Introduction: How this course came about, what it does and does not include, how it works, and how it is both faithful to and expands upon the Michel Thomas Language Courses 1 WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW - COGNATES Introduction Transformation of adjectives ending in -ible Transformation of adjectives ending in -able Formation of adjectives ending in -able from -er verbs Transformation of adjectives beginning with un- and in- Formation of adjectives ending in -able from -oir, -re and -ir verbs Transformation of adjectives and nouns ending in -ant Transformation of adjectives and nouns ending in -ent Transformation of nouns ending in -tion Transformation of nouns ending in -sion Transformation of nouns ending in -ance and -ence Transformation of nouns ending in -er and -ist Further transformation of nouns ending in -ance Transformation of adverbs in -ly Transformation of adjectives and nouns ending in -ary and -ory Transformation of adjectives ending in -ive Transformation of adjectives ending in -ous Transformation of adjectives ending in -ic and -ical and nouns ending in -ic and -ics Transformation of nouns ending in -ure Transformation of nouns ending in -tude Transformation of nouns ending in -ity Further transformation of some nouns ending in -y Transformation of nouns ending in -in and -ine Transformation of adjectives ending in -ide Transformation of nouns ending in -ism and -ist Transformation of adjectives ending in -al Conclusion. 2 BEING ON THE RIGHT TRACK - VERBS Introduction Verbs in -er - present, imperfect and conditional Verbs in -er - imperfect and perfect with etre and avoir Etre en train de, etre sur le point de, venir de Verbs in -ir of the ouvrir , sortir and venir types Verbs in -ir of the finir ; en + present participle Verbs in -re Verbs in -uire and -ire Everyday verbs and semi-idiomatic usages: prendre, dire Further everyday verbs: boire, croire, faire, savoir and connaitre Reflexive verbs. 3 EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS Common constructions : verbs with a, de and sur Vouloir dire Expressions of time: depuis, pendant, il y a, en, dans, avant and apres Talking about days of the week, months and seasons Telling the time Expressions of place: -ci and -la, loin and pres, a gauche and a droite , devant and derriere , dessus and dessous Expressions of quantity : quelque , du , de la , the pronoun en , assez , la plupart de Talking about numbers Il faut The pronoun y Avoir and semi-idiomatic expressions Etre and semi-idiomatic expressions Using negatives: ne ... pas, ne ... plus, ne ... rien, ne ... personne, non ... plus, ni ... ni, ne ... que. Adjective changing their meaning before the noun : ancien, certain, cher, propre Making comparisons Adding emphasis: voici and voila, c'est ... qui, ce qui, ce que Using on Talking about people: using gens and personnes Talking about opposites Giving approximations
