Getting Along in French: a Holiday magazine language book

196 Pages·1958·16.42 MB·English

by  Mario Pei

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ready-to-use everyday a simple pronunciation
phrases; basic 1800 word guide, a condensed/digest
vocabulary in English- of the grammar designed
French, French-English especially for beginners!
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Dr. Mario Pei
The brilliant author of GETTING ALONG IN
FRENCH
is professor of Romance Philology
(the linguistics, culture and literature of the
Latin-based languages) at Columbia University.
Mario Pei was born in Rome and came to this
country as a small boy. He was educated
in New York, taught at City College from
1923 to 1927, and has been at Columbia ever since.
During World War II Professor Pei created a
thirty-seven language course at Columbia, called
"The World's Chief Languages." He has
broadcast for the Voice of America and Radio Free
Europe in French, Italian, German, Dutch,
Czech and Rumanian.
Except, possibly, for one member of the United
Nations Secretariat, Mario Pei has been said to read,
speak and understand more languages
than any other living man.
GETTING ALONG IN FRENCH
by Mario Pei
The Easy Way to Learn to Speak
and Understand French

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GETTING
IN
FRENCH
A HOLIDAY MAGAZINE LANGUAGE BOOK
by Mario Pei
Professor of Romance Philology, Columbia University
and
John Fisher
Assistant Professor of Romance Languages
University of Detroit
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with the editorial collaboration of
PAUL LANGELLIER
Adelphi College
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BANTAM BOOKS — NEW YORK
GETTING ALONG IN FRENCH
A Bantam Book published by arrangement with
Harper & Brothers.
Printing History
Harper & Brothers edition published May 1957
Article appeared in Holiday Magazine 1955
Bantam edition published May 1958
©
Copyright 1957 Mario A. Pei
All rights in this book are reserved. No part of the book may
be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without writ-
ten permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied
in critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper
& Brothers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y.
The author gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to the
Curtis Publishing Company for permitting the use of the
author's Holiday©magazine article in Part I of this work.
Copyright 1955 by Curtis Publishing Company.
Cover photograph by Robert Leahey from Shostal.
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Contents
The French Language 1
I
Phrases 16
II
1.
20. Time of Day, Week, Month, Seasons,
Weather, Age 86
21. Emergencies and Language Difficulties 91
22. Exclamations, Colloquialisms, Slang 97
23. Greetings, Etiquette, Social Amenities 98
24. Directions and Signs 102
Grammatical Outline 106
III
IV English—French Vocabulary 123
V French—English Vocabulary 164
GETTING ALONG IN FRENCH