501 French Verbs (Barron's 501 French Verbs)
by Christopher Kendris, Theodore N. Kendris
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Author: Christopher Kendris, Theodore N. KendrisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-01
ISBN: 0764124293
Number of pages: 720
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Book Review: A Bargain at Twice the Price!
Summary: 5 Stars
I cannot in good conscience give this book anything less than five stars because I've become totally dependant on it in the year since I bought it. It actually has more than 501 verbs available because there are pages and pages of additional verbs in the handy index provided. Every page has not only every possible conjugation (14 in all! How DO native speakers manage, Mon Dieu!) but common expressions as well! Soooooooo handy. I have learned tons from this book simply in passing, by often stopping to read a random entry when I meant to look up something else entirely.
However, there are some drawbacks -- for one thing, the writers waste several of the 501 entries with verbs that are really just compunds of other verbs -- why bother with "permettre" and "promettre" for instance, when they are both conjugated EXACTLY like "mettre"? Likewise with "aller" vs. "s'en aller" or "venir" vs. "devenir" or even "convaincre" vs. "vaincre" -- just remember to add the new beginning and you're good to go, yo.
Also, I've found over a half dozen verbs that don't appear anywhere in the book, which meant I had to guess at their conjugations. Quelle dommage!
The final drawback is the book's layout/setup. The cover of the fifth edition brags that it now has a "two-color layout." Well whoopee, but more colors wouldn't have killed them, particularly in the appendices, where all the bold entries seems to blend and blur together. It also wouldn't have killed them to spring for some thumbholds or maybe color-coded page edges so that you can flip to the section of the book you need with greater ease. I would have considered the extra fifty cents or whatever that added to the cover price money WELL spent.
Don't be deterred by these mostly minor gripes though -- this book is a must-have for any serious French-as-a-second-(or 3rd or 4th or what have you)-language student who doesn't happen to possess a photgraphic memory or an off-the-charts IQ. It can only help you, trust me. Matter of fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it could even be of help to native speakers -- after all, who could *possibly* remember the passe anterieur of "reparaitre" off the top of her head???
Summary of 501 French Verbs (Barron's 501 French Verbs)
The new, updated edition of this popular book of French verbs and general language guide is now printed in two colors for increased ease of reference. The most important and most commonly used French verbs are presented alphabetically in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. This thorough guide to the use of verbs features many additional references and tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional French verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and tests with questions answered and explained. French language students will also find an index of English-French verbs, a section on verbs used in French idiomatic expressions, and more than 1,000 additional French regular verbs conjugated like the book's model verbs.What you see is what you get when it comes to this popular series of foreign-language grammar titles, and here what you get is 501 French Verbs, fully conjugated in every tense the French language has to offer. (That would be 28, in case you're counting.) You'll also find verb drills and tests as well as definitions of important grammatical terms, an index of irregular verb forms, lists of vernacular expressions and idioms, and much more. If you can't find the verb you're looking for in the 501 "model" verbs, author Christopher Kendris provides an index of 1,000 additional verbs that are conjugated in the same way as one of the 501. A lifesaver for anyone who does much writing in French, 501 French Verbs is an absolutely essential reference for every serious student of the language.
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