French Verbs For Dummies [Minkštas viršelis]

Introduction		1	(1)
About This Book		1	(1)
Conventions Used in This Book		2	(1)
Foolish Assumptions		2	(1)
How This Book Is Organized		2	(2)
Part I: Living in the Here and Now: The Present Indicative		3	(1)
Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such		3	(1)
Part III: Taking a Look Back: The Past Tenses		3	(1)
Part IV: Looking Ahead: The Future and the Conditional Tenses		3	(1)
Part V: Considering Your Mood: Subjunctive or Not		3	(1)
Part VI: The Part of Tens		3	(1)
Part VII: Appendixes		4	(1)
Icons Used in This Book		4	(1)
Where to Go from Here		4	(1)
Part I: Living in the Here and Now: The Present Indicative		5	(72)
Verbs 101: The Lowdown on Verbs		7	(10)
Identifying the Four Main Verb Types		7	(1)
Classifying Verbs		8	(3)
Contrasting transitive and intransitive verbs		8	(1)
Following up with a preposition		9	(2)
Linking, Auxiliary, Impersonal, and Helping Verbs, Oh My!		11	(1)
Linking everything together		11	(1)
Focusing on the auxiliaries		11	(1)
Eyeing the impersonals		11	(1)
Lending a helping hand		12	(1)
Watching Your Mood		12	(1)
Making it personal		12	(1)
Don't take it so personally: The impersonal mood		12	(1)
Categorizing the Tenses		13	(1)
Poring Over Pronouns		13	(2)
Answer Key		15	(2)
Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Present Tense		17	(12)
Classifying Regular Present-Tense Verbs		17	(1)
Looking At -er Verbs		18	(2)
Focusing On -ir Verbs		20	(1)
Trying -re Verbs		21	(2)
Modifying Actions with Adverbs		23	(1)
Forming Sentences: Word by Word		24	(2)
Answer Key		26	(3)
Knowing How to Handle Spelling-Change Verbs		29	(14)
Taking a Stab at Spelling-Change Verbs		29	(9)
Managing -ger verbs		29	(2)
Working with -cer verbs		31	(1)
Keeping an eye on the silent types		32	(2)
Handling e verbs		34	(1)
Figuring out -eter and -eler verbs		35	(1)
Dotting the i in -yer verbs		36	(2)
Building Sentences: Word by Word		38	(2)
Answer Key		40	(3)
Wrestling with Some Irregular Conjugations		43	(18)
Conjugating Irregular Verbs		43	(4)
Focusing on the four most common irregular verbs		43	(2)
Working through other ``helpful'' irregular verbs		45	(2)
Grouping Irregular Verbs		47	(11)
Looking at the ``pseudo'' -ir verbs		47	(2)
The ``wannabes'': -ir verbs acting like -er verbs		49	(1)
``Deceptive'' -ir verbs: Same endings, different stem		50	(1)
Comprehending irregular -re verbs		51	(2)
Remembering the ``mets''		53	(1)
Continuing with irregular -re verbs		54	(1)
Looking at other odd irregular verbs		55	(3)
Answer Key		58	(3)
Reflecting on Pronominal Verbs (Reflexive, Reciprocal, and Idiomatic)		61	(8)
Understanding Reflexive Verbs		61	(3)
Looking At Reciprocal Verbs		64	(1)
Attempting Idiomatic Verbs		65	(3)
Answer Key		68	(1)
Forming the Present Participle and the Gerund		69	(8)
Introducing the Present Participle		69	(1)
Using the Present Participle		70	(1)
Forming the Gerund		71	(2)
Using the gerund		71	(1)
Pronominal verbs: Corresponding to the subject		72	(1)
Forming and Using the Past Present Participle		73	(2)
Answer Key		75	(2)
Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such		77	(42)
Inquisitive Minds Want to Know: Asking and Answering Questions		79	(10)
Using Inversion to Ask Questions		80	(3)
Inversion with vowels		80	(1)
Inversion with a noun		81	(1)
Inversion with pronominal verbs		81	(1)
Inversion with two verbs in a sentence		82	(1)
Responding in the Negative		83	(2)
Forming the Negative with Inversion		85	(1)
Making the Infinitive Negative		85	(2)
Answer Key		87	(2)
Telling People What to Do: The Regular, Irregular, and Pronominal Commands		89	(12)
Forming Commands with Regular Verbs		89	(3)
Making -er verbs into commands		89	(1)
Making -ir verbs into commands		90	(1)
Making -re verbs into commands		91	(1)
Forming Commands with Irregular Verbs		92	(2)
Creating the Negative Imperative		94	(1)
Using Pronominal Verbs to Make Commands		95	(1)
Adding Pronouns to Commands		96	(3)
Answer Key		99	(2)
Looking Forward and Back: The Immediate Future and Past		101	(8)
Creating the Immediate Future Tense		101	(1)
Creating the Immediate Past Tense		102	(1)
Going and Coming with Aller and Venir		103	(5)
Going to and coming back		103	(2)
Going and coming from		105	(3)
Answer Key		108	(1)
Correctly Using Often Misused Verbs in Daily Conversation		109	(10)
Knowing the Difference between Connaitre and Savoir		109	(2)
Identifying What to Play		111	(1)
Keeping Avoir and Faire in Line		112	(6)
Using avoir		113	(2)
Trying faire		115	(3)
Answer Key		118	(1)
Part III: Taking a Look Back: The Past Tenses		119	(52)
No Tense Is Perfect: The Imperfect Tense		121	(12)
Making Regular Verbs Imperfect		121	(2)
Forming the Imperfect with Irregular Verbs		123	(3)
``Eyeing'' verb stems		125	(1)
Working with -cer and -ger verbs		125	(1)
The one true irregular imperfect verb --- etre		126	(1)
Using the Imperfect		126	(5)
Expressing habitual and continuous actions		127	(1)
Describing the past		128	(1)
Interrupting actions in progress		129	(1)
Using the imperfect with certain constructions		129	(1)
Describing simultaneous actions		129	(1)
Making suggestions and expressing wishes		130	(1)
Hypothesizing with the imperfect		130	(1)
Answer Key		131	(2)
Comprehending the Passe Compose and the Pluperfect Tenses		133	(20)
Forming the Passe Compose		133	(7)
Regular verbs and the passe compose		134	(1)
Irregular verbs and the passe compose		135	(3)
Making sure the past participle agrees with the preceding direct object		138	(2)
Creating the Passe Compose with Etre		140	(6)
Making sure the subject and participle agree		142	(1)
Forming the passe compose with pronominal verbs		143	(3)
Flexible Verbs: Using Either Avoir or Etre		146	(1)
Making the Passe Compose Negative		147	(1)
Forming the Pluperfect		148	(2)
Answer Key		150	(3)
Contrasting the Imperfect with the Passe Compose		153	(10)
Identifying the Main Differences between the Two Tenses		153	(2)
Selecting the Right Tense: Imperfect or Passe Compose?		155	(5)
Relying on helpful key words		155	(1)
Eyeing verbs usually used with the imperfect		156	(1)
Looking at verbs that have different meanings in imperfect and passe compose		157	(2)
Understanding the context		159	(1)
Answer Key		160	(3)
Deciphering the Literary Tenses: The Passe Simple and Passe Anterieur		163	(8)
Creating the Passe Simple		163	(4)
Regular verbs		163	(1)
Most irregular verbs		164	(2)
Irregular stem verbs with regular endings		166	(1)
Completely irregular		167	(1)
Creating the Passe Anterieur		167	(2)
Answer Key		169	(2)
Part IV: Looking Ahead: The Future and the Conditional Tenses		171	(38)
Moving Forward with the Future Tense		173	(10)
Forming the Future of Regular Verbs		173	(2)
Forming the Future of Spelling-Change Verbs		175	(2)
Forming the Future of Irregular Verbs		177	(1)
Identifying the Differences between English and French when Using the Future Tense		178	(1)
Expressing Yourself and Using References: Future Style		179	(2)
Answer Key		181	(2)
Completing a Future Action with the Future Perfect		183	(8)
Forming the Future Perfect		183	(4)
Using the Future Perfect Correctly		187	(2)
Answer Key		189	(2)
Could-ing and Would-ing with the Present Conditional Tense		191	(10)
Forming the Conditional		191	(4)
Considering spelling-change -er verbs		193	(1)
Creating the conditional with irregular verbs		194	(1)
Using the Conditional		195	(3)
Being polite, expressing a wish, and offering suggestions		196	(1)
Wondering if: The hypothetical		196	(1)
Conditional with indirect discourse		197	(1)
Answer Key		198	(3)
Trying the Past Conditional Tense: Could Have and Would Have		201	(8)
Creating the Past Conditional		201	(2)
Correctly Using the Past Conditional		203	(4)
Answer Key		207	(2)
Part V: Considering Your Mood: Subjunctive or Not		209	(34)
Creating the Present Subjunctive		211	(12)
Forming the Present Subjunctive with Regular Verbs		211	(2)
Typically Irregular, but Regular in the Subjunctive		213	(2)
Looking At Stem Changers		215	(3)
Eyeing the Irregulars		218	(3)
Answer Key		221	(2)
Knowing How to Use the Present Subjunctive		223	(14)
Expressing Wish, Will, Preference, and Command		224	(1)
Showing Emotion or Judgment		225	(2)
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty		227	(1)
Showing Opinion, Necessity, and Possibility		228	(1)
Expressing Condition, Time, Concession, and Consequence		229	(2)
Considering Indefinite, Doubtful, and Subjective Antecedents		231	(1)
Looking at Idiomatic Expressions and Commands		232	(2)
Answer Key		234	(3)
Forming and Using the Past Subjunctive		237	(6)
Forming the Past Subjunctive		237	(1)
Using the Past Subjunctive		238	(1)
Distinguishing between the Present and Past Subjunctive		239	(2)
Answer Key		241	(2)
Part VI: The Part of Tens		243	(12)
Ten Verbs Used the French Way		245	(4)
Attendre (To Wait For)		245	(1)
Chercher (To Look For)		245	(1)
Ecouter (To Listen To)		246	(1)
Payer (To Pay)		246	(1)
Regarder (To Look At, To Watch)		246	(1)
Demander (To Ask)		246	(1)
Obeir (To Obey)		247	(1)
Permettre (To Allow)		247	(1)
Repondre (To Answer)		247	(1)
Telephoner (To Telephone, To Call)		247	(2)
Ten Most Frequently Mixed-Up Verbs		249	(6)
Visiting a Place or Visiting a Person		249	(1)
Spending Time or Spending Money		250	(1)
Knowing People or Places or Knowing Something		250	(1)
Playing a Game or Playing an Instrument		251	(1)
Leaving or Leaving Something Behind		251	(1)
Returning Home, Returning Something, or Just Returning		252	(1)
Leading, Bringing, or Taking Someone		252	(1)
Carrying, Bringing, Taking, or Taking Back Something		253	(1)
Thinking or Thinking About		253	(1)
Waiting or Attending		254	(1)
Part VII: Appendixes		255	(28)
Appendix A: French-to-English Verb Glossary		257	(6)
Appendix B: English-to-French Verb Glossary		263	(6)
Appendix C: Conjugating Common Irregular Verbs		269	(14)
Index		283

Zoe Erotopoulos was born in Macedonia, Hellas (Greece) and immigrated to the United States with her parents and brother at a young age. Her love of the French language and literature inspired her to pursue her academic dream. She 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 Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. Her teaching experience in French ranges from elementary to advanced level courses, including literature and theater. Dr. Erotopoulos' area of expertise is 17th century French Theater. She has taught at a number of institutions, including Columbia University, Reid Hall in Paris, and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. For the past 15 years, she has been teaching in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She serves as coordinator and supervisor of a number of teacher assistants each year. Dr. Erotopoulos lives in Connecticut with her husband and three children.