The Everything French Grammar Book provides readers with easy-to-follow lessons on the rules, syntax, and sentence structure of the French language. From punctuation to pronouns, this handy reference walks readers through the basics of proper French speaking. Step-by-step instruction, fun reinforcement exercises, and clever mnemonic clues help readers master conjugation, tense use, and sentence structure quickly! Complete with verb charts, The Everything French Grammar Book is the perfect reference for the Gallic enthusiast.
LEARNING FRENCH IS not the easiest thing in the world, but it can be extremely interesting and worthwhile. Whether you want to visit French-speaking countries, chat with native speakers who live nearby, or just learn more about the world, being able to speak French well will definitely make the experience more enjoyable.
French Language Classification
French is a Romance language, although that's not why it's called the language of love. In linguistic terms, âRomanceâ comes from the word Roman and simply means âfrom Latin.â The complete language family classification of French is Indo-European > Italic > Romance. Here are some things to know about the language classification of French:
Indo-European is the largest language family and contains most European, American, and Asian languages, including Latin, Greek, Gaelic, Polish, and Hindi.
Italic basically refers to Latin.
Romance languages are originally from Western Europe, although due to colonization, some of them are found all over the world. French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese are all Romance languages.
Since Romance languages are all descended from Latin, they tend to be similar in many ways to one another. If you have already studied another Romance language, you will find that some French concepts are very easy for you because you already learned about them when studying a previous language.
Question?
How does the classification of English compare to that of French? The classification of English is Indo-European >Germanic> Western.
French Speakers
French is an official language in dozens of countries as well as in numerous immigrant communities in the United States and around the world. French is the second most commonly taught second language in the world, after English. French is the official language in:
Benin
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
Ivory Coast
Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly ZaĂŻre)
France and its overseas territories
Gabon
Geneva, Jura, NeuchĂątel, and Vaud (Swiss districts)
Guinea
Luxembourg
Mali
Monaco
Niger
Quebec (Canadian province)
Republic of the Congo
Senegal
Togo
French is one of two or more official languages in Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Switzerland, and Vanuatu.
French is also important, though not the official language, in a number of other countries. Whether as an administrative, commercial, or international language, or due to the reality of a considerable French-speaking population, French is also found in Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Dominica, Egypt, Greece, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, India, Italy (Valle d'Aosta), Laos, Lebanon, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Poland, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Kingdom (Channel Islands), United States (Louisiana, New England), Vatican City, and Vietnam.
