French All-in-one for Dummies - 6 Books in 1

Informationen zum Autor The Experts at Dummies are smart, friendly people who make learning easy by taking a not-so-serious approach to serious stuff. Klappentext Your comprehensive guide to speaking, reading, and writing in FrenchFrench 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 awayBoth 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.CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Consumer Dummies, Eliane Kurbegov, The Experts at Dummies
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2012
• EAN: 9781118228159
• ISBN: 978-1-118-22815-9
• No. of pages: 720
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 234 mm x 38 mm
• Series: For Dummies; For Dummies
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Französisch : Lehrwerke (Intensivkurse), Fremdsprachen, Foreign languages, Französisch /Sprache, Beginning French