French Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Québec [Paperback]

Steve Timmins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1995 | ISBN-10: 0471641383 | ISBN-13: 978-0471641384 | Edition: 1

If you grapple daily with spoken Québec French, are thinking of visiting or doing business in la belle province or would like to communicate more effectively with your Québécois friends and colleagues, French Fun is the book for you. With lively illustrations and hilarious literal translations, it introduces you to the French language of Québec through a collection of some of the most common and colourful idioms heard in Québec today. These are words from the real spoken French of Québec — some standard, some informal, others with a fascinating linguistic or cultural story behind them. The perfect complement to all French programs, French Fun is a must for anyone wishing to have a more intimate acquaintance with the French language of Québec and the people who speak it. Ce livre constitue un recueil des mots et expressions les plus courants et colorés de la langue québécoise de tous les jours. En le publiant, l’auteur veut partager cette richesse linguistique avec les anglophones de partout. Bien que s’adressant principalement aux anglophones, cette oeuvre peut aussi être intéressante et utile pour les francophones.

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Language Notes

Text: English, French

From the Publisher

Packed with lively illustrations and hilarious literal translations, this entertaining guide offers readers an insider's look at the French language of Quebec through a collection of some of the most common and colorful idioms. Consists of words that are helpful in understanding everyday situations or for communicating on a more intimate level. The entries are listed in dictionary form for easy reading of common Quebecois words.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471641383
• ISBN-13: 978-0471641384
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tres Bon!, January 12, 2000

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"princessatreyu" - See all my reviews

This review is from: French Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Québec (Paperback)

This book is fantastic. I am a writer of fiction and one of my works is about the magnificant sport of ice hockey. Before and even during my quest to get help with the language from on line people, this book came to the rescue with its simplicity and abundance of phrases with common, everyday sayings that a textbook could not offer. My hat is off to, Mr. Timmons. Would like to see more of the same!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Achetez ce libre icitte!!, February 23, 2006

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Michael Hill "Hillm" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: French Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Québec (Paperback)

This is an excellent, light hearted look at the unique and beautiful québécois dialect. It's fun, easy reading and the pictures used to illustrate the words, as well as the amusing examples of word usage, help you to memorise the terms and use them properly. An ideal step up from this would be a "teach yourself" style quebec french book with audio tracks and dialogue, because reading the words is no comparison to hearing quebec french in all its glory. That's my next step! This book will make you yearn for at least a holiday to la belle province!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joyful Joual!, June 29, 2000

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Stephanie Longo "Incoronatella" (Scranton, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: French Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Québec (Paperback)

This book is great, especially for learners of French. I bought it as a guide to the dialect of Quebec for a project I was doing in my French class and found it fascinating. I am going to study French in Quebec this summer and found that a lot of the phrases this book contains are used there. This book is also wonderful for anyone who is interested in dialectology!