yousst french goal all-round confidence language content learn to speak, understand and write french progress quickly beyond the basics + explore the language in depthFor UK order enquies: plese contact Gookooint Ld, 120 Mit Pak, Abingdon, Oxon Ska Tore: (28 272 x (0) 128 aD. Uns open (3.00-18.00, Nonday to Saturday, with 24-hour message answering service. Details about ou ie and Row to oder ate aval at war teachyourel oo. For USA oxder enauites: please contact MeGraw-Hll Customer Sanvioas, PO Box 545, Blackick, OH 49004-46, USA Telephone: 1-800-722-4725 Fa: 1614+755-5685 Fo Cana regu: secon Mesa son 30 Wat, Wy, Caro W586, Cat, Tape 90 00 0, a 90 0 Si. ong poe te aura soe or el. gui ig th. 20 ‘copes so ward feach Youre nS. S00 es eas lansfes cats, hotbs,besconping ad edt. Bt Lray Caton Pact Dat actin erty rb es able ‘rom The British Library. “ Library of Congress Catalog Card Number on te. Fst published in U 1998 by Hodder Heading, 338 Euston Road, London NW 38H. First published in US 1998 by Contemporary Books, a division ofthe MaGraw Hill Comps, 1 Prudential Plaza, 10 East Randolph Stet, Chicago, ios 60601 USA. ‘This edton published 2003 ‘The Teach Yoursetf name isa egstered trade mark of Hodder & Stoughton Lid. Copyright© 1938, 2008 Gale Gratam ‘disry Eto: Paul Cogge, University of Ker t Canterbury henge ere nt pa my gered ni iA et pel te ety ens ae rears ree at ee teente ety alg ata Agency Limited, of 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIT 4LP. gS ce ee et td ieee yet tere cE I ar a ar aati ES il le pt a Hodder Headine’s poly isto use papers tat are natural, renewable and recylable products and made from wood. grown in sustainable forests. The logging and ‘manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the enviromental regulations ofthe county of og Impression umber 10.9 8.7 Year £2009 2008 207 2006 2005 2004 Introduction 1 a 10 n 2 salutations greetings ‘gender and number, nouns and adjectives premiers contacts meeting people ‘numbers to 69, some verbs ‘on fait connaissance getting to know someone family, work, likes and dislikes tun voyage en bateau a boat trip prepositions, numbers to 101 ‘on visite fa vieille ville visiting the old town adjectives, the imperative i stationner? where to park? asking questions, the time hébergement accommodation more verbs a rhotel at the hotel «du, de la, des, spelling tune si jolle petite ville! such a pretty site town! the immediate future choisir un restaurant choosing a restaurant expressing opinions {a pluie et fe beau temps! rain and shine! the future tense au restaurant at the restaurant venir de, the perfect tense n a7 79 98 107 $]U9]U09(=)squequ0o 1B sur la route on the road i faut, yand en 4 ‘on cherche un appartement ooking for a fat pronouns, present participle 15 dans les grandes surfaces at shopping centres ‘comparisons 6 ala maison du peuple atthe community centre the perfect tense with étre "7 ‘on cherche du travail looking for work the imperfect tense 8 (on prend le TGV catching the high-speed train prepositions and the infinitive, the subjunctive 19 A YhOpital atthe hospital indirect object pronouns 20 ‘on prend fe métro catching the metro agreement with the direct object a sion gagnait le gros lot... if we won the jackpot. the conditional tense 2 les graves strikes possessive adjectives and pronouns 23 ta vie de tamil family ite the plupertect tense 28 un repas familial a family meal relative pronouns, quiand que Ey si on achetalt une malson? what if we bought a house? the order of pronouns revision unit transcripts of listening exercises key to the exercises grammar summary vorb tables French-English vocabulary English-French vocabulary 119 133, 145 187 166 179 194 207 219 229 251 215 289 34 Welcome to Teach Yourself French! The of this book If you are an adult learner with no previous knowledge of French and studying on your own, then this is the course for you. Pethaps you are taking up French again after a break from it, or you are intending to learn with the support of a class? Again, you will find this course very well suited to your purposes. The language you will learn is introduced through everyday situations. The emphasis is first and foremost on using French, but we also aim to give you an idea of how the language works, so that you can create sentences of your own. The course covers all four of the basic skills - listening and speaking, reading and writing. If you are working on your own, the recording will be all the more important, as it will provide you with the essential opportunity to listen to French and to speak it within a controlled framework. You should therefore try to get a copy of the recording if you haven’t already got one. The structure of the course The course book contains 25 course units plus a reference section at the back. There is also an accompanying recording which you must have if you are going to get maximum benefit from the course. Each course unit contains most or all of the following: UOlONpPOIUIL)