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Streetwise French: Speak and Understand Everyday French
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(3 Votes)Language Notes
Text: English, French
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
Learn the French of the streets or you might faire du gaffe*
Get a grand tour of everyday French as it's spoken in the Francophone world. With the help of thirty dialogues on an audio CD, enacted by native speakers, it clues you in on the idioms, colloquialisms, slang, and vulgarisms currently used by French speakers of all walks of life, from Paris to Perpignan, from Lyon to Le Mans.
Streetwise French with Audio CD helps you speak the Gallic language without un pépin (a hitch) by providing:
An overview of signature words differentiating speakers across the Francophone world Engaging exercises that let you test your comprehension and polish your French skills Vocabulary lists and a mini dictionary
Just a taste of what you'll find inside:
baratiner to hit on
faire une scène create a scene
les tablettes de chocolat abs, six-pack
Tu parles! So what!
boire un coup to have a drink
l'internaute web surfer
C'est vache! That sucks!
faire la bise to kiss on both cheeks
á la tienne Cheers!
* put your foot in it
19/08/2007
The blurb hardly inspires confidence when it cites as an example: "faire du gaffe". "Gaffe" is a feminine word, so the expression "faire du gaffe" is impossible. The translations of other slang expressions are also fairly dubious.
Caveat emptor!
22/11/2004
This is a great book for learning the actual spoken language of Quebec and France. It serves as a good introduction to "slang" and informal language. It takes some of the mystery out of the spoken French language.
It teaches you things you won't find in a "formal" course or College textbook. But in order to use this book, you need to be familiar with the French language. It is certainly not meant for the beginner, but it can be used with any conventional course or textbook.
04/04/2001
This book is OK. I am just learning French, and this book is only for you if you know godd French. I like how it teaches you French you would learn when talking to someone. You don't always want to sound formal, and this book can make you a master of slang and casual talk. I gave this 3 stars because I don't know too much French, and it was hard to comprehend. If you know a good amount of French, then this is an excellent book! But if you're not . . . there are other books for you.
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