Street French 1: The Best of French Slang

by David Burke

Oh, la vache! Le voleur s'est fait epingler par le flic!

( Wow! That thief got nabbed by the cop!

( Oh, the cow! That thief got stapled by the cop!

Sacre bleu! Even after years of trying to learn French, you still have trouble conversing with a native speaker. Why? Because everyday French is filled with slang and colloquialisms. Street French 1 is the first in a series of slang/idiom books that teach you how to speak and understand the real language used daily on the street, in homes, offices, stores, and among family and friends.

Entertaining dialogues, word games and drills, crossword puzzles, word searches, and "inside" tips will have you sounding like a native in no time at all.

Genres: Language, Reference, France, Nonfiction, Linguistics

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Librarian Note: There are multiple authors by this name in the GR database.

See also: Fantasy author David Burke

David Burke is a documentary filmmaker and former 60 MINUTES writer/producer who came to Paris in 1986 for what he thought would be a year, but turned into more than twenty. Besides Writers in Paris, he has written two editions of HarperCollinss Access Paris, a travel guide to Mediterranean France, and numerous articles for magazines and web sites. He and his wife, producer/director Joanne Burke, have also made seven documentaries over these years and are working on a eighth.
He now divides his time between Paris and New York.

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

C'est bon!

[Jydsz Last Name (Optional) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Puedo hablar francés ahora

[Mayor McCheese · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a remarkable turn of events I actually completed all the exercises in this book. So often those of us who love foreign languages are compelled to buy a language book placed near the checkstand because it looks fun or because we want to return to nostalgia of learning a language in college, etc. But then usually we do 20 pages and the book gathers dust on the shelf (like when I decided for a few weeks to learn Italian). The exercises here are interesting enough to keep you going but not so hard you get bogged down. Highly recommended to someone with solid French skills who wants to expand vocab and pronunciation.

[Stanley Lalanne]

Un bon livre

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a boring text. And a dull one. Slang made like the 1950s language manuals.