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by DodiKatrin Schmidt (Author), Michelle M. Williams (Author), Dominique Wenzel (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Com edition (1 Dec 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0764551930
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764551932
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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If you buy into the Pepé Le Pew stereotype of the French – arrogant, stuffy, overly amorous, and rather odiferous (Pepé Le Pew was a skunk. Talk about stereotypical!) – then think again. Not only are the French people some of the most relaxed, pleasant people you′ll ever meet, but their society is one of the oldest, most culturally rich societies in the world. So it′s no surprise that French is known as perhaps the most beautiful of all languages. Listen to someone speak French – sure, you don′t have a clue what she′s saying, but aren′t you enraptured by the sound of it?

Unfortunately, just because a language is beautiful doesn′t mean that it′s easy to learn. Although French has many things in common with English, French has had many, many centuries to evolve into the language it is today, which means it′s had all that time to become more complex. That′s where French For Dummies can help. Written in partnership with the language experts at Berlitz, this book can give you what you need for basic communication in French.

French For Dummies covers the following topics and more:

  • Basic pronunciation and gestures
  • The nuts and bolts of French grammar
  • Meeting and greeting in French
  • Situations in which you can use French: Making small talk, dining out, shopping, and talking on the phone
  • Traveling to France: Dealing with French currency, staying at a hotel, and getting around town
  • Top Ten lists on ways to pick up French quickly, things you should never say in French, favorite French expressions, and important French holidays to remember.
  • Appendixes with verb conjugation tables, as well as a French mini–dictionary

French For Dummies also comes with a CD that has audio transcriptions of all the exercises in the book, so that you can actually hear the French pronunciations.

So whether you′re taking a business trip and need to pick up a little French quickly; you′re cramming for your high school French final; or you′ve always wanted to learn a new language but don′t have the time to drag yourself to a class once a week, French For Dummies can get you well on your way to becoming fluent in no time.



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Speak French –– the fun and easy way!

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Your survival guide to everyday words and expressions

Thr renowned Berlitz approach with a fun and friendly twist!
This unintimidating guide from the experts at Berlitz helps you start speaking French –– quickly and easily! Whether you′re a student, a traveler, or you just want to pick up basic French, you′ll find it′s packed with practical lessons, cultural facts, fun, and handy references –– including a French–English mini–dictionary, common verb lists, and more!

Discover how to:
∗ Have everyday conversations in French
∗ Make sense of French grammar
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∗ Get a handle on verb conjugations
∗ Use idioms and popular expressions
∗ Get around in a French–speaking country
all this on the audio CD
∗ Pick up French the Berlitz way –– through actual conversations
∗ Features dialogues by native French speakers
∗ Allow you to hear French as it′s really spoken
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60 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good start to say hello in French., 12 Aug 2001
By alina@gmx.li (Kaiserslautern, Germany) - See all my reviews
The book (+CD) is good for people, who learn by memorising, scared of the word grammar, loving words like fun. Good points: Every French sentence is translated, and it is shown how to pronounce the words. Some dialogs from the book are on CD, the others are easy to figure out how to pronounce (but it would be better to have all the words and dialogs on CD). Bad points: The grammar is not explained in the book. When you are good in memorising you will be perhaps able to use the phrases from the book, but it will not help you to learn how to build new sentences since the grammar seems to be not a big issue in this book. Lots of text, but more about the "take it easy" subject then about learning French. Sentences like: "Et lui, qui est-ce?" Are translated as: "And who is he?" Without telling you, why you use here lui, where before actually you learned that "he" in French is "Il". I got confuse because of the "no requirement" for grammar in this book. You will learn not much, but for the price it is sufficient what you get.
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37 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure genius help, 28 Feb 2001
You are a school boy or a tourist in a class for french the guy infront of you is talking in some foreign launguage to you (oh wait, he is). So you go home and think I will go on the internet and get a book, you then find a list of books and see the usual learn a language in 20 minutes stuff which you know is complete rubbish, but then you see a title from people that actually know something by getting the experts, the bundled CD-rom the little triangle headed gye on the cover holding it, you have finally found a good french book. So you use all your will to press the buy button wondering if your parents are gonna walk in and go through the checkout. You have to wait two days for it to come so what little wait compared to some and you open it up each night for a week you read a chapter and you have some fun with the little cartoons. You then go onto the computer and practice speech. A few days go by and you have french again you go up to the french teacher and ask him in french what will you be doing today he i startled by the end of the lesson all your friends are beginning to think you are some sort of geek in disguise. Okay so that may not happen but none the less this is a great book. Every bit of it is simple you cant really get lost in it because even though they are teaching you a foreign language it is actually put into plain english and the CD supplies all the help you need for speech cause lets face it you aren't gonna be writing everything when you get there you wanna be speaking with the waiter in french not looking stupid as he gets a dusty english menu which only gets used every other decade. So I draw to a conclusion it is great pure simple genius
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