French Verbs And Idioms,9780761831945

French Verbs And Idioms

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Edition: Bilingual
ISBN13: 9780761831945
ISBN10: 0761831940
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-08-22
Publisher(s): UPA
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Summary

French Verbs and Idioms offers an overview of essential grammatical terms (such as conjugation, mood, elision, gender, agreement, etc.) and categorizes the verbs. Extensive lists of useful idioms, proverbs, and sayings containing the verbs, tenses, and moods discussed fill the gaps in the knowledge of the advanced learner. Explanations are in English and all verbs, examples, idioms, proverbs, and sayings are translated into English for comparison purposes and comprehension.

Author Biography

Trudie Maria Booth is a Lecturer in French at the University of Portland.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction and definitions xi
The Present Indicative
1(22)
Regular verbs
1(10)
-er verbs
1(2)
-er verbs with spelling changes
3(4)
-ir verbs
7(2)
-re verbs
9(1)
Negative and interrogative forms
10(1)
Irregular verbs
11(7)
The uses of the present indicative
18(5)
The Past Participle
23(10)
The forms of the past participle
23(4)
The uses of the past participle
27(4)
Proverbs, sayings and idiomatic expressions
31(2)
The Passe Compose
33(10)
The forms of the passe compose
33(7)
verbs conjugated with avoir
33(3)
verbs conjugated with etre
36(2)
verbs conjugated with avoir or etre
38(2)
The uses of the passe compose
40(2)
The Passe Surcompose
42(1)
The Imperfect and Pluperfect Indicative
43(14)
The imperfect
43(12)
The forms of the imperfect tense
43(2)
The uses of the imperfect tense
45(5)
Summary of the uses of the passe compose and imperfect tenses
50(5)
The pluperfect
55(2)
The forms of the pluperfect
55(1)
The uses of the pluperfect
55(2)
Pronominal Verbs
57(26)
The present indicative of pronominal verbs
57(1)
The passe compose of pronominal verbs
58(1)
The imperative of pronominal verbs
59(1)
The position of reflexive pronouns
59(1)
Categories of pronominal verbs
60(10)
Reflexive verbs
60(1)
Idiomatic pronominal verbs
61(7)
Reciprocal verbs
68(1)
Pronominal verbs with a passive meaning
69(1)
Common pronominal verbs
70(8)
-er verbs
70(5)
-ir verbs
75(1)
-re verbs
75(3)
Translation difficulties
78(1)
The agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs
79(4)
The Imperative
83(8)
The present imperative
83(5)
Regular verbs
83(1)
Irregular verbs
84(2)
The negative imperative
86(1)
The imperative of pronominal verbs
86(1)
The position of object pronouns with the imperative
87(1)
The past imperative
88(1)
Translation difficulties
89(1)
Other possibilities to express a command
89(1)
Proverbs and sayings
90(1)
The Future Tense
91(8)
The forms of the simple future
91(2)
Regular verbs
91(1)
Irregular verbs
92(1)
The forms of the future perfect
93(1)
The forms of the close future
94(1)
The uses
The uses of the simple future
94(2)
The uses of the future perfect
96(1)
The uses of the close future
97(1)
Translation difficulties
97(1)
Expressions, proverbs and sayings
98(1)
The Conditional
99(12)
The forms of the present conditional
99(2)
Regular verbs
99(1)
Irregular verbs
100(1)
The forms of the past conditional
101(1)
The uses
The uses of the present conditional
102(2)
The uses of the past conditional
104(1)
The conditional in indirect speech
105(1)
Translation difficulties
106(1)
The idiomatic use of `dire' in the conditional
106(3)
Tense sequences in conditional sentences
109(2)
The Passe Simple and The Passe Anterieur
111(8)
The passe simple
111(1)
The forms of the passe simple
111(6)
Regular verbs
111(1)
Irregular verbs
112(5)
The uses of the passe simple
117(1)
The passe anterieur
118(1)
The forms of the passe anterieur
118(1)
The uses of the passe anterieur
118(1)
The Subjunctive
119(28)
The forms of the present subjunctive
120(4)
Regular verbs
120(1)
Irregular Verbs
121(3)
The forms of the past subjunctive
124(1)
The forms of the imperfect subjunctive
125(1)
The forms of the pluperfect subjunctive
126(1)
The uses of the subjunctive
127(19)
in the main clause
127(1)
in the subordinate clause
128(18)
Translation difficulties
146(1)
The Present Participle
147(16)
The forms of the present participle
147(1)
The uses of the present participle
148(8)
as a noun
148(1)
as a preposition
149(1)
as an adjective
149(5)
as a verb
154(2)
The gerund
156(2)
Expressions with the present participle
158(1)
Proverbs, sayings and expressions with the gerund
158(1)
Translation difficulties
159(4)
The Infinitive
163(14)
The forms
163(2)
The forms of the present infinitive
163(1)
The forms of the past infinitive
163(1)
The negative form of the present infinitive
164(1)
The negative form of the past infinitive
165(1)
The uses
165(12)
The infinitive used as a noun
165(1)
The infinitive used as subject or object after c'est
166(1)
The infinitive used in elliptic questions and exclamations
166(1)
The infinitive replacing the imperative
167(1)
The infinitive after relative pronouns
167(1)
The infinitive used as object of a preposition
167(4)
The infinitive used as object of a verb
171(1)
- without a preposition between the verb and infinitive
171(1)
- with the preposition a between the the verb and infinitive
172(1)
- with the preposition de between the verb and the infinitive
173(2)
The infinitive replacing `que' + subordinate clause
175(1)
- `que' + subjunctive
175(1)
- `que' + indicative
176(1)
Causative faire
177(6)
faire + infinitive
177(3)
se faire + infinitive
180(2)
Translation difficulties
182(1)
Proverbs, sayings and idiomatic expressions
182(1)
Impersonal Verbs
183(16)
Verbs that are always used impersonally
183(3)
Personal verbs that are used impersonally in certain expressions
186(7)
Verbs which allow two constructions
193(2)
Impersonal expressions followed by an infinitive
195(1)
Impersonal expressions followed by `que' + indicative
196(1)
Impersonal expressions followed by `que' + subjunctive
196(3)
Incomplete Verbs
199(4)
bruire, choir
199(1)
'echoir, clore, eclore
200(1)
faillir, frire, gesir
201(1)
issir, oindre, ouir, traire
202(1)
Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
203(8)
Declarative sentences in indirect speech
203(2)
The imperative in indirect speech
205(1)
Indirect questions
205(3)
Expressions of time
208(2)
Sayings
210(1)
The Passive Voice
211(6)
Definition
211(1)
The forms of the passive voice
211(1)
The uses of the passive voice
212(1)
`par' or `de'
213(2)
The impersonal passive
215(1)
Translation difficulties
215(1)
Proverbs and sayings
216(1)
Verbs with several meanings and in idiomatic expressions
217(32)
Regular verbs
217(9)
Irregular Verbs
226(23)
Idioms with `faire'
249(12)
faire (+ adjective) + noun
249(2)
faire + de + definite article
251(3)
sports
251(2)
studies
253(1)
other expressions
253(1)
faire + definite article + noun
254(2)
faire + un(e) + noun
256(1)
faire + possessive adjective
257(1)
faire + adjective or adverb
257(1)
se faire
258(1)
Other expressions
258(1)
Proverbs and sayings
259(2)
Problem Verbs
261(30)
to attend
261(1)
to bring
261(1)
to be able to (can)
262(1)
to change
262(1)
to drive
263(1)
to fear
264(1)
to feel
265(1)
to fly
266(1)
to get
266(2)
to happen
268(1)
to hear
269(1)
to intend
270(1)
to know
270(3)
to leave
273(1)
to like
274(1)
to live
275(1)
to look
275(1)
to make
276(1)
to marry
277(1)
`may'
278(1)
to meet
278(1)
to move
279(1)
to notice
280(1)
to return
280(1)
to save
281(1)
to spend
282(1)
to stay
282(1)
to stop
283(1)
to take
284(2)
to teach
286(1)
to tell
287(1)
to travel
287(1)
to visit
288(1)
to walk
288(1)
to watch
289(1)
to wish
290(1)
Index 291

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