A Complete French Grammar for Reference and Practice

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Cardinal numbers......Page 12
Ordinal numbers......Page 16
Approximate Numbers......Page 18
Telling Time......Page 19
Days, Months, Seasons, Dates......Page 21
Fractions......Page 24
Demi and Moitié......Page 25
Verbs Ending in -er......Page 28
Verbs with Spelling Changes......Page 30
Verbs Ending in -re......Page 33
The Interrogative form......Page 34
Irregular Verbs......Page 35
The Uses of the Present Indicative......Page 40
The Close Future and the Recent Past......Page 41
Problem Verbs......Page 42
Idiomatic Expressions......Page 48
Impersonal Verbs......Page 55
Regular Pronominal Verbs......Page 58
Irregular Pronominal Verbs......Page 61
The Use of Pronominal Verbs with Parts of the Body......Page 63
Pronominal Constructions with a Passive Meaning......Page 64
Regular forms of the Imperative......Page 66
Irregular forms of the Imperative......Page 67
The Imperative of Pronominal Verbs......Page 68
The Passé Composé of Verbs Conjugated with Avoir......Page 70
The Passé Composé of Verbs Conjugated with êTre......Page 75
The Passé Composé of Verbs Conjugated with Avoir and être......Page 76
The Passé Composé of Pronominal Verbs......Page 77
The Uses of the Passé Composé......Page 80
The Formation of the Imperfect......Page 82
The Uses of the Imperfect......Page 84
The Imperfect Versus the Passé Composé......Page 88
The Formation of the Pluperfect......Page 92
The Uses of the Pluperfect......Page 93
The Formation of the Passé Simple......Page 94
The Uses of the Passé Simple......Page 98
The Passé Antérieur......Page 99
The Formation of the Simple Future......Page 100
The Uses of the Simple Future......Page 103
The Close Future......Page 105
The Formation of the Future Perfect......Page 106
The Uses of the Future Perfect......Page 107
The Formation of the Present Conditional......Page 108
The Uses of the Present Conditional......Page 110
The Formation of the Past Conditional......Page 114
The Uses of the Past Conditional......Page 116
Tense Sequences in Conditional Sentences......Page 117
Chapter 10: The Subjunctive......Page 120
The Present Subjunctive of Regular Verbs......Page 121
The Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs......Page 122
The Past Subjunctive......Page 127
The Uses of the Subjunctive......Page 128
The Subjunctive in the Main Clause......Page 142
The Imperfect Subjunctive......Page 144
The Pluperfect Subjunctive......Page 145
Subject Pronouns......Page 146
Direct Object Pronouns......Page 147
Indirect Object Pronouns......Page 152
The Pronoun y......Page 155
Idiomatic Expressions with y......Page 156
The Pronoun en......Page 158
Idiomatic Expressions with en......Page 161
Double Object Pronouns......Page 163
Disjunctive Pronouns......Page 167
Forms......Page 174
The Position of Negative Expressions......Page 185
The Combination of Negative Expressions......Page 186
Ne . . . que......Page 189
The ne pléonastique......Page 191
The Past Infinitive......Page 192
The Negative Infinitive......Page 193
The Uses of the Infinitive......Page 194
The Infinitive as the Object of a Verb......Page 196
Causative Faire......Page 202
The Infinitive as the Object of an Adjective......Page 203
The Infinitive as the Object of a Noun......Page 205
The Formation of the Present Participle......Page 206
The Uses of the Present Participle......Page 207
The Gerund......Page 210
The Formation of the Passive Voice......Page 214
The Uses of the Passive Voice......Page 217
The Forms of the Definite Article......Page 220
The Uses of the Definite Article......Page 223
The Uses of the Indefinite Article......Page 230
The Forms of the Partitive Article......Page 234
The Uses of the Partitive Article......Page 235
The Plural of Nouns......Page 244
Chapter 18: Problem Nouns......Page 274
Masculine and Feminine Singular forms......Page 290
The Plural forms of the Descriptive Adjective......Page 295
The Position of the Descriptive Adjective......Page 298
Translation Difficulties......Page 302
Adverbs Stemming from Adjectives......Page 306
Adverbs not Stemming from Adjectives......Page 309
The Position of the Adverb......Page 315
Proverbs and Expressions......Page 320
The Comparative of Adjectives......Page 322
The Comparative of Adverbs......Page 325
The Comparative of Nouns......Page 328
The Comparative of Verbs......Page 329
The Superlative of Adjectives......Page 334
The Superlative of Adverbs......Page 336
The Superlative of Verbs......Page 337
Idiomatic Expressions......Page 338
Questions Asking for a yes or no Answer......Page 340
Questions Asking for Specific Information......Page 342
The forms of the Possessive Adjectives......Page 356
The Uses of the Possessive Adjectives......Page 359
Proverbs and Expressions......Page 360
The Uses of the Possessive Pronouns......Page 365
Relative Pronouns with a Specific Antecedent......Page 368
Relative Pronouns Without a Specific Antecedent......Page 377
The forms of Demonstrative Adjectives......Page 384
The forms of Demonstrative Pronouns......Page 386
Invariable Demonstrative Pronouns......Page 388
Simple Prepositions......Page 396
Compound Prepositions......Page 397
à......Page 403
De......Page 407
En......Page 412
Dans......Page 416
Sur......Page 420
Chez......Page 422
Pour......Page 423
Par......Page 425
Avec......Page 426
Sans......Page 428
Entre......Page 429
Prepositions with Verbs......Page 432
Prepositions with Geographical Names......Page 434
Coordinating Conjunctions......Page 442
Subordinating Conjunctions......Page 444
Chapter 28: Indefinite Adjectives, Adverbs and Pronouns......Page 448
Declarative Sentences in Indirect Speech......Page 464
Indirect Questions......Page 466
Change of Expressions of Time in Indirect Speech......Page 469
Chapter 30: False Cognates......Page 472
Appendix: Verbs + Infinitive......Page 482
French-English Glossary......Page 484
English-French Glossary......Page 488
Index......Page 485