236 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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French for Reading and Translation is a comprehensive introduction to French grammar and vocabulary for those who want to learn to read and understand French, either to conduct academic research or to experience French literature in its original form.
Rather than explaining every grammatical concept in tedious detail, the book gives easy-to-follow explanations followed by abundant examples... Read more
Preliminary Chapter: Reading strategies, cognates, and pronunciation; 1: Nouns, articles, and prepositions; 2: Subjects and verbs, present tense, questions; 3: Adjectives and adverbs; 4: More determiners; 5: The imperfect and the compound past; 6: Reflexive and reciprocal verbs; 7: Direct and indirect object pronouns; 8: Relative and interrogative pronouns; 9: Demonstrative, possessive, and disjunctive pronouns; 10: Future tense and conditional mood; 11: Impersonal expressions and obligation; 12: Present participles, past participles, and infinitives; 13: Simple past; 14: More compound tenses; 15: Common idiomatic and academic constructions
Biography
Shannon R. Becker is Assistant Professor of French at Northern Illinois University, USA.
