Apprendre une autre langue
est un peu comme devenir quelqu’un d’autre.
(Learning another language
is like becoming another person).
Haruki Murakami
12 Short Suspense Stories in French, Nr. 1 11
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
Page
13
1. LE BRUIT DES VAGUES
Page 15
Grammar tip: Passé simple and stories
Page 17
2. LES CHIFFRES MÈNENT LA DANSE
Page 23
Grammar tip: The verb faire
Page
28
3. ENTRE ART ET AMOUR
Page 31
Grammar tip: Usual adverbs
Page 34
4. LA SURPRISE
Page 37
Vocabulary: Entendre and écouter Page
41
A cultural note: Phrases without a verb
Page 43
5. LʹEXERCICE
R24
Page
45
Grammar tip: The pronouns lequel, laquelle, etc.
Page 48
6. LʹINSPIRATRICE
Page
53
A cultural note: When the negative is used to say something positive
Page 56
A cultural note: Franglais and verb conjugations Page 58
12 Le bruit des vagues...
7. CE MATIN‐LÀ
Page 61
Grammar tip: The many uses of the adverb ʺ là ʺ
Page 67
8. LE 5 À 7
Page 69
Grammar tip: The indirect object pronoun ʺ lui ʺ
Page 71
