French in Paris 1 : Beginners: Your Guide to Learning French (with Audio)

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This volume distinguishes itself by balancing comprehensive educational content with an engaging approach. It is meticulously crafted to ensure that beginners are well-prepared to embark on their language learning journey. Emphasis is placed on acquiring practical skills such as understanding and using basic verbs in the present tense, describing simple actions, communicating about locations and ongoing activities, and asking for the time. These foundational elements are vital for learners to effectively navigate basic interactions, from ordering in a café to asking for directions, or engaging in basic conversations with locals. The book aims not only to teach the language but also to immerse learners in French culture, making their learning experience both enriching and authentic.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

- Learn how to introduce yourself and greet others.

- Understand basic structural words.Memorize letters, special characters, basic words, and basic adjectives.

- Learn to pronounce letters and double vowels correctly.

2. Presenting oneself

- Learn how to present something, ask a question, and answer basic questions.

- Understand indefinite and definite articles, feminine and plural agreements.

- Memorize numbers, words related to learning and school, and colors.

- Learn to pronounce the silent "e."

3. Describing oneself

- Learn how to talk about oneself and one's occupation, answer with "yes" or "no," and describe something.

- Understand the present tense and its conjugation, stressed and subject pronouns, polite "vous," and negation.

- Memorize the verbs: "être," "avoir," and "faire" and professions.

- Learn to pronounce open and closed vowels "O" and "EU" correctly.

4. Places and directions

- Learn how to say where you are going and ask for information about a place.

- Understand adverbial phrases of place with prepositions "à," "dans," "en," "chez," and the contracted article "au"; specify your position with "ici," "là," or "là-bas."

- Memorize the conjugation of "aller" and "venir" and words related to the city.

5. Hobbies and interests

- Learn how to speak about what you like, hobbies, and passions.

- Understand the placement of adjectives before or after the noun.

- Memorize vocabulary related to leisure.

6. Family and possessions

- Learn how to introduce your family and ask for quantity.

- Understand possessive adjectives, possessive phrases with "de" and "à," and demonstrative adjectives.

- Learn to pronounce liaisons and vowel linking correctly.

7. Time and weather

- Learn how to tell time, the date, say your age, and speak about the weather.

- Understand the interrogative pronoun "quel," the three meanings of the subject pronoun "on."

- Memorize vocabulary related to time and weather and numbers up to 1000.

8. Food and quantity

- Learn how to speak about food and quantity.

- Understand partitive articles "du," "de la," "de l'," causality with "parce que," and pronominal verbs with "se."

- Memorize vocabulary related to food.

9. Describing others

- Learn how to describe and recognize somebody.

- Understand all interrogative pronouns: "quoi," "qui," "où," "quand," "comment," "pourquoi," "combien," and questions with inversion.

- Memorize vocabulary related to fashion, clothing, and sense verbs.

- Learn to pronounce mute and aspirated "H."

10. Time management

- Learn how to give information about time.

- Understand the structure: "quand" + subject, object pronouns, expressions with "il faut" and "j'ai besoin de," article "de" with a plural adjective.

- Memorize vocabulary related to travel and connectors "pendant," "avant," and "après."