Streetwise French Speak and Understand Everyday French

Learn the French of the streets or you might faire du gaffe* Get a grand tour of everyday French as it's spoken in the Francophone world. With the help of thirty dialogues on an audio CD, enacted by native speakers, it clues you in on the idioms, colloquialisms, slang, and vulgarisms currently used by French speakers of all walks of life, from Paris to Perpignan, from Lyon to Le Mans. Streetwise French with Audio CDhelps you speak the Gallic language without un pepin(a hitch) by providing: An overview of signature words differentiating speakers across the Francophone world Engaging exercises that let you test your comprehension and polish your French skills Vocabulary lists and a mini dictionary Just a taste of what you'll find inside: baratinerto hit on faire une scenecreate a scene les tablettes de chocolatabs, six-pack Tu parles!So what! boire un coupto have a drink l'internauteweb surfer C'est vache!That sucks! faire la biseto kiss on both cheeks a la tienneCheers! * put your foot in itRodrigues, Isabelle is the author of 'Streetwise French Speak and Understand Everyday French', published 2006 under ISBN 9780071478748 and ISBN 0071478744.