Glossika Mass Sentences * Fluency training for serious language learners. * Recommended for High Beginners (A2 B1) as Supplementary Training to your current studies; some working knowledge required; good for brushing up or breaking through a plateau. * 1000 bilingual sentences with pronunciation guide in phonetic International Phonetic Alphabet with liaisons. * Vocabulary Index included (includes varying pronunciations of each conjugation/declension with a frequency count). * Accompanies the audio sold separately at Glossika.com, which includes hands-free spaced repetition. * Authentic and informal language use by native speakers, gradually building up sentence structures. FEATURES: * Serves as reference material to the audio training. * Lots of repetition of key syntactic components and vocabulary. * Introduces how to render foreign names and placenames in natural dialogue (with appropriate declensions and conjugations). * All sentences are bilingual in format and includes International Phonetic Alphabet to help you master the correct pronunciation (in phonetic form, which means we write out all the liaisons between words). * Informal, friendly language. Formal language used where appropriate. * Covers the following syntactic structures: Passive vs Active, Future Actions, Modal Verbs and Commands, Existential, Indirect Speech, Causative, Verbals (Gerunds, Infinitives) INCLUDES: * If you're serious about getting fluent in 3 months, follow our intensive schedule to finish Fluency 1-3 in 3 months. * Each book trains 1000 sentences, with Fluency 2 surpassing more than 2000 vocabulary words used in context and collocations. SAMPLE (some letters may not display correctly on your screen, so you can get the embedded font editions from
www.glossika.com directly): 1035: Three people were injured in the accident. Trois personnes ont ete blessees dans l'accident. [tʁwa pɛʁsɔn ɔ̃ ete blese dɑ̃ l‿aksidɑ̃ ] 1096: The bridge is closed. It got damaged last week, and it hasn't been repaired yet. Le pont est ferme. Il a ete endommage la semaine derniere, et on ne l'a pas encore repare. [lo pɔ̃ e fɛʁme i l‿a ete ɑ̃domaʒe la sᵊmɛn dɛʁnjɛʁ e ɔ̃ no l‿a pa z‿ɑ̃kɔʁ ʁepaʁe ] 1189: We played basketball on Sunday. We didn't play very well, but we won the game. Nous avons joue au basketball ce dimanche. Nous n'avons pas tres bien joue, mais nous avons gagne le match. > On a joue au basketball ce dimanche. On n'a pas tres bien joue, mais on a gagne le match. [nu z‿avɔ̃ ʒwe o (...) so dimɑ̃ʃ nu n‿avɔ̃ pa tʁɛ bjɛ̃ ʒwe mɛ nu z‿avɔ̃ ɡaɲe lo matʃ > ɔ̃ n‿a ʒwe o (...) so dimɑ̃ʃ ɔ̃ n‿a pa tʁɛ bjɛ̃ ʒwe mɛ ɔ̃ n‿a ɡaɲe lo matʃ ] 1314: It's very warm in this room. Shall I open a window? Il fait tres chaud dans cette piece. Puis-je ouvrir une fenetre? [il fɛ tʁɛ ʃo dɑ̃ sɛt pjɛs pɥi ʒo uvʁi ʁ‿yn fᵊnɛtʁ ] 1377: He might be at home tomorrow morning. Il sera peut-etre a la maison demain matin. [il sᵊʁa potɛtʁ a la mɛzɔ̃ dᵊmɛ̃ matɛ̃ ] 1435: I know Ms. Thompson has a job, but she's always home during the day. She must work at night. Je sais que Madame Thompson a un emploi, mais elle est toujours a la maison durant la journee. Elle doit travailler le soir. [ʒo sɛ ko madam (...) a oẽ n‿ɑ̃plwa mɛ ɛ l‿e tuʒuʁ a la mɛzɔ̃ dyʁɑ̃ la ʒuʁne ɛl dwa tʁavaje lo swaʁ ] 1483: You can't drive: "Do you think I should learn how to drive?" Tu ne sais pas conduire: Penses-tu que je devrais apprendre a conduire? [ty no sɛ pa kɔ̃dɥiʁ pɑ̃s ty ko ʒo dᵊvʁɛ apʁɑ̃dʁ a kɔ̃dɥiʁ ] NOT INTENDED AS: * a grammar reference * a travel phrasebook
