French Conversation Demystified | DeMystified

French Conversation Demystified

Authors: Eliane Kurbegov

Published: June 2010

eISBN: 9780071743310 0071743316 | ISBN: 9780071635448

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Part One: Meetin Gand Greeting

Chapter 1: Using the French You Know

Borrowed Words and Cognates

Making Plans for the Evening

Talking About Food

Social Life

Cognates

French Pronunciation: Vowels

Simple Vowels

Accented Vowels

Nasal Sounds

Vowel Diphthongs

Chapter Quiz 1

Chapter 2: Meeting People

Getting Acquainted

Formal and Informal Greetings

Saying Good-Bye

Asking People How They Are

French Pronunciation: Special Consonant Sounds and Liaisons

Special Consonant Sounds

Liaisons

Subject Pronouns and Stress Pronouns

Subject Pronouns

Stress Pronouns

Chapter Quiz 2

Chapter 3: Who Is Who

Describing People

Asking Someone’s Name

Talking About Nationalities

Clarifying Relationships

Family and Friends

Describing Appearance and Personality

Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Adjectives

Introducing People

Origins and Names

Exchanging Contact Information

Definite and Indefinite Articles

Chapter Quiz 3

Chapter 4: Getting to Know Someone

Talking About What People Do

Asking What People Study

Asking What People do for a Living

Planning an Outing

Talking About Activities and the Weather With the Verb Faire

Getting Personal

Expressing Opinions With the Verb Plaire

Expressing Thoughts and Preferences

Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Present Tense

Planning a Future Date

Talking About the Future

Chapter Quiz 4

Chapter 5: Getting Around Town

Asking for and Giving Directions

Using Polite Expressions

Using C’est And Il Faut to Verify Directions And locations

Using Où Est or Où Sont to Ask About Locations

Making a Date

Asking and Suggesting What to do

Accepting and Declining Invitations

Time, Place, and Date

Days and Months

Ordinal Numbers 1–60

Cardinal Numbers

Chapter Quiz 5

Part One Test

Part Two: Activities and Daily Life

Chapter 6: Planning a Trip

Budgeting for a Trip

Cardinal Numbers 70 and Above

Earning Money

Saving Money

Giving Commands

Expressing Restrictions

Using Negative Expressions

Planning Itineraries

Talking About Travel and Activities With Faire Expressions

Talking About Transportation With Prendre Expressions

Vacation Activities

Chapter Quiz 6

Chapter 7: Taking a Trip

At the Airport

Airport and Flight Vocabulary

Verb Conjugation: -Re Verbs in the Present Tense

Going Through Security

Reflexive Verbs

Talking About Possession

Possession With the Preposition De

Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

Going Through Customs

Staying in a Hotel

Asking for Service

Asking About Tourist Information

Asking Questions in French

Chapter Quiz 7

Chapter 8: French Family Life

Morning Routines

Eating Breakfast

Using the Partitive Article to Ask for Food

Around the House

Vocabulary: the House

Daily Schedules

Describing Events in the Present, Past, and Future

Television and Movies

Going to the Movies

Discussing Movies

Using Adjectives

Bon and Meilleur

Meilleur and Mieux

Chapter Quiz 8

Chapter 9: Eating at Home

Shopping for Food

Vocabulary: Supermarkets and Open Markets

At the Supermarket

Talking About Food With the Pronoun En

At the Outdoor Market

Using Definite Articles for Foods in General

Using Indefinite and Demonstrative Articles With countable Foods

Measurements and Foods

At the Bakery

Vocabulary: Specialty Stores

Preparing Dinner at Home

Verb Conjugation: -Ir Verbs in the Present Tense

Asking for Things Using the Verbs Vouloir and Pouvoir

Eating Dinner

Talking About Food Using the Verbs Servir and Sortir

Chapter Quiz 9

Chapter 10: Shopping for Clothes

Shopping at a Department Store

Vocabulary: Department Stores

Describing Colors

Placement

Feminine Agreement

Plural Agreement

Using Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns for Clarification

Using the Verb Aller (to Fit) and Indirect Object pronouns With Clothes and Colors

Using the Verb Plaire (to Please) and Indirect Object pronouns With Clothes and Colors

Paying for Clothes

Stem-Changing -Er Verbs

Using Object Pronouns to Avoid Redundancy

Chapter Quiz 10

Part Two Test

Part three: The Past and Future

Chapter 11: Talking About Memories and Celebrations

Memories

Using the imparfait (Imperfect Tense) to Reminisce

Vocabulary: Adverbs of Time and Frequency

When to Use the Imparfait

Celebrations

Using the passé composé to Describe Specific Moments in the Past

The Passé Composé of Verbs Conjugated With Avoir

Weddings

The Passé Composé With the Auxiliary Verb Être

Chapter Quiz 11

Chapter 12: Talking on the Phone

Talking on the Phone

Narrating Past Events Using Irregular Verbs in The passé Composé

Narrating Past Events Using Verbs of State of Mind in the Imparfait and Passé Composé

Special Meanings of the Verb Devoir

Talking About Restaurants

Vocabulary: Restaurants

Using the Object Pronoun y When Referring to a Location

Asking for Precise Information

Using the Question Words Où, Qui, Quand, Pourquoi, and Comment

Using the Verbs prendre, surprendre, and comprendre

Special Uses of Compris and Surpris

Chapter Quiz 12

Chapter 13: Dreams and Aspirations

Comparing Old and New Dreams

Vocabulary: Expressing Wishes, Dreams, and Aspirations

Sharing Hopes for the Future

Making Predictions Using the Simple Future Tense

Discussing Future Events Using Quand, Lorsque, Dès Que, and Aussitôt Que

Expressing Possibilities Using the Present Conditional

The Verb Devoir

Expressing Aspirations and Hopes Using Ce Qui and Ce Que

Chapter Quiz 13

Chapter 14: Opportunities and Goals

Talking About Opportunities

Discussing Opportunities Using Conditional Sentences

Evaluating a Decision

Talking About Goals

The Verbs Obtenir and Tenir

Stating Conditions

Stating Conditions With a Si-Clause

Stating Conditions With the Verb Falloir

Chapter Quiz 14

Chapter 15: Regrets and Missed Opportunities

Expressing Regret

The Uses of Que

Expressing Regrets Using Exclamatory Structures

Expressing Regret Using Infinitives and past Infinitives

Expressing Regrets Using Si-Clauses and the Pluperfect

Talking About Missed Opportunities

Making Reproaches Using the Past Conditional

Expressing Unrealized Desires Using the Past Conditional

Enriching Communication with Adverbs

Chapter Quiz 15

Chapter 16: Needs and Desires

Talking About Needs

Expressing Necessity, Possibility, and Uncertainty

Using Devoir, Falloir, or Pouvoir With an Infinitive

Using Impersonal Expressions

Using the Subjunctive Mood

Talking About Desires

Expressing Desires Using the Present Subjunctive

Enriching, Clarifying, and Refining Communication

Transitional and Linking Words

Transitional Words in Replies

Chapter Quiz 16

Part Three Test

Final Exam

Answer Key

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Final Exam