📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 6 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 2 · L'hypothèse, les trois niveaux
Si + présent — le réel
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 6 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 6.
The words
French
English
Say it
si tu viens, nous irons
if you come, we will go
see tew vya(n) noo zee-ROH(n)
si on chauffe l'eau, elle bout
if you heat water, it boils
see oh(n) shohf loh ehl BOO
sers-toi
help yourself
sehr TWAH
bouillir
to boil
boo-YEER
le cinéma
the movie theater
luh see-nay-MAH
la vérité générale
the general truth
lah vay-ree-tay zhay-nay-RAHL
l'impératifmasculine — the article elides to l'
the imperative
la(n)-pay-rah-TEEF
avoir faim
to be hungry
ah-vwahr FA(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
Level one of hypothesis is the thing that might genuinely happen. Si + présent, then the futur simple: si tu viens, nous irons au cinéma.
Et aussi · And also
The present can also follow it for a general truth (si on chauffe l'eau, elle bout) or an imperative (si tu as faim, sers-toi). What never follows si is a future or a conditional — that rule holds at every level.
Attention · Watch out
si + présent never takes the future inside the si-clause: si tu viens, nous irons. The future belongs to the other half.
aller, futur simple — the table
je irai · tu iras · il/elle ira · nous irons · vous irez · ils/elles iront
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with si tu viens, nous irons.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out aller, futur simple 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.