Overview
Main description
The next best thing to a year abroad . . .
Streetwise French with Audio CD offers you a unique opportunity to learn
first-hand how French is actually spoken. With the help of more than 25 everyday
dialogues performed by native speakers, you pick up on the idioms, colloquialisms, slang, and
vulgarisms currently used by people from all walks of life.
Fascinating features help explain the cultural attitudes behind many expressions. And exercises
enable you to flex your comprehension and conversational skills.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Salut! Ca va? Greeting people - Asking how they are -- Saying how you feelChapter 2. Y a de l'abus!Complaining about unfair treatment -- Giving someone a piece of your mindChapter 3. Excusez-moi monsieurAsking the way -- Understanding directionsChapter 4. T'as pas 100 balles à me filler?Asking a favor - Convincing/ persuading someoneChapter 5. Ca n'a pas l'air de tourner rondGiving support - Giving adviceChapter 6. Alors, ca s'est bien passé?Telling a StoryChapter 7. Entre nous deux, c'est coolExpressing your feelingsChapter 8. C'est toujours hyper-bondéDescribing placesChapter 9. J'avais craqué pour luiTalking about the pastChapter 10. Ca te brancherait pas?Making plans -- Explaining your intentionsChapter 11. etc.
Author comments
Isabelle Rodrigues and Ted Neather are experienced authors and university
lecturers.
Back cover copy
Learn the French of the streets or you might faire du gaffe*
Get a grand tour of everyday French as it's spoken in the Francophone world. With the help of thirty dialogues on an audio CD, enacted by native speakers, it clues you in on the idioms, colloquialisms, slang, and vulgarisms currently used by French speakers of all walks of life, from Paris to Perpignan, from Lyon to Le Mans.
Streetwise French with Audio CD helps you speak the Gallic language without un pépin (a hitch) by providing:
- An overview of signature words differentiating speakers across the Francophone world
- Engaging exercises that let you test your comprehension and polish your French skills
- Vocabulary lists and a mini dictionary
Just a taste of what you'll find inside:
baratiner to hit on
faire une scène create a scene
les tablettes de chocolat abs, six-pack
Tu parles! So what!
boire un coup to have a drink
l'internaute web surfer
C'est vache! That sucks!
faire la bise to kiss on both cheeks
á la tienne Cheers!
* put your foot in it
