital information from several Dummies titles, offering you a comprehensive, all-encompassing guide to speaking and using French
    • Includes French Canadian content and enhanced practiced opportunities
    • Its accompanying audio CD provides you with en effective tool to start speaking French right away

    Both new students of French and experienced speakers can benefit from the wealth of information that has been included in French All-in-One For Dummies.

  • Introduction  1

    Book I: Speaking in Everyday Settings  7

    Chapter 1: Warming Up with Some French Fundamentals 9

    Chapter 2: Un, Deux, Trois: Numbers, Dates, and Times 27

    Chapter 3: Greetings, Goodbyes, and Small Talk 45

    Chapter 4: Getting Personal: Discussing Your Home, Family, and Daily Routine 63

    Chapter 5: Talking Business and Politics 85

    Chapter 6: Shopping at a Store and Online 101

    Chapter 7: Buying, Preparing, and Tasting Foods 121

    Book II: Exploring and Wandering About  143

    Chapter 1: Making Plans and Discovering New Places 145

    Chapter 2: Enjoying a Night on the Town 179

    Chapter 3: Money Matters 201

    Chapter 4: Home Is Where Your Suitcase Is: Looking for Accommodations 213

    Chapter 5: Getting Around 229

    Chapter 6: Dealing with Emergencies 249

    Book III: Building the Grammatical Foundation for Communication  265

    Chapter 1: Building Strong Sentences with the Parts of Speech 267

    Chapter 2: All Agreed? Matching Gender and Number of Nouns and Articles 289

    Chapter 3: Dealing with the Here and Now: The Present Tense 305

    Chapter 4: Commanding and Instructing with the Imperative Mood 331

    Chapter 5: Asking and Answering Questions 349

    Chapter 6: Communicating Clearly with Infinitives and Present Participles 369

    Book IV: Getting Down to Detail and Precision in Your Communication  379

    Chapter 1: Specifying Relationships with Prepositions 381

    Chapter 2: Describing with Flair: Adjectives and Adverbs 401

    Chapter 3: Taking Shortcuts with Object Pronouns 419

    Chapter 4: Tying Ideas Together with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns 439

    Chapter 5: Getting That Subjunctive Feeling 453

    Chapter 6: What Lies Ahead and What Could Happen: Simple Future and Present Conditional 471

    Book V: Going Back in Time  485

    Chapter 1: Been There, Done That: Passé Proche and Passé Composé 487

    Chapter 2: How Was It? What Was Going On? The Imparfait 503

    Chapter 3: To the Past and Beyond: Other Past Tenses 515

    Book VI: Appendixes  529

    Appendix A: Verb Tables 531

    Appendix B: French-English Mini-Dictionary 587

    Appendix C: English-French Mini Dictionary 607

    Appendix D: Fun & Games 627

    Appendix E: About the CD 665

    Index  669

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