French Slanguage

By Mike Ellis

With this fun visual guide, simply follow the illustrated prompts and read the English words out loud: soon you’ll be speaking French! Ask how someone is doing: “Comet Haley View” or say thank you very much: “Mare See Bow Cool.”

The simple icons are easy to follow and this pocket-sized guide is easy to carry with you. It will give you the basic phrases you need to get around while traveling, whether asking directions, ordering food at a restaurant, or shopping. But most of all, it’s just plain fun!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Release date: May 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781423622451

Mike Ellis

Mike Ellis a web designer who runs the popular website www.slanguage.com. He lives with his family in Philadelphia.

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French Slanguage

A Fun Visual Guide to French Terms and Phrases

By Mike Ellis

French Slanguage

A Fun Visual Guide to French Terms and Phrases

Digital Edition 1.0

Text © 2012 Mike Ellis

Illustrations © 2012 Rupert Bottenberg, except illustration of trumpet player on pages 8, 9, 30, 36, 46, and 50; and illustration of peace sign on page 93

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

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Dedicated to all those who thought learning French was difficult.

French Slanguage

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book Greetings and Responses Friends and Family Verbs Adjectives and Adverbs Pronouns, Prepositions, and Conjunctions Food and Restaurants Money and Shopping Labor Health and Medicine Travel and Tourism Animals Numbers and Time Education Entertainment Household Sports and Politics Nature and Weather Potpourri

How to Use This Book

If you have always wanted to learn the basics of French, but traditional methods seemed overwhelming or intimidating, this book is for you! Just follow the directions below and soon you’ll be able to say dozens of words and phrases in French.

Follow the illustrated prompts and say the phrase quickly and smoothly. Emphasize the word highlighted in red. In French, it is almost always the last word in the sentence or phrase. A strikethrough means don’t pronounce that letter.

There are no distinctions made in this book between masculine/feminine, singular/plural, formal/familiar, indirect object pronouns, intransitive verbs, etc.

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Reviews for French Slanguage

[michelle7mount · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It provided us some very funny and embarrassing moments at a bar in Paris. Don't rely on the pronunciation guide for all the words.