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Learn to:
- Grasp parts of speech, sentence construction, and verb tenses
- Enhance your descriptive speech with adverbs, adjectives, and prepositions
- Practice your grammar skills as you go
Master French grammar? Easy.
Do you need help with using French? This hands-on, friendly guide teaches you the grammatical rules of the French language, including parts of speech, sentence construction, and verb tenses and moods. Throughout the book, you get plenty of practice opportunities to help you meet your goal of mastering basic French grammar and usage.
- Begin with the basics ? discover how to use various parts of speech and deal with numbers, dates, and times
- Simple stuff ? find out how to build simple sentences, use negative words and expressions, and ask questions
- Go to the next level ? get the scoop on using pronominal verbs, employing the passive, making comparisons, and adding gerunds
- Don't be so tense ? grasp verb tenses you'll use all the time: the present, the present perfect, the imperfect, and the future
- Be moody ? get up to speed in a hurry on the conditional, subjunctive, and imperative moods
Open the book and find:
- Information on nouns, adjectives, verbs, and other basic parts of speech
- Guidance on dealing with numbers, dates, and times
- Tips for constructing simple sentences and questions
- The scoop on making sentences more descriptive with comparisons, negative words, and more
- Different verb tenses and moods
- Ten common French grammar mistakes (and how to avoid them)
- Plenty of examples and practice opportunities
Learn to:
- Grasp parts of speech, sentence construction, and verb tenses
- Enhance your descriptive speech with adverbs, adjectives, and prepositions
- Practice your grammar skills as you go
Master French grammar? Easy.
Do you need help with using French? This hands-on, friendly guide teaches you the grammatical rules of the French language, including parts of speech, sentence construction, and verb tenses and moods. Throughout the book, you get plenty of practice opportunities to help you meet your goal of mastering basic French grammar and usage.
- Begin with the basics ? discover how to use various parts of speech and deal with numbers, dates, and times
- Simple stuff ? find out how to build simple sentences, use negative words and expressions, and ask questions
- Go to the next level ? get the scoop on using pronominal verbs, employing the passive, making comparisons, and adding gerunds
- Don't be so tense ? grasp verb tenses you'll use all the time: the present, the present perfect, the imperfect, and the future
- Be moody ? get up to speed in a hurry on the conditional, subjunctive, and imperative moods
Open the book and find:
- Information on nouns, adjectives, verbs, and other basic parts of speech
- Guidance on dealing with numbers, dates, and times
- Tips for constructing simple sentences and questions
- The scoop on making sentences more descriptive with comparisons, negative words, and more
- Different verb tenses and moods
- Ten common French grammar mistakes (and how to avoid them)
- Plenty of examples and practice opportunities
Véronique Mazet has a doctorate in French from the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of two successful grammar books. She currently teaches French at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas.
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with French Grammar 5
Chapter 1: French Grammar in a Nutshell 7
Chapter 2: Sounding Out French Words 17
Chapter 3: Using Nouns and Determiners 35
Chapter 4: Describing Nouns with Adjectives 55
Chapter 5: Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Times 69
Part II: Constructing Sentences, Saying No, and Asking Questions 85
Chapter 6: Acquainting Yourself with the Present Tense 87
Chapter 7: Acting on Oneself and on Each Other: Pronominal Verbs 107
Chapter 8: Just Say No: Negative Words and Phrases 119
Chapter 9: Handling Questions and Exclamations 131
Part III: Beefing Up Your Sentences 155
Chapter 10: Saying Where, When, and How with Adverbs 157
Chapter 11: Picking Up Prepositions 171
Chapter 12: It's All Relative: Making Comparisons 187
Chapter 13: Using Pronouns 203
Chapter 14: Adding the Gerund and the Passive to Your Repertoire 227
Part IV: Talking about the Past or Future 237
Chapter 15: Noting Past Actions with the Present Perfect 239
Chapter 16: Reminiscing and Describing Ongoing Past Actions with the Imperfect 253
Chapter 17: Projecting Forward with the Future 265
Part V: Expressing Conditions, Subjectivity, and Orders 283
Chapter 18: Wondering with the Conditional 285
Chapter 19: Surveying the Subjunctive 301
Chapter 20: Giving Orders with the Imperative 319
Chapter 21: Discovering Compound Tenses 333
Part VI: The Part of Tens 341
Chapter 22: Ten Common French Grammar Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) 343
Chapter 23: Ten (Or So) Useful French Idioms 349
Index 353
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe |
| Rubrik: | Sprachwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 384 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781118502518 |
| ISBN-10: | 1118502515 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mazet, Veronique |
| Hersteller: |
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, amartine@wiley-vch.de |
| Maße: | 251 x 202 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Veronique Mazet |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.04.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,527 kg |
Véronique Mazet has a doctorate in French from the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of two successful grammar books. She currently teaches French at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas.
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with French Grammar 5
Chapter 1: French Grammar in a Nutshell 7
Chapter 2: Sounding Out French Words 17
Chapter 3: Using Nouns and Determiners 35
Chapter 4: Describing Nouns with Adjectives 55
Chapter 5: Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Times 69
Part II: Constructing Sentences, Saying No, and Asking Questions 85
Chapter 6: Acquainting Yourself with the Present Tense 87
Chapter 7: Acting on Oneself and on Each Other: Pronominal Verbs 107
Chapter 8: Just Say No: Negative Words and Phrases 119
Chapter 9: Handling Questions and Exclamations 131
Part III: Beefing Up Your Sentences 155
Chapter 10: Saying Where, When, and How with Adverbs 157
Chapter 11: Picking Up Prepositions 171
Chapter 12: It's All Relative: Making Comparisons 187
Chapter 13: Using Pronouns 203
Chapter 14: Adding the Gerund and the Passive to Your Repertoire 227
Part IV: Talking about the Past or Future 237
Chapter 15: Noting Past Actions with the Present Perfect 239
Chapter 16: Reminiscing and Describing Ongoing Past Actions with the Imperfect 253
Chapter 17: Projecting Forward with the Future 265
Part V: Expressing Conditions, Subjectivity, and Orders 283
Chapter 18: Wondering with the Conditional 285
Chapter 19: Surveying the Subjunctive 301
Chapter 20: Giving Orders with the Imperative 319
Chapter 21: Discovering Compound Tenses 333
Part VI: The Part of Tens 341
Chapter 22: Ten Common French Grammar Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) 343
Chapter 23: Ten (Or So) Useful French Idioms 349
Index 353
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe |
| Rubrik: | Sprachwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 384 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781118502518 |
| ISBN-10: | 1118502515 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mazet, Veronique |
| Hersteller: |
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, amartine@wiley-vch.de |
| Maße: | 251 x 202 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Veronique Mazet |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.04.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,527 kg |
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