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French Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Québec 1st Edition

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4.2 out of 5 stars 14 customer reviews
ISBN-13: 978-0471641384
ISBN-10: 0471641383
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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: 5.9 x 0.4 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,162,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsTres Bon!
By A Customer on January 12, 2000
Format: 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!
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4.0 out of 5 starsAchetez ce libre icitte!!
By Michael Hill on February 23, 2006
Format: 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!
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5.0 out of 5 starsJoyful Joual!
By Stephanie Longo on June 29, 2000
Format: 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!
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5.0 out of 5 starsFunny funny funny
By zent on May 29, 2005
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I'm learning French, actually Quebec French, to move to Quebec City with my girlfriend. You must realize that Canadian French (and slang) is different in Montreal than in Quebec City than in Gaspe than in ... Anyways, she found this book hilarious because it does capture the slang that she uses. And she finds it even more hilarious when I try to speak this way too ...
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4.0 out of 5 starsCe livre est HOT!
By chris@foxinternet.net on June 22, 1998
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I bought this book and it goes through a bunch of phrases common to Quebec. There's also a short pronunciation guide and minor pronunciation tips throughout. I gave it a 4, because it would have been better with a cassette tape to teach you how to pronounce these words :)
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5.0 out of 5 starsQuebec-ese
By Karen L. Schniekert on January 25, 2011
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If you go to Quebec and are not a native Francophone- read this book. A French book will tell you about the "slang" and wording in France- not Quebec. This book was a joy to read and very helpful for those of us with only tourist speak.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Fun Little Book
By Jack Douglas on January 10, 2011
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French Fun is a delightful little book that sparks my interest in the common everyday language of Quebec. It may not be a full blown dictionary, but I wasn't expecting it to be. It does give tidbits of information about the context and the literal meaning of these words or phrases. Often times the author shows a good sense of humor. I really enjoyed having the book and I do recommend it for anyone who wants a break from time to time of learning French the old academic way. This book is a sight for sore reading!
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

good tips!

Published 15 months ago by Tara
5.0 out of 5 starsFrench Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Quebec

This puts a whole new slant on what is considered Quebecois. Of course my husband being an older generation French Canadian speaking American, sticks to the tried and true form of... Read more

Published on March 29, 2014 by Muriel H. Dandurand
4.0 out of 5 starsFrench Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Quebec - Steve Timmins

This is a good book to take along to Montreal and Quebec while touring parts of Canada. French Canadian is somewhat different from the French spoken in France and Louisiana, so it... Read more

Published on February 26, 2013 by Kris Zink
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent... enough said.

This book is excellent because it delivers exactly what it says it will. It's by no means an exhaustive dictionnary of all the slang and idioms in the french language. Read more

Published on May 25, 2009 by Jon Vellner
2.0 out of 5 starsonly some words

when I had opened it,I felt very dissapoint.It is like a mini-dictionary that only has some Canadian French words. Read more

Published on May 8, 2008 by X. Z. Yan
3.0 out of 5 starsGood if your going to Montreal

I think this is a fun book~ but only if your going to Montreal or Quebec City.

Published on April 4, 2008 by Patricia D. Graham
4.0 out of 5 starsIT COULD OF BEEN BETTER

THIS WAS THE ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND THAT I COULD FIND IN MONTREAL AND I FIND IT VERY HELPFUL,ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONE OR TWO PROBLEMS WITH IT. Read more

Published on February 11, 1999

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