📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 23 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 5 · L'exposé
Défendre et concéder
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 23 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 23.
The words
French
English
Say it
vous avez raison sur ce point
you are right about that
voo zah-vay reh-zoh(n) sewr suh PWA(n)
je comprends votre position
I understand your position
zhuh koh(n)-prah(n) vohtr poh-zee-SYOH(n)
c'est justement pour cela que
that is exactly why
seh zhews-tuh-mah(n) poor suh-LAH kuh
l'objectionfeminine — the article elides to l'
the objection
lohb-zhehk-SYOH(n)
retourner un argument
to turn an argument around
ruh-toor-nay uh(n) nahr-gew-MAH(n)
le désaccord
the disagreement
luh day-zah-KOR
convaincant
convincing
koh(n)-va(n)-KAH(n)
courtoisement
courteously
koor-twahz-MAH(n)
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
Being disagreed with is the point of the exercise, and the strongest answer concedes first. Vous avez raison sur ce point, cependant... — you are right about that, however.
Et aussi · And also
Two more: je comprends votre position, mais... and c'est justement pour cela que... The last one turns the objection into your own argument, which is the most advanced move in the unit.
Attention · Watch out
Concede first, then turn: vous avez raison sur ce point, cependant... And c'est justement pour cela que turns the objection into your own argument — the most advanced move here.
comprendre — the table
je comprends · tu comprends · il/elle comprend · nous comprenons · vous comprenez · ils/elles comprennent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with vous avez raison sur ce point.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out comprendre 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.