Rick Steves' French Phrase Book & Dictionary

by Rick Steves

Overview

Bonjour! From ordering a café au lait in Paris to making new friends in the Loire Valley, it helps to speak some of the native tongue. Rick Steves, bestselling author of travel guides to Europe, offers well-tested phrases and key words to cover every situation a traveler is likely to encounter. This handy guide provides key phrases for use in everyday circumstances and comes complete with phonetic spelling, an English-French and French-English dictionary, the latest information on European currency and rail transportation, and even a tear-out cheat sheet for continued language practice as you wait in line at the Louvre. Informative, concise, and practical, Rick Steves' French Phrase Book and Dictionary is an essential item for any traveler's sac à dos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612382029
Publisher:	Avalon Publishing
Publication date:	11/26/2013
Series:	Rick Steves' Travel Guides Series
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	456
Sales rank:	421,136
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rick Steves has spent 100 days every year since 1973 exploring Europe. Rick produces a public television series (Rick Steves' Europe), a public radio show (Travel with Rick Steves), and an app and podcast (Rick Steves Audio Europe); writes a bestselling series of guidebooks and a nationally syndicated newspaper column; organizes guided tours that take thousands of travelers to Europe annually; and offers an information-packed website (RickSteves.com). With the help of his hardworking staff of 80 at Europe Through the Back Door—in Edmonds, Washington, just north of Seattle—Rick's mission is to make European travel fun, affordable, and culturally broadening for Americans.

Table of Contents

	Getting Started	1
	French Basics	4
	Meeting and Greeting	4
	Essentials	5
	Where?	6
	How Much?	6
	How Many?	7
	When?	7
	Struggling with French	8
	Handy Questions	9
	Le Yin et le Yang	11
	Big Little Words	12
	Quintessentially French Expressions	13
	Counting	14
	Numbers	14
	Money	17
	Money Words	19
	Time	20
	Timely Expressions	21
	About Time	22
	The Day	22
	The Week	23
	The Month	23
	The Year	24
	Holidays and Happy Days	24
	Key Phrases: Money	19
	Key Phrases: Time	20
	Traveling	26
	Flights	26
	Making a Reservation	26
	At the Airport	27
	Getting to/from the Airport	27
	Trains	28
	The Train Station	28
	Getting a Ticket	29
	Reservations, Supplements, and Discounts	31
	Ticket Talk	32
	Changing Trains	33
	On the Platform	33
	On the Train	34
	Reading Train and Bus Schedules	36
	Going Places	37
	Places within France	37
	Buses and Subways	39
	At the Bus Station or Metro Stop	39
	Taking Buses and Subways	40
	Taxis	42
	Getting a Taxi	42
	In the Taxi	43
	Driving	45
	Rental Wheels	45
	At the Gas Station	46
	Car Trouble	47
	Parking	48
	Finding your Way	49
	Route-Finding Words	50
	The Police	51
	Reading Road Signs	51
	Other Signs You May See	52
	Key Phrases: Trains	31
	Key Phrases: Buses and Subways	41
	Key Phrases: Taxis	42
	Key Phrases: Driving	45
	Sleeping	54
	Places to Stay	54
	Reserving a Room	54
	L'Alphabet	56
	Using a Credit Card	57
	Just the Fax, Ma'am	59
	Getting Specific	59
	Families	61
	Mobility Issues	61
	Confirming, Changing, and Cancelling Reservations	62
	Nailing Down the Price	63
	Choosing a Room	64
	Breakfast	65
	Hotel Help	65
	Chill Out	67
	Hotel Hassles	67
	Checking Out	68
	Camping	69
	Key Phrases: Sleeping	55
	Eating	70
	Restaurants	70
	Types of Restaurants and Cuisine	70
	Finding a Restaurant	71
	Getting a Table	72
	The Menu	74
	Ordering	75
	Tableware and Condiments	77
	The Food Arrives	78
	Complaints	78
	Compliments to the Chef	79
	Paying for Your Meal	79
	Special Concerns	80
	In a Hurry	80
	Dietary Restrictions	81
	Children	82
	What's Cooking	84
	Breakfast	84
	What's Probably Not for Breakfast	84
	Snacks and Quick Lunches	85
	Hors d'Oeuvres	86
	Sandwiches	87
	If You Knead Bread	88
	Say Cheese	88
	Soups and Salads	89
	Seafood	90
	Poultry	91
	Meat	91
	Meat, but	92
	How Food is Prepared	92
	Veggies	95
	Fruits	96
	Nuts	97
	Just Desserts	97
	Creme de la Creme	99
	Drinking	100
	Water, Milk, and Juice	100
	Coffee and Tea	101
	Wine	102
	Wine Words	103
	Wine Labels	104
	Beer	104
	Bar Talk	105
	Picnicking	107
	At the Grocery	107
	Tasty Picnic Words	108
	Key Phrases: Restaurants	72
	Key Phrases: What's Cooking	86
	Avoiding Mis-Steaks	92
	French Regional Specialties	93
	French Cooking Styles and Sauces	96
	Key Phrases: Drinking	101
	Menu Decoder	110
	French / English	110
	English / French	121
	Activities	132
	Sightseeing	132
	Where?	132
	At the Sight	133
	Please	133
	Tours	134
	Entrance Signs	135
	Discounts	135
	In the Museum	135
	Art and Architecture	136
	Castles and Palaces	137
	Religious Words	138
	Shopping	139
	French Shops	139
	Shop Till You Drop	141
	Street Markets	142
	Clothes	143
	Colors	144
	Materials	144
	Jewelry	145
	Sports	146
	Bicycling	146
	Swimming and Boating	147
	Sports Talk	148
	Entertainment	149
	Entertaining Words	149
	Key Phrases: Sightseeing	133
	Key Phrases: Shopping	139
	Connect	151
	Phoning	151
	Telephone Words	152
	Cell Phones	153
	E-Mail and the Web	154
	E-mail	154
	Web Words	155
	On-Screen	155
	Mailing	156
	Licking the Postal Code	156
	Key Phrases: E-Mail	155
	Key Phrases: Mailing	157
	Help!	158
	Theft and Loss	159
	Helpful Words	160
	Help for Women	160
	Key Phrases: Help!	158
	Services	161
	Laundry	161
	Clean Words	162
	Haircuts	162
	Repair	163
	Filling Out Forms	164
	Health	165
	Ailments	167
	Women's Health	168
	Parts of the Body	169
	Healthy Words	172
	First-Aid Kit	173
	Contacts and Glasses	174
	Toiletries	175
	Makeup	176
	For Babies	176
	More Baby Things	177
	Key Phrases: Health	165
	Chatting	178
	Nothing More Than Feelings	179
	Who's Who	180
	Family	180
	Work	180
	Chatting with Children	182
	Travel Talk	183
	Map Musings	184
	Favorite Things	188
	Thanks a Million	189
	Weather	190
	Smoking	191
	Responses for All Occasions	191
	Conversing with Animals	192
	Profanity	192
	Sweet Curses	193
	Create Your Own Conversation	194
	Who	194
	What	195
	Why	195
	You Be the Judge	196
	Beginnings and Endings	197
	The French Political Scene	198
	A French Romance	199
	Words of Love	199
	Ah, l'Amour	199
	Key Phrases: Chatting	179
	Dictionary	203
	French / English	203
	English / French	226
	Tips For Hurdling the Language Barrier	250
	Don't Be Afraid to Communicate	250
	International Words	252
	French Verbs	253
	French Tongue Twisters	256
	English Tongue Twisters	257
	French Songs	258
	French Gestures	260
	Numbers and Stumblers	260
	Appendix	262
	Let's Talk Telephones	262
	Country Codes	263
	Useful Phone Numbers	264
	Embassies	264
	Tear-Out Cheat Sheet	265
	Hotel Reservation Fax Form	267
	Illustrations
	Standard Road Signs
	Parts of the Body
	Human Temp Thermometer
	Weather Thermometer
	Maps
	Major Rail Lines in France
	France
	Europe
	The United States
	The World