Countdown to french doc

[...]... language that are necessary for anyone who wants to understand and be understood: to communicate as effectively as possible Remember that dictionaries just give you words without teaching you how to put them together to form logical, comprehensive thoughts Countdown to French will allow you to reach this goal Hours 24:00 to 19:00 present the grammar you will need to form complete, simple, correct sentences... affect the sounds of the French letters Youll also be given a key to help you properly pronounce vowels, consonants, and nasal sounds 1 Copyright 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use COUNTDOWN TO FRENCH PERFECTING YOUR PRONUNCIATION Although your level of competence in pronouncing French properly has very little bearing on your ability to be understood, you can follow some... matter the sex of the person to whom you are referring: 20 23:00 RECOGNIZING AND USING NOUNS Always Masculine FRENCH PRONUNCIATION MEANING bộbộ bay-bay baby chef shehf chef, head docteur dohk-tuhr doctor ộcrivain ay-kree-vaN writer ingenieur aN-zhay-nyuhr engineer mộdecin mayd-saN doctor peintre paNtr painter pompier pohN-pyeh firefighter professeur proh-feh-suhr teacher FRENCH PRONUNCIATION MEANING... special needs who require special services Hours 10:00 to 8:00 allow you to express your positive and negative reactions and emotions, as well as your indifference and indecision toward varying activities Youll be using colloquial and idiomatic French and grammatically correct structures to accomplish these tasks, as well as to make comparisons Hours 7:00 to 1:00 will help you with your hotel, food, medical,... time-efficient as possible, Countdown to French is divided into 24 one-hour lessons Each lesson is then subdivided into logical and manageable parts, which will enable you to learn the material with ease and self-assurance Just divide the lesson so that you allow an equal number of minutes for each major heading Do not worry about memorizing all the words in every table That would prove to be an impossible... the necessary time to practice the different sounds Dont be afraid to ham up your accent Remember to pronounce letters with accents properly Use your nose to pronounce French nasal sounds STRESS Each syllable in a French word has about equal stress, so be careful not to be overly energetic while practicing your pronunciation Youll need to add slightly stronger emphasis on the last syllable of a group... gave a lot of yellow roses and an expensive bicycle to Odette as a gift En octobre un homme lHụtel Toulouse a donnộ beaucoup de roses jaunes et un vộlo coỷteux en cadeau Odette ahN nohk-tohbr uhN nohm ah lo-tehl too-looz ah doh-nay bo-koo duh roz zhon ay uhN vay-lo koo-tuh ahN kah-do ah oh-deht NOTE Do not allow yourself to pronounce the oi in French words like oy, the sound heard at the end of the... well on your way to excellent pronunciation habits, try singing along to your favorite French songs Whether you prefer oldies or something more contemporary, you will find that you can learn a lot of vocabulary and easily become accustomed to the rhythms used by native speakers TIMES UP! Now that youve had the opportunity to thoroughly acquaint yourself with and practice the sounds of French, try reading... would like to change my American dollars to euros.) 6 Pardon Oự est lambassade amộricaine? (Excuse me Wheres the American Embassy?) 7 Je ne me sens pas bien Oự se trouve le cabinet du docteur le plus proche? (I dont feel well Where is the office of the nearest doctor?) 8 Je vous en prie Pourriez-vous maider? Jai perdu un document important (Could you please help me? Ive lost an important document.)... using cognates In this chapter youll learn how to differentiate masculine and feminine nouns and how to form the plural of nouns Cognates will be explained, and a useful working list will be presented to allow for immediate communication 15 Copyright 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use COUNTDOWN TO FRENCH GENDER Like English, all French nouns have a number: singular (one), . effortlessly and rapidly. To make the task of learning French as time-efficient as possible, Countdown to French is divided into 24 one-hour lessons. Each lesson is then subdivided into logical and manageable. anyone who wants to understand and be understood: to communicate as effectively as possible. Remember that dictionaries just give you words without teaching you how to put them together to form logical,. to form logical, comprehensive thoughts. Countdown to French will allow you to reach this goal. Hours 24:00 to 19:00 present the grammar you will need to form complete, simple, correct sentences