Mazet French Grammar For Dummies

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-50248-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

The easy way to master French grammar
French Grammar For Dummies is a logical extension andcomplement to the successful language learning book, French ForDummies. In plain English, it teaches you the grammatical rulesof the French language, including parts of speech, sentenceconstruction, pronouns, adjectives, punctuation, stress and verbtenses, and moods. Throughout the book, you get plenty of practiceopportunities to help you on your goal of mastering basic Frenchgrammar and usage.
* Grasp the grammatical rules of French including parts ofspeech, sentence construction, and verb tenses
* Enhance your descriptive speech with adverbs, adjectives, andprepositions
* Benefit from plenty of practice opportunities throughout thebook
* Use the French language confidently and correctly
Whether you're a student studying French or a professionallooking to get ahead of the pack by learning a second language,French Grammar For Dummies is your hands-on guide to quicklyand painlessly master the written aspect of this popularlanguage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazet, Veronique

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 AskingQuestions 85
Chapter 6: Acquainting Yourself with the Present Tense 87
Chapter 7: Acting on Oneself and on Each Other: Pronominal Verbs107
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 withAdverbs 157
Chapter 11: Picking Up Prepositions 171
Chapter 12: It's All Relative: MakingComparisons 187
Chapter 13: Using Pronouns 203
Chapter 14: Adding the Gerund and the Passive to YourRepertoire 227
Part IV: Talking about the Past or Future 237
Chapter 15: Noting Past Actions with the PresentPerfect 239
Chapter 16: Reminiscing and Describing Ongoing Past Actions withthe Imperfect 253
Chapter 17: Projecting Forward with the Future 265
Part V: Expressing Conditions, Subjectivity, andOrders 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 AvoidThem) 343
Chapter 23: Ten (Or So) Useful French Idioms 349
Index 353

Über Autor(innen)

Véronique Mazet has a doctorate in French from theUniversity of Texas at Austin and is the author of two successfulgrammar books. She currently teaches French at Austin CommunityCollege in Austin, Texas.