A Compendium Of The Grammatical Rules Of The French Language, Part 1 - Softcover

Francois A. Brégy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461942275 ISBN 13: 9780461942279

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

A Compendium Of The Grammatical Rules Of The French Language, Part 1 by Francois A. Brégy. This English-language instructional manual collects core French grammar rules intended for memorization and practice rather than reference. The work opens with phonetics and orthography—alphabet, vowel sounds, accents, and basic pronunciation—before presenting rules governing gender and number, articles, possessives, demonstratives, and pronouns. It proceeds to nouns, adjectives, and the formation of plural and comparative forms, then surveys the four conjugations and the principal tenses, including present, imperfect, past definite, future, conditional, and subjunctive moods, as well as the imperative and passive voice. The Preface explains the author’s twenty-five years of teaching experience at the Central High School, Girard College, and the University of Pennsylvania, and emphasizes clearness and memory-work over elegant prose. The book uses numerous illustrated examples (such as Father Pere, Water Eau) and explicit contraction rules (de le to du, des to des, etc.), along with an Appendix of exercises. The volume represents a 19th?century pedagogical approach to mastering French grammar.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461942275
• ISBN 13: 9780461942279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80