French Demystified, Premium 3rd Edition

Introduction<br/>Part One Basics of French Understanding<br/>CHAPTER 1 French Pronunciation<br/>The French You Already Know: Borrowed Words and Cognates<br/>The French Alphabet<br/>Pronouncing Vowels<br/>Pronouncing Consonants<br/>Syllabification<br/>The Francophone World<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 2 Naming Things<br/>Definite Articles<br/>French Nouns and Gender<br/>Asking Basic Questions<br/>The Gender of Countries<br/>The Plural of Nouns<br/>Indefinite Articles<br/>The Cardinal Numbers Zero to Fifty<br/>Ordinal Numbers<br/>Days, Months, and Seasons<br/>French Names<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 3 Asking Questions<br/>Subject Pronouns<br/>-er Verb Endings in the Present Tense<br/>Spelling Changes in -er Verbs<br/>Asking Questions<br/>Answering Questions in the Negative<br/>The Negation ni... ni<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 4 To Be or to Have, That Is the Question!<br/>The Verb être<br/>The Verb avoir<br/>The Verb aller<br/>Using il y a<br/>Expressions of Quantity<br/>Demonstrative Adjectives<br/>Possessive Adjectives<br/>The Numbers Fifty and Above<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 5 Describing Things<br/>-ir Verbs in the Present Tense<br/>-re Verbs in the Present Tense<br/>The Imperative Mood<br/>Qualitative Adjectives<br/>Making Comparisons<br/>The Académie française<br/>Quiz<br/>Part One Test<br/>Part Two Some Essential Friends<br/>CHAPTER 6 Talking About Time and Location<br/>Telling Time<br/>Adverbs and Expressions of Time<br/>Adverbs and Expressions of Location<br/>Using depuis<br/>Geographic Names<br/>The French Republic and Government<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 7 Expressing Possibilities, Wishes, and Abilities<br/>The Verb devoir<br/>The Verb vouloir<br/>The Verb pouvoir<br/>Irregular -oir Verbs in the Present Tense<br/>The Partitive Article<br/>Synonyms<br/>Homonyms<br/>Onomatopoeia<br/>French Etiquette<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 8 Getting Acquainted<br/>The Verb savoir<br/>The Verb connaître<br/>Prefixes<br/>Suffixes<br/>Dans versus en<br/>Colors<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 9 Talking About the Immediate Future and Past<br/>The Immediate Future Tense<br/>The Immediate Past Tense<br/>The Verb tenir<br/>Using the Impersonal Pronominal Verb il s’agit de<br/>The Verb faire<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 10 Using Pronominal Verbs<br/>The Different Types of Pronominal Verbs<br/>Pronominal Verbs in the Imperative Form<br/>Pronominal Verbs in the Infinitive<br/>Parts of the Body<br/>Disjunctive Pronouns<br/>Intonation in French<br/>The Conjunction donc<br/>Quiz<br/>Part Two Test<br/>Part Three Talking About the Past<br/>CHAPTER 11 All About Pronouns<br/>Direct Object Pronouns<br/>Indirect Object Pronouns<br/>The Pronoun y<br/>The Pronoun en<br/>The Order of the Pronouns<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 12 Talking About the Past with the passé composé<br/>The passé composé<br/>The passé composé with avoir<br/>The passé composé with être<br/>Using Direct Objects in the passé composé<br/>Pronominal Verbs in the passé composé<br/>Using Adverbs with the passé composé<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 13 Talking About the Past with the imparfait<br/>The imparfait<br/>Using the imparfait for Description<br/>Using the imparfait for Habitual Action<br/>Using the imparfait to Express Interrupted Action<br/>Using the imparfait to Make a Suggestion<br/>Using the imparfait to Express a Wish or Regret<br/>The Immediate Past with the imparfait<br/>The imparfait Versus the passé composé<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 14 All About Prepositions<br/>Prepositions and French Verbs<br/>Verbs Without Prepositions<br/>Verbs Followed by the Preposition à<br/>Verbs Followed by the Preposition de<br/>Verbs That Use Different Prepositions<br/>Common Prepositions<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 15 More Past Tenses and Indicating Possession<br/>The plus-que-parfait<br/>The passé simple<br/>Possessive Pronouns<br/>Demonstrative Pronouns<br/>Quiz<br/>Part Three Test<br/>Part Four All Is Subjective<br/>CHAPTER 16 Using the Infinitive, Present Participle, Gerund, and Passive Voice<br/>The Present Infinitive<br/>The Past Infinitive<br/>The Present Participle<br/>The Gerund<br/>The Passive Voice<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 17 Making Suggestions and Hypotheses<br/>The Simple Future<br/>The Future Perfect<br/>The Present Conditional<br/>The Past Conditional<br/>Could, Should, and Would<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 18 Knowing Who Is Who with Relative Pronouns<br/>The Relative Pronouns<br/>The Relative Pronoun qui<br/>The Relative Pronoun que<br/>Relative Pronouns Following Prepositions<br/>The Relative Pronoun dont<br/>Using the Antecedent ce<br/>Indirect Speech<br/>Quiz<br/>CHAPTER 19 The Subjunctive Mood<br/>The Subjunctive<br/>The Present Subjunctive<br/>Uses of the Subjunctive<br/>The Past Subjunctive<br/>Quiz<br/>Part Four Test<br/>Final Exam<br/>English-French Glossary<br/>French-English Glossary<br/>Answer Key<br/>Index