NCHCOURSE

2 REVISED

FRENCHBASIC COURSELINITS 1-12 REVISED

BVMON IQUE COSSARDROBERT SALAZAR

FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTEDEPARTMENT OF STATE

FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE

BASIC COURSE SERIES

Edited by

A ua USTUS A. KOSKI

PREFACE

French Basic Course (Revised) drows heauily on the 1960 French Basic Course byDan Desberg and associates and incorporotes the 1967 French Supplementary Exercisesby Robert Salazar. lt owes a debt to the many people who haue contributed to the euolu-tion of ItJnguage instruction since the establishment of the Foreign Seruice Institute. Onemember of the staff in the early years whose part should be especially recognized isNaomi Pekmezian, first superuisor of French instruction at FSI.

Monique Cossard pltJnned the reuision, coordinated the efforts of the many staffmembers participating in the work, and reuised the grammar notes which, in their earlierform, had presented difliculties to students. The dialogues, of which she was the authorin the 1960 edition, remain unchanged.

With only minor exceptions, ail parts of the uolume haue been tape recorded. AltJinMornu serued as chairman of the recording group and Mr. SaltJzar serued as consultant.Voices on the recordings are those of Dauid Deceuninck, Elizabeth Barnett de Maynadier,Bernadette Ernould, Annie Goldmark, Paulette Martin, Annie Procopio, JacquelineTaylor, Ketty Blanchy Thompson, Mr. Mornu and Mr. Salazar. The recordings were madein the FSI studio under the technical direction of Jose Ramirez, with !Ielp from AlbertWhiting. Mr. Mornu checked and edited the tape recordings and cross referenced theprinted text to the tapes.

The couer and title page were prepared by John McClelland of the FSI AudiouisualStaff, with assistance from Joseph Sadote, Acting Head of the unit. The photographywhich prouides the background for the couer of this book is the work of Claude Abron,a French lAnguage instructor. The uolume was typed by Francine Haughey, who, withMr. Mornu, Mr. Deceuninck and Catherine Hanna, did the proofreading of the Frenchportions. The English portions were proofread by Joann Tench Meeks. The work hashad the benefit of feedback from ail members of the French teaching staff and ualuablecounsel from Dr. C. Cleland Harris, Chairman of the Romance lAnguage Department.

James R. Frith, DeanSchool of lAnguage Studies

Foreign Seruice InstituteDepartment of State

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Foreword

Planned in two volumes, French Basic Course (Revised) has been designed tohelp students reach a level of proficiency which will enable them to participateeffectively in most formal and informal conversations. The dialogues, drills,situations and narrations have been tape-recorded unless otherwise indicated inthe texte

For beginning students, the twenty-four units are designed for a six-monthintensive training program of six hours of class per day, plus outsidepreparation. Each unit presents a situational topic introduced in a dialogue,and usually five grammar points. Each grammar point is preceded by grammarnotes which generally are expressed in non-technical terms.

other units include materials of the following kinds.

1. A dialogue to provide a body of natural French conversation as asource for subsequent drills and exercises. (At FSI these dialoguesare commonly memorized.)

2. UsefUl words to supplement the vocabulary with a limited number ofadditional words, usually related to the topic of the dialogue.

3. Vocabulary awareness to enable the student to better identify theelements of the utterances he learned as a whole and to regroup andreview vocabulary.

4. Drills of six different kinds, each type designed for a specificpurpose.

a. Lexical drills to manipulate already acquired vocabulary andimprove fiuency.

b.

c.

d.

e.

Learning drills to introduce new grammar points (with referencelo the corresponding grammar notes).

Practice drills to give the student an opportunity to illustrateIn sentences the grammar point he just covered.

Question \

An 1 drills to prepare the student for normal conversation.swerf. Review drills

(Drills preceded by an (*) have been included foroptional use with fast-moving students.)

5. Situations to improve comprehension and serve as a basis forquestions and elementary conversation.

6. Narrations to provide reading material and introduce a very limitednumber of vocabulary items.

7. Written exercises to offer to the student opportunity to relate thespoken language to the writing system.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Units 1 - 12

Preface

Foreword v

Unit 1Classroom expressions aDialogue: Dans la rue 1Useful words 4Vocabula~ awareness 5Lexical drills 6Questions on the dialogue laGrammar 1: Noun-Marker - Definite article: la

le, la, etc 2: Subj ect pronouns - 143: Inversion questions 174: Verb: tre 20

Question drill 25Response drill 25Review drills 25

Unit 2Dialogue: Dans un petit htel 29Useful words 33Vocabula~ awareness 34Lexical drills 35Questions on the dialogue 38Grammar 1: Noun-Marker - Indefinite article: 39

~ une, etc 2: Noun-Marker - Cardinal numbers 423: Negative adverb: ne pas 444: Verb: avoir 48

Situations 52Question drill 53Response drill 53Review drills 53Written exercises 56

Unit 3Dialogue: A la gare 58Dialogue notes 61Use fuI words 61Vocabula~ awareness 62Lexical drills 63Questions on the dialogue 67Grammar 1: Noun-Marker - Demonstrative adjectives: 67

ce, cet, etc 2 : la, au, etc :- - 713: Yes!No-questions 734: Verbs with infinitive ending in - ER 77

Situations 83Question drill 83

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Response drill 84Review drills 84Written exercises 86

Unit 4Dialogue: Faisons des courses 88Dialogue notes 91UsefUl words 92Vocabulary awareness 93Lexical drills 94Questions on the dialogue 99Grammar 1: Noun-Marker - Possessive adjective 100

mon, son, etc 2: Noun-Marker - 'IIidefinite article 105

du, de la, etc 3: Numbers to 100-- 1084: Prepositions: ~/! 1135: Verb: aller 115

Situations 119Question drill 119Response drill 120Review drills 120Written exercises 121

124127128129129136136

141144148150153154155155157

adjectivequelques,

constructions

Indefiniteplusieurs,etc

Noun-Markers in negativelarge numbersImpersonal verbsVerb: faire

2:3:4:5:

SituationsQuestion drillResponse drillReview drillsWritten exercises

Unit 5Dialogue: Le climatDialogue noteUsefUl wordsVocabulary awarenessLexical drillsQuestions on the dialogueGrammar 1: Noun-marker -

Unit 6Review drills

Unit 7Dialogue: Prenons rendez-vousDialogue notesUsefUl wordsVocabulary awarenessL3xical drills

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4: Imperatives5: Verbs like finir

SituationsQuestion drillResponse drillReview drillsNarrationWritten exercises

Questions on the dialogue 183Grammar 1: Adjectives - Part one: Forros 184

2: Object pronouns ln3: Subject pronoun ce 1994: Question-words - 2085: Verbs: Eouvoir, vouloir, savoir 212

Situations 217Question drill 218Response drill 219Review drills 219Narration 221Written exercises 221

Unit 8Dialogue: Chez le coiffeurDialogue notesUseful wordsVocabular,y awarenessLexical drillsQuestions on the dialogueGrammar 1: Adjectives - Part two: Position

2: abject pronouns: lui, leur3: Object pronouns: en

Unit 9Dialogue: Au restaurantDialogue notesUseful wordsVocabulary awarenessLexical drillsQuestions on the dialogueGrammar 1: Comparative & Superlative

2: Pass c~os (avoir)3: Order o~bject pronouns4: de + Adj. + Noun Plural5: Vrbs ending in 1ire 1

SituationsQuestion drillResponse drillReview drillsNarrationWritten exercises

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Unit 10Dialogue: Au bureau 334Dialogue note 337Useful words 337Vocabulary awareness 338Lexical drills 338Questions on the dialogue 342Grammar 1: Irregular comparatives and superlatives 343

2: Pass compos (tre) 3513: Expressions of quantity 3564: Expressions of quantity with en 3605: Verbs like Eartir 365

Situations 371Question drill 372Response drill 373Review drills 373Narration 377Written exercises 378

Unit IlDialogue: Maison louer 381Useful words 384Vocabulary awareness 385Lexical drills 386Questions on the dialogue 390Grammar 1: Infinitive verb phrases 391

2: Object pronouns in infinitive verb 395phrases

3: Essential object pronouns 4054: Expanded noun phrases 409S: Verbs like venir 412

Situations 418Question drill 419Response drill 419Review drills 420Narration 422Written exercises 422

Unit 12Review drills 425Narration 444

VocabularyFrench-English 445English-French 4SS

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CLASSROOM EXPRESSIONS

Tape 1.1

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.

10.Il.12.13.

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Asseyez-vou s.La classe commence.Ne lisez pas.Je ne vous entends pas.Je ne vous comprends pas.Vous tes en retard.Ecoutez la phrase.Parlez plus fort.Que veut dire ce mot?Traduisez.Dites-moi votre nom.Non/ je ne sais pas/ la leon.Ouvrez votre livre/ s'il vousplait.Rpondez/ en franais.Rptez/ tous ensemble.Rptez/ aprs moi.Rptez/ encore une fois.Comment dit-on/ bonjour/ enanglais?C'est parce quel nous sommespresss.Demandez/ Monsieur dei fermerla porte.Comment/ vous appelez-vous?Je mt appelle .Rptez/ la question/ s'il vousplait.

Sit down.The class begins.Don t t read.l can't hear you.l don't understand you.You are late.Listen to the sentence.Speak louder.What does that word mean?Translate.Tell me your name.No, l don't know