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Published:
October 9, 2012

French All-in-One For Dummies, with CD

Overview

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.

CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

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Like any new language, learning French can be a challenge. You have to interpret unfamiliar sounds, decipher idioms, conjugate verbs in multiple tenses, dot your is, cross your ts, and link your œs. Nouns have both number and gender, and adjectives and articles have to agree with them.Here are a few French fundamentals to give your speaking, listening, reading, and writing a boost.

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In French, you almost always use an article or short adjective before a noun or noun phrase. These words translate as the, a/an, some, this, that, these, those, which, what, my, your, his, her, and so on. The following tables show these common little words in all their forms — masculine and feminine, singular and plural, before a consonant and before a vowel or mute h, and sometimes in various grammatical persons.
To use the correct form of a French verb, you have to use the right tense. The indicative mood, which deals with objectivity — things really happening — includes many time aspects called tenses. A tense defines the time frame in which the action of the verb takes place: past, present, or future.The following French verb tenses chart explains when to use each tense.
Many common French expressions use the verb avoir (to have), whereas their English translation is the verb to be. Here are some avoir expressions you should know: avoir l’air (to appear) avoir . . . ans (to be . . . years old) avoir besoin de (to need) avoir de la chance (to be lucky) avoir la cha
Many common French expressions use the verb faire (to make/do), whereas their English translation is another verb, often to be or to go. Here are some faire expressions you should know: faire des achats (to go shopping) faire du basket/foot (to play basketball/soccer) faire beau/mauvais (to be nice/bad [weather]) faire la bise (to give a kiss on each cheek as a greeting) faire chaud/froid (to be hot/cold [weather]) faire la cuisine (to do the cooking) faire .
Like any new language, learning French can be a challenge. You have to interpret unfamiliar sounds, decipher idioms, conjugate verbs in multiple tenses, dot your is, cross your ts, and link your œs. Nouns have both number and gender, and adjectives and articles have to agree with them.Here are a few French fundamentals to give your speaking, listening, reading, and writing a boost.
Interpreting French speech can be hard for English speakers — and not only because the sounds are unfamiliar. French has a lot of letter combinations that produce the same sounds. When you hear nah-syohN, realizing that the word is likely spelled nation rather than nassion allows you to quickly understand the meaning of the word.
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