NTC's New College French and English Dictionary

by Sinclair Robinson and Donald Smith

Book Overview

Designed especially for those who want to understand and communicate effectively in Canadian French, NTC""s Dictionary of Canadian French defines for its users--both in English and European French equivalents--those words and idioms that are commonly used by French-speakers in Quebec and Acadia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844214868
• ISBN13: 9780844214863
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good service

Reply was prompt, and book was as stated as far as condition. Was satisfied with product and service.

A Linguistic Treasure for Amateur Etymology

Canadian French takes on and "tanks" years of cruel and unusual linguistic snobbery in this now classic explanation of anthropological etymology - a must read for all Franco-Americans. "Dictionary of Canadian French" exonerates everybody who suffered through the elite phrase of, "Oh, your French is not the 'real' French", just because the person speaking happens to be Canadian. In fact, Canadian French is good 'French', but the language evolved independently from the European ancestors' tongue. Moreover, in the dictionary section of this textbook, there are three columns of definitions and translations provided for every selected word - one is the English translation, the other two compare each word from the Canadian and the French expression. This book would do very well to be republished because it is now, unfortunately, out of print.

A very useful book / Un livre très utile.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Québécois culture and joual (or Quebec French). It is divided into many categories ranging from nature to sex to sports etc. At the end of the book features certain grammatical features and pronunciation features, in French and in English. It's pretty much accurate, because I checked this out with some of my Québécois friends. This book is a *Must-Have*. :) Je recommande ce livre à ceux qui s'interessent à la culture québécoise et le joual. Il est divisé par beaucoup de catégories, incluant la nature, le sexe, les sports, etc. Au bout de ce livre, il y a un guide sur la grammaire et la prononciation, en français et en anglais également. La plupart des informations sont exactes, j'ai checke ça avec mes chums québécois :) C'est livre est un *Must have*, là. :)

A worthwhile book to have if you like the French language

This book shows Canadian French words on a wide variety of topic areas along side those of words understood by European French speakers. It is definitely handy on a trip to Quebec and the Francophone regions of Ontario and New Brunswick. The Acadian French section was very well written and might even prove useful in Louisiana as well. The book is broken down into various topic areas, such as sports, politics, foods, etc which is quite helpful instead of a a random collection of words. When I lived in the states I frequently made trips to Quebec and was very glad to have this book with me on all my trips. What should really be added to future editions of this book is a small section on Western Canadian usage. In Manitoba some of the Quebecois words may not be understood by Franco-Manitobans.