University Press of America
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978-0-7618-4971-1 • Paperback • November 2009 • $74.99 • (£58.00)
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Trudie Maria Booth is a lecturer in French at the University of Portland. She has been teaching French language, literature and culture courses for more than thirty years. Her previous publications with UPA include French Phonetics, A Guide to Correct Pronunciation of French, French Prepositions and French Verbs and Idioms.
Chapter 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Numbers
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Present Indicative
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Pronominal Verbs
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: The Imperative
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: The Passé Composé
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: The Imperfect
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: The Pluperfect and the Passé Simple
Chapter 10 Chapter 8: The Future Tenses
Chapter 11 Chapter 9: The Conditional
Chapter 12 Chapter 10: The Subjunctive
Chapter 13 Chapter 11: Personal Pronouns
Chapter 14 Chapter 12: Negative Expressions
Chapter 15 Chapter 13: The Infinitive
Chapter 16 Chapter 14: The Present Participle
Chapter 17 Chapter 15: The Passive Voice
Chapter 18 Chapter 16: The Articles
Chapter 19 Chapter 17: The Noun
Chapter 20 Chapter 18: Problem Nouns
Chapter 21 Chapter 19: The Descriptive Adjective
Chapter 22 Chapter 20: Adverbs
Chapter 23 Chapter 21: The Comparative and the Superlative
Chapter 24 Chapter 22: Questions
Chapter 25 Chapter 23: Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
Chapter 26 Chapter 24: Relative Pronouns
Chapter 27 Chapter 25: Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
Chapter 28 Chapter 26: Prespositions
Chapter 29 Chapter 27: Conjunctions
Chapter 30 Chapter 28: Indefinite Adjectives, Adverbs, and Pronouns
Chapter 31 Chapter 29: Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Chapter 32 Chapter 30: False Cognates
Chapter 33 Appendix: Verbs + Infinitive
Chapter 34 French-English Glossary
Chapter 35 English-French Glossary
Chapter 36 Index
This is an excellent book, easy to use, for students and teachers alike.... By helping the learners to master the French verbs, it allows them to refine their linguistic skills and thereby obtain proficiency in communicating in French... I recommend this work as much to students as to teachers.
— Professor Andrzey Dziedzic, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, French Verbs and Idioms in the French Review
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