Foundation Course French, Audio-CD

Similarities with English: '-able', '-ible', '-ary', '-ent', '-ant', '-ance', '-ence', '-ion', '-ation', '-al' endings; 'it's possible, it's comfortable, it's for you, it's not for me'; it's like that, it's very different'; elision of last consonant of previous word to first of following; 'necessary'/'I would like...': 'je voudrais parler francais avec vous' (I would like to speak French with you); 'Will you...': 'voulez-vous venir avec moi' (will you come with me = polite request); 'voulez-vous aller manger avec moi' (will you go eat with me); 'ou voulez-vous aller?' (where do you want to go?); 'ou voulez-vous aller manger ce soir?' (where do you want to go eat tonight?)/'je voudrais savoir ou c'est' (I would like to know. where it is); 'je voudrais savoir combien c'est' (I would like to know how much it is); pronunciation of final consonants; 'c'est tres petit' (it's very small); 'c'est tres tard, c'est trop tard' (it's very late, it's too late)/'il est grand, elle est grande' (he is big, she is big); 'c'est tres vite, c'est trop vite pour moi' (it's very fast, it's too fast for me); 'vous parlez trop vite pour moi' (You speak too fast for me); 'vous allez trop vite pour moi' (You go too fast for me'); 'c'est si bon, si c'est si bon' (it's so good, if it's so good)/'je voudrais savoir pourquoi c'est si bon' (I would like to know why it is so good); 'normalement' (normally: -ly > -ment); 'je voudrais un peu' (I would like a little); 'plus tard' (later); 'voulez-vous venir plus tard' (will you come later)/'autre', 'chose' (other, thing): 'je voudrais manger quelque chose' (I would like to eat something); 'je voudrais la meme chose pour moi, s'il vous plait' (I would like the same thing for me, please); 'je voudrais autre chose' (I would like something else); 'encore' (another/more/again): 'je voudrais encore un verre de vin blanc' (I would like another glass of white wine); nouns, adjectives, verbs; 'je dois parler avec vous' (I must speak with you); 'je suis

Michel Thomas had an amazing life. Born in Poland, he spent his early years in Germany and then in France, where he studied psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. When war broke out, he fought with the Resistance and suffered imprisonment in slave labour camps. At the end of the the war he joined the US liberation army and later settled in the US where he established his world-famous language school. For more than 50 years he taught languages to the rich and famous and has become the world's most sought-after language teacher.

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