The Rough Guide to French Dictionary Phrasebook 3 (Rough Guide Phrasebooks)

272 Pages·2006·13.09 MB·English

by  Rough Guides

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THE ROUGH GUIDE
FRENCH
PHRASEBOOK
Compiled by
LEXUS
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Compiled by Lexus with Nadine Mongeard Morandi
Lexus Series Editor: Sally Davies
Rough Guides Reference Director: Andrew Lockett
Rough Guides Series Editor: Mark Ellingham
First edition published in 1995.
Reprinted in 1995, 1996 and 1998.
This updated edition published in 2006 by
Rough Guides Ltd,
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL
345 Hudson St, 4th Floor, New York 10014, USA
Email: [email protected].
Distributed by the Penguin Group.
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© Lexus Ltd 2006
272pp.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 13:13: 978-1-84353-625-3
ISBN 10:1-84353-625-0
The publishers and authors have done their best to ensure the
accuracy and currency of all information in The Rough Guide
French Phrasebook however, they can accept no responsibility for
any loss or inconvenience sustained by any reader using the book.
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CONTENTS
Introduction 5
Basic Phrases 8
Scenarios 13
English - French 31
French - English 129
Menu Reader
Food...........................................................................................................207
Drink.........................................................................................................229
How the Language Works
Pronunciation.....................................................................................235
Abbreviations.....................................................................................235
Nouns.......................................................................................................237
Articles.....................................................................................................238
Prepositions........................................................................................239
AdjectivesandAdverbs............................................................240
Pronouns................................................................................................245
Verbs.........................................................................................................249
Questions..............................................................................................261
Dates.........................................................................................................262
Days...........................................................................................................262
Months.....................................................................................................263
Time...........................................................................................................263
Numbers.................................................................................................264
ConversionTables..........................................................................267
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Introduction B
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introduction to the contemporary language. Laid out I
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in clear A-Z style, it uses key-word referencing to lead you S
straight to the words and phrases you want – so if you need

to book a room, just look up ‘room’. The Rough Guide gets (cid:78)
straight to the point in every situation, in bars and shops, on (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)
trains and buses, and in hotels and banks. In
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English-French then French-English. Before that, there’s a od
section called Basic Phrasesand to get you involved in two- u
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edition, a set of Scenariodialogues illustrating questions and o
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responses in key situations such as renting a car and asking
directions. You can hear these and then download them free
from www.roughguides.com/phrasebooks for use on your
computer or MP3 player.
Forming the heart of the guide, the English-Frenchsection
gives easy-to-use transliterations of the French words wherev-
er pronunciation might be a problem. Throughout this section,
cross-references enable you to pinpoint key facts and phrases,
while asterisked words indicate where further information can
be found in a section at the end of the book called How the
Language Works. This section sets out the fundamental rules
of the language, with plenty of practical examples. You’ll also
find here other essentials like numbers, dates, telling the time
and basic phrases. In the French-English dictionary, we’ve
given you not just the phrases you’ll be likely to hear (starting
with a selection of slang and colloquialisms) but also many off
the signs, labels, instructions and other basic words you may
come across in print or in public places.
Near the back of the book too the Rough Guide offers an
extensive Menu Reader. Consisting of food and drink sec-
tions (each starting with a list of essential terms), it’s indispen-
sable whether you’re eating out, stopping for a quick drink, or
browsing through a local food market.
bonvoyage!
have a good trip!
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Basic
Phrases
B yes yes please
A oui oui, merci
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[wee] [wee mairsee]
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no thanks, thank you
P non merci
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R [nON] [mairsee]
A OK thank you very much
S d’accord merci beaucoup
E
S [dakor] [mairsee bo-koo]
no thanks
non, merci
hello
bonjour [nONmairsee]
[bONjoor] don’t mention it
je vous en prie
good morning
bonjour [juh voo zONpree]
[bON-joor]
good evening how do you do?
bonsoir (when being introduced)
[bON-swa] enchanté!
[ONshONtay]
good night
bonne nuit how are you?
[bon nwee] comment vas-tu/allez-vous?
[komONva-tOOOO/alay-voo]
goodbye
au revoir fine, thanks, and you?
[o ruh-vwa] bien, merci, et toi/vous?
[b-yAN mairsee ay twa/voo]
pleased to meet you
please
enchanté!
s’il vous plaît
[seel voo play] [ONshONtay]
(if using ‘tu’ form) s’il te plaît
[seel tuh play]
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