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À ta place, je...
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 10 of 30: . On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 10.
The words
French
English
Say it
à ta place
if I were you
ah tah PLAHS
je refuserais
I would refuse
zhuh ruh-few-zuh-REH
refuser
to refuse
ruh-few-ZAY
accepter
to accept
ahk-sehp-TAY
la place
the position (someone else's)
lah PLAHS
hésiter entre deux
to be torn between two
ay-zee-tay ah(n)-TRUH duh
franc
straightforward
frah(n)
le dilemme
the dilemma
luh dee-LEHM
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
The most useful hypothetical in daily life is advice, and French has a ready-made opener: à ta place, je refuserais — if I were you, I would refuse. No si at all, and the conditional does the work.
Et aussi · And also
Its formal twin is à votre place. And si j'étais toi is the literal version, correct but heavier. Most speakers reach for à ta place first.
Attention · Watch out
à ta place, je refuserais has no si and no imparfait — the conditional stands alone. Its formal twin is à votre place.
faire, conditionnel — the table
je ferais · tu ferais · il/elle ferait · nous ferions · vous feriez · ils/elles feraient
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with à ta place.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out faire, conditionnel in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.