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500 French Verbs For Dummies® Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada Verb Tables/Verb Indexing provided by HarperCollins: © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2013 All original Material provided by author: WILEY No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013936424 ISBN 978-1-11851602-7 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-118-61273-6 (ebk); ISBN 978- 1-118-61274-3 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-61284-2 (ebk) Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 About the Author Dr. Zoe Erotopoulos holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in French and Romance Philology from Columbia University in New York City. She has also studied in Aix-en-Provence, at the Sorbonne, and at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Her teaching experience ranges from elementary to advanced-level courses in French, including literature and theater. Dr. Erotopoulos’s area of expertise is 17th-century French theater. Throughout her academic career, she has taught at a number of institutions, including Columbia University, Reid Hall in Paris, and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She is presently teaching in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Dr. Erotopoulos is the author of the latest edition of French For Dummies. Dedication To my children with all my love. Author’s Acknowledgments A big thank-you to the acquisitions editor Erin Calligan Mooney who gave me the opportunity to work on 500 French Verbs For Dummies. I was also very fortunate to work once again with Chad Sievers, my project editor, whose suggestions, sense of humor, and knowledge of the For Dummies style were an invaluable part of the writing of this book. To the technical reviewers, Scott Powers, PhD, and Michael Foster, PhD, thank you for your expertise and for your scrupulous attention to detail. Publisher’s Acknowledgments Acquisitions Editor: Erin Calligan Mooney Project Editor: Chad R. Sievers Copy Editor: Chad R. Sievers Technical Editors: Michael Foster, PhD, and Scott Powers, PhD Art Coordinator: Alicia B. South Project Coordinator: Patrick Redmond Project Manager: Laura Moss-Hollister Producer: Marilyn Hummel Cover Photo: ©iStockphoto.com/3DStock ® 500 French Verbs For Dummies Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Conventions Used in This Book How This Book Is Organized Part I: Getting Started with 500 French Verbs Part II: 500 Verb Tables Part III: The Part of Tens Part IV: Verb Indexes Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I: Getting Started with 500 French Verbs Chapter 1: Jumping into Action with French Verbs Identifying Grammar Terms Meeting the Subject Pronouns Categorizing the Main Verb Types Forming the Present Participle and the Gerund Chapter 2: Categorizing the Tenses Using Simple Tenses Present indicative Imperfect indicative Passé simple Future Conditional Present subjunctive Imperfect subjunctive Using Compound Tenses Making agreement Passé composé Pluperfect Past anterior Future perfect Conditional perfect Past subjunctive Pluperfect subjunctive Chapter 3: Pronouncing French Accurately Uttering Vowels and Consonants The vowels The consonants Getting Clear on Accents, Liaisons, and Elisions Part II: 500 Verb Tables Part III: The Part of Tens Chapter 4: Ten False Cognate Verbs Achever (to Complete, to Finish) Assister (à) (to Attend) Blesser (to Wound, to Offend) Prétendre (to Claim, to Maintain, to Assert) Quitter (to Leave) Rester (to Stay) Résumer (to Summarize) Retirer (to Take off/out, to Remove, to Withdraw) Supplier (to Beg, to Beseech, to Implore) Travailler (to Work) Chapter 5: Ten Verbs Used the French Way Attendre (to Wait for) Chercher (to Look for) Écouter (to Listen to) Payer (to Pay) Regarder (to Look at, to Watch) Demander (to Ask) Obéir (to Obey) Permettre (to Allow) Répondre (to Answer) Téléphoner (to Telephone, to Call) Part IV: Verb Indexes English-to-French Index French-to-English Index Download CD/DVD Content
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