French Essentials for Dummies - Paperback

by Laura K. Lawless (Author), Zoe Erotopoulos (Author)

Get right to the good stuff with this easy-to-follow guide to French fundamentals

French Essentials For Dummies, 2nd Edition walks you through the core concepts of French so you can apply right away and start communicating effectively. From conjugating verbs to understanding tenses, this easy-to-read guide skips past the fluff and dives deep into the basics you need to improve your French and succeed on a French class exam and more.

This guide helps you figure out the right articles, adjectives, and pronouns you need to use in different situations. Plus, you'll also get expert advice on when to use the past tense, the imperfect, and how to express the future.

Inside:

• Make adjectives agree, understand the different parts of French speech, and select the right preposition
• Correctly ask and answer yes or no questions and participate in simple conversations
• Use important verb distinctions, correctly pronounce French words, and deploy proper grammar

Perfect for everyone taking a French class, undertaking solo French study, or anyone looking for a handy, practical supplement to improve their understanding of the language, French Essentials For Dummies, 2nd Edition is a hands-on reference packed with the tools, tips, and strategies you need to speak French.

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A from-scratch guide to French fundamentals

French Essentials For Dummies is an easy-to-follow and accurate guide to core French concepts you can apply immediately to begin speaking, writing, and understanding French effectively. Discover how to conjugate verbs, how to use the correct verb tenses, and what you need to know about adjectives, adverbs, and other parts of speech. You can improve your conversational French and accelerate solo at-home, in-app, and in-class learning.

Inside...

• Understand simple conversations
• Conjugate French verbs
• Utilize the right tenses
• Explore sentence structure
• Deploy proper grammar
• Answer yes or no questions in French
• Tell people what to do with commands

Author Biography

Laura K. Lawless is the author of French Workbook For Dummies and a virtual French teacher who creates lessons, quizzes, listening exercises, and games for students around the world at LawlessFrench.com.

Zoe Erotopolous, PhD is the author of French For Dummies and an experienced French language teacher. She currently teaches French at Fairfield University.