French Verbs And Idioms

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ISBN: 9780761831945 | 0761831940
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/22/2005

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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.

Preface

Introduction and definitions

The Present Indicative

(22)

Regular verbs

(10)

-er verbs

(2)

-er verbs with spelling changes

(4)

-ir verbs

(2)

-re verbs

(1)

Negative and interrogative forms

(1)

Irregular verbs

(7)

The uses of the present indicative

(5)

The Past Participle

(10)

The forms of the past participle

(4)

The uses of the past participle

(4)

Proverbs, sayings and idiomatic expressions

(2)

The Passe Compose

(10)

The forms of the passe compose

(7)

verbs conjugated with avoir

(3)

verbs conjugated with etre

(2)

verbs conjugated with avoir or etre

(2)

The uses of the passe compose

(2)

The Passe Surcompose

(1)

The Imperfect and Pluperfect Indicative

(14)

The imperfect

(12)

The forms of the imperfect tense

(2)

The uses of the imperfect tense

(5)

Summary of the uses of the passe compose and imperfect tenses

(5)

The pluperfect

(2)

The forms of the pluperfect

(1)

The uses of the pluperfect

(2)

Pronominal Verbs

(26)

The present indicative of pronominal verbs

(1)

The passe compose of pronominal verbs

(1)

The imperative of pronominal verbs

(1)

The position of reflexive pronouns

(1)

Categories of pronominal verbs

(10)

Reflexive verbs

(1)

Idiomatic pronominal verbs

(7)

Reciprocal verbs

(1)

Pronominal verbs with a passive meaning

(1)

Common pronominal verbs

(8)

-er verbs

(5)

-ir verbs

(1)

-re verbs

(3)

Translation difficulties

(1)

The agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs

(4)

The Imperative

(8)

The present imperative

(5)

Regular verbs

(1)

Irregular verbs

(2)

The negative imperative

(1)

The imperative of pronominal verbs

(1)

The position of object pronouns with the imperative

(1)

The past imperative

(1)

Translation difficulties

(1)

Other possibilities to express a command

(1)

Proverbs and sayings

(1)

The Future Tense

(8)

The forms of the simple future

(2)

Regular verbs

(1)

Irregular verbs

(1)

The forms of the future perfect

(1)

The forms of the close future

(1)

The uses

The uses of the simple future

(2)

The uses of the future perfect

(1)

The uses of the close future

(1)

Translation difficulties

(1)

Expressions, proverbs and sayings

(1)

The Conditional

(12)

The forms of the present conditional

(2)

Regular verbs

(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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French Verbs And Idioms

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