| Chapter 1 Introduction to French 1 -- French Language Classification 1 -- French Speakers 2 -- French in English 4 -- Why Learn French? 5 -- True Cognates 7 -- False Cognates 8 -- Chapter 2 Nouns and Articles 11 -- Introduction to Nouns 11 -- Gender and Number of Nouns 13 -- Definite Articles 15 -- Indefinite Articles 16 -- Partitive Articles 18 -- Chapter 3 Adjectives 23 -- Introduction to Adjectives 23 -- Making Adjectives Feminine and Plural 25 -- Demonstrative and Indefinite Adjectives 27 -- Interrogative and Exclamative Adjectives 30 -- Position of Adjectives 31 -- Chapter 4 Pronouns 37 -- Introduction to Pronouns 37 -- Subject Pronouns 39 -- Stressed Pronouns 42 -- Demonstrative Pronouns 44 -- Indefinite Demonstrative Pronouns 46 -- Indefinite Pronouns 48 -- Chapter 5 Introduction to Verbs 51 -- Conjugating French Verbs 51 -- Tense, Mood, and Voice 52 -- Verb Forms 55 -- Types of Verbs 56 -- Pronominal Verbs 58 -- Chapter 6 Present Tense 61 -- Using the Present Tense 61 -- Regular Verbs 62 -- Stem-Changing Verbs 64 -- Irregular Verbs 70 -- Reflexive Verbs 73 -- Chapter 7 Irregular Verbs 77 -- Aller-To Go 77 -- Avoir-To Have 78 -- Devoir-Should, Must, To have to 79 -- Etre-To Be 80 -- Faire-To Do, Make 82 -- Pouvoir-Can, To be able to 83 -- Savoir and Connaitre-To Know 85 -- Venir-To Come 86 -- Vouloir-To Want 87 -- Chapter 8 Simple Verb Tenses 91 -- Imperfect-l'imparfait 91 -- Future and Conditional-le futur et le conditionnel 92 -- Present Participle-le participe present 95 -- Past Participle-le participe passe 96 -- Simple Past (Preterite)-le passe simple 98 -- Chapter 9 Compound Verb Tenses 103 -- Auxiliary Verbs-les auxiliaires 103 -- Compound Past Tense-le passe compose 104 -- Pluperfect (Past Perfect)-le plus-que-parfait 106 -- Future perfect-le futur anterieur 107 -- Conditional Perfect (Past Conditional)-le conditionnel parfait 108 -- Summary of Compound Tenses 110 -- Chapter 10 Mood and Voice 113 -- Introduction to Mood 113 -- Imperative-l'imperatif 114 -- Subjunctive-le subjonctif 115 -- Past Subjunctive 118 -- Voice-la voix 120 -- Introduction to Questions 125 -- Yes-No Questions 127 -- Interrogative Adverbs 128 -- Interrogative Adjectives 129 -- Interrogative Pronouns 131 -- Chapter 12 Negation 137 -- Ne ... pas and other Negative Adverbs 137 -- Ne Without pas 139 -- Pas Without ne 141 -- Saying Yes and No 142 -- Negative Adjectives 143 -- Negative Pronouns 144 -- Chapter 13 Prepositions 149 -- Introduction to Prepositions 149 -- A and De 150 -- Temporal Prepositions 153 -- Geographical Prepositions 154 -- Verbs with Prepositions 157 -- Chapter 14 Objects and Adverbial Pronouns 163 -- Direct Objects 163 -- Indirect Objects 165 -- Adverbial Pronoun Y 166 -- Adverbial Pronoun En 168 -- Double Object Pronouns 169 -- Chapter 15 Clauses and Conjunctions 173 -- Introduction to Clauses 173 -- Si Clauses 174 -- What is a Conjunction? 177 -- Relative Pronouns 180 -- Indefinite Relative Pronouns 181 -- Chapter 16 Adverbs 187 -- Introduction to Adverbs 187 -- Adverbs of Manner 190 -- Adverbs of Quantity 191 -- Comparatives and Superlatives 193 -- Placement of Adverbs 196 -- Chapter 17 Agreement 201 -- Agreement of Adjectives 201 -- Agreement of Pronouns 203 -- Etre Verbs and Passive Voice 204 -- Agreement with Direct Objects 206 -- Agreement with Pronominal Verbs 207 -- Chapter 18 Presentatives and Determiners 211 -- Introduction to Presentatives 211 -- C'est and Il est 212 -- Il y a 214 -- Voici and Voila 216 -- Introduction to Determiners 218 -- Chapter 19 Possession 221 -- Possessive Adjectives 221 -- Possessive de 223 -- Possessive Pronouns 223 -- Possessive a 225 -- Comparison of Possessives 225 -- Chapter 20 Writing in French 229 -- Accents 229 -- Contractions 230 -- Capitalization 231 -- Punctuation 232 -- Spelling Equivalents 234 -- Apocopes 238. |
