Product Description

With stunning new design and layout and the most up-to-date travel information, the market's most indispensable phrasebook has been reinvented, and is better than ever. Gem French will give you the right word at the right time -- every time. In all of the most common travel situations, you need the reassurance that you can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and now with the completely re-designed Collins Gem French, the right word will always be at your fingertips. With a whole new look inside and out that includes a new cover and easy-to-navigate layout, it is now simpler than ever to use the French language effectively and with confidence. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday on holiday, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. Includes: / Fully updated travel information / Travel tips / 3000 word dictionary / Comprehensive menu decoder / Grammar and pronunciation sections / "Face to face" sections With the help of Gem French you will never be lost for words in France again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10112 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

A great little product that's invaluable when travelling.
The Collins Phrase books (I have used several of the new editions including French, Spanish and Italian while travelling around Europe) are great. They are easily navigable with colour coding for different sections - all the essentials you need for getting by on holiday - shopping, using transport, accommodation, top tips - my favourite bit though, and that which I couldn't do with out, is the awesome menu reader! By far my favourite part of the any holiday is eating and the format is nice and compact so can fit in your handbag/purse easily. They're really discreet for bringing out at the dinner table, pretty much fitting in your hand, and avoiding the truly obvious tourist look! They're good and cheap too so I will be picking one up for any relevant country I visit.

Ok if you don't speak a word.
I'll start by saying I think I expected a bit too much of this product. I attempted to use it in France after using the Michel Thomas Foundation Course: French (Michel Thomas Series) (which incidentally is very good). But I found that because I knew a little French already, everything I needed to know was too advanced for this book. The dictionary was a lot more use.

On the other hand, if you don't speak even a word of French this might be useful to you. it has phonetic pronunciations of all the words and useful sections which might get you out of a scrape. But if you can afford it... forget this and go for the French course instead!

OK for the cost but not great
This book is very basic and i found when in a French restuarant alot of words not in the dictionary part so i struggled. The type is very small so when your trying to find something quickly without looking like a typical tourist it doesn't happen!