Real French for Travelers

by K B Oliver

Overview

When you want to travel, you may reach for a phrase book.

Let's be honest: How likely are you to roll out a French phrase when you need one, and pronounce it correctly? If you are understood, what will you do for the next sentence? It's simply frustrating.

Wouldn't you rather speak REAL French? With just a bit of regular time and effort, you can learn the basics of the French language, and this will greatly enrich your travels. And if you plan to visit France more than once, it is even more important to get basic language concepts under your belt. It isn't as difficult as you think.

This book provides you with a clear and easy-to-use overview of French so that you can speak and read REAL French during your trip and after.

Go ahead... before you pack your suitcase, invest in your trip to France, with REAL French.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732268258
Publisher:	Monceau Publishing
Publication date:	03/06/2019
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

K. B. Oliver lived in France for 13 years, primarily in Paris and its suburbs. Currently she writes fiction and nonfiction, and teaches French in North Carolina.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction/about this book/ Regions of France/ People

2 Pronunciation and Accents

3 Greetings/ Dialogue 1: Greetings

4 Genders, Articles, and Basic Nouns

5 Plurals of Nouns

6 The verb “Etre”, to be/ Some Expressions

7 Numbers, Months, Seasons

8 The 3 Regular Verb Forms/ ER verbs

9 The verb Aller (to go)

Dialogue 2: Daily Habits

10 Negatives: Ne…Pas/ Other Negative Expressions

11 Conjunctions and Words of frequency

12 Regular -IR Verbs

13 The Verb Avoir (to have)/ Idioms with Avoir

14 Adjectives

15 This, These, His, Hers

16 Food and Restaurants/ Aimer and Partitive

Dialogue 3: At the Restaurant

17 How to Ask Questions

Dialogue 4: Asking for Directions

18 Asking for Help

Dialogue 5: At the Pharmacy

19 Regular -RE Verbs

20 Numbers 31-60

Dialogue 6: A Hotel Reservation

21 Irregular Verbs

22 Weather and Leisure

Dialogue 7: What to Do Today

Also includes 6 more dialogues, answer keys, traver tips and these topics: Telling time, comparisons, past tense, shopping in France, family vocabulary, direct and indirect pronouns, expressing desires, possibilities and obligations, and appendices for travelers and language learners. 35 Chapters total.