Aprenda Frances

GRASP
THE BASICS OF

fran~ais
tout de suite

laura K. lawless
TheAbout.comGuide to French language

GRASP
THE BASICS OF

fran~ais
TOUT de SUITE!

laura K. lawless

Adams Media Avon, Massachusetts

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Contents

Introduction ............................................. v 01/ Beginning French .. .................................. 1Learn Your ABCs and How to Pronounce Them ................ 1 Sounds .................................................2 Numbers and Counting .................................. .3 To Begin Your Vocab Lesson, True Cognates ................... 9 Don't Be Tricked! False Cognates ............................9 02/ Building Your Vocabulary 11 Days and Dates .........................................11Telling Time ............................................12 Words You Need to Know .................................13 Salutations and Greetings ................................13 Family, Friends, and You! .................................14 Describing Things and People ............................19 Your Daily Routine ......................................22 Coming and Going......................................23 03/Grammar .......................................... 27 lntro to French Grammar .................................27 Blueprint of aSentence ..................................28 Parts of Speech .........................................28 Conjunctions .......................................... .45
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Verbs................................................ .47 Tense, Mood, and Voice ..................................50 PresentTense ...........................................54 Irregular Verbs ..........................................57 Simple Verb Tenses ......................................66 Com pound Verb Tenses ................................. .71 Questions ..............................................81 Negation...