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New · real situations

Everyday French

Walk into a bakery, a station or a pharmacy in France and know what to say. Each of 30 real situations gives you the whole exchange, how to say every line, and the replies you'll hear back, so the answer doesn't throw you.

  • 79 pages · 30 situations
  • Every line with how to say it, and what you'll hear back
  • One real trap on every page: a false friend, a sound, a point of manners
  • PDF, A4 — made for a screen or tablet, and prints at home
  • Buy once, yours forever — updates included
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What's inside

All 30 situations, in order, with the page each one opens on. Every one is a full cut-paper picture with the teaching on the facing page.

Se déplacergetting around
  1. 8 À la gare
    at the station: buying a ticket
  2. 10 Dans le train
    on the train: your seat and your ticket
  3. 12 En bus
    taking the bus
  4. 14 En taxi
    taking a taxi
  5. 16 Demander son chemin
    asking the way
Manger et boireeating and drinking
  1. 20 À la boulangerie
    at the bakery
  2. 22 Au café
    at the café: ordering and paying
  3. 24 Au restaurant
    at the restaurant: ordering a meal
  4. 26 Réserver une table
    booking a table
  5. 28 Au marché
    at the market
Faire les coursesshopping
  1. 32 Au supermarché
    at the supermarket checkout
  2. 34 À la fromagerie
    at the cheese shop
  3. 36 Au magasin de vêtements
    the clothes shop: trying things on
  4. 38 Rendre un article
    taking something back
  5. 40 À la poste
    at the post office
Se logersomewhere to stay
  1. 44 À l'hôtel : l'arrivée
    the hotel: checking in
  2. 46 À l'hôtel : un problème
    the hotel: something's wrong
  3. 48 À l'hôtel : le départ
    the hotel: checking out
  4. 50 La location de vacances
    the holiday let: getting the keys
  5. 52 Au camping
    at the campsite
Santé et secourshealth and help
  1. 56 À la pharmacie
    at the pharmacy
  2. 58 Prendre rendez-vous
    making an appointment
  3. 60 Chez le médecin
    at the doctor's
  4. 62 Appeler les secours
    calling for help
  5. 64 Au commissariat
    the police station: lost or stolen
Les gens et les papierspeople and paperwork
  1. 68 Se présenter
    meeting someone
  2. 70 Dîner chez des amis
    dinner at friends'
  3. 72 Au téléphone
    on the phone
  4. 74 Remplir un formulaire
    filling in a form
  5. 76 À la banque
    at the bank

Inside the book

Real pages, straight from the PDF: how the book works, then one complete spread — the picture, and the facing page that teaches from it.

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