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"Our experience as language trainers
has shown us that the biggest boost to communicating effectively
is in the correct use of VERBS - And in particular "MODAL"
and "AUXILIARY" verbs.
Hey - don't switch off!
Yes, we know the word "VERBS"
is a turn-off and MODAL and AUXILIARY sound even worse! But we
PROMISE what follows is quite painless and is the KEY for
you to say a lot in French with a minimum of effort
Again - we've done most
of the work for you.
Verbs are ACTION words - pretty well every
sentence we say has a
verb in it and most sentences have modal or auxiliary verbs too
which - as their names imply - MODIFY and HELP the meaning so
that
you can:
SAY A LOT MORE THINGS WITH JUST A FEW MORE WORDS
Here's a reminder of the mini pronunciation
guide we gave you in your program.
Pronunciation guide: 1.
ONG sounds like the ONG in TONG
- only you dont hear the NG - it is left rather
in the air. Same goes for UNG and ANG
2. ZH in the sounds ZHE and ZHO
sound like the S in TREASURE
Look at this English sentence and its French equivalent ...
ENGLISH - FRENCH
- PRONUNCIATION - stress the underlined bits
I SPEAK FRENCH - JE
PARLE FRANCAIS - ZHE PARL FRONSAY
OK - so it's a statement just saying that
you speak French and you
need to learn three words to say it - so what?.
But look at how you can:
MODIFY the meaning of HOW something
happens by adding a MODAL VERB
I MUST SPEAK FRENCH - JE DOIS PARLER FRANCAIS
- ZHE DWAH PARLAY
FRONSAY
I CAN SPEAK FRENCH -
JE PEUX PARLER FRANCAIS
- ZHE PER PARLAY FRONSAY
I WANT TO SPEAK FRENCH -
JE VEUX PARLER FRANCAIS - ZHE VER PARLAY FRONSAY
I KNOW HOW TO SPEAK FRENCH - JE SAIS PARLER FRANCAIS
- ZHE SAY PARLAY
FRONSAY
You are saying completely different
things by just adding these words and it looks even easier to
say it in French than it does in English!
If you learn MUST, CAN, WANT TO, KNOW HOW TO in French and if you learn - say - just a DOZEN
what we call MAIN VERBS like TO SPEAK
... then you will be able to say HUNDREDS of things.
Here are 12 MAIN VERBS for you to
learn and when you have learned them ....
TO GO -
ALLER - ALLEY
TO COME - VENIR
- VEN-EAR
TO BE - ETRE - AY-TRER
TO HAVE - AVOIR - AV-WIRE
TO SEE - VOIR - V'WIRE
TO EAT - MANGER
- MONG-ZHAY
TO ASK - DEMANDER - DERMONG-DAY
TO GIVE - DONNER - DONN-AY
TO TAKE - PRENDRE - PRARN-DRER
TO TRAVEL - VOYAGER - V'WHY-ARGY
TO BUY - ACHETER - ASHER-TAY
TO DO/MAKE - FAIRE
- FAIR
... you'll have the basis for saying literally
HUNDREDS of things because you'll already have quite a few words
from your Fluency Today Program.
You can mix and match them like this for example:
I MUST GO - JE DOIS ALLER - ZHE DWAH ALLEY
I CAN COME -
JE PEUX VENIR -
ZHE PER VEN-EAR
I WANT TO BUY
- JE VEUX ACHETER -
ZHE VER ASHER-TAY
I KNOW HOW TO MAKE-
JE SAIS FAIRE -
ZHE SAY FAIR
......etc etc
NOT ONLY THAT but look
how you can: .............."
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