Introduction Part One Basics of French Understanding CHAPTER 1 French Pronunciation The French You Already Know: Borrowed Words and Cognates The French Alphabet Pronouncing Vowels Pronouncing Consonants Syllabification The Francophone World Quiz CHAPTER 2 Naming Things Definite Articles French Nouns and Gender Asking Basic Questions The Gender of Countries The Plural of Nouns Indefinite Articles The Cardinal Numbers Zero to Fifty Ordinal Numbers Days, Months, and Seasons French Names Quiz CHAPTER 3 Asking Questions Subject Pronouns -er Verb Endings in the Present Tense Spelling Changes in -er Verbs Asking Questions Answering Questions in the Negative The Negation ni.