📖LearnModule 11 · Lesson 15 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, first halfUnit 3 · L'hypothèse et le regret
Un paragraphe de regrets
Module 11 of the free French course (CEFR C1, first half), lesson 15 of 30: The unit's exit, written: Si j'avais su que le poste était libre, j'aurais posé ma candidature. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 15.
The words
French
English
Say it
le poste
the position, the job
luh POHST
poser sa candidature
to apply (for a post)
poh-zay sah kah(n)-dee-dah-TEWR
libre
free, available
leebr
différemment
differently
dee-fay-rah-MAH(n)
se passer autrement
to turn out differently
suh pah-say oh-truh-MAH(n)
la décision
the decision
lah day-see-ZYOH(n)
le choix
the choice
luh SHWAH
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 unit's exit, written: Si j'avais su que le poste était libre, j'aurais posé ma candidature. J'aurais dû demander. Autrement, tout se serait passé différemment.
Et aussi · And also
Write six sentences about a real decision you would take differently — every one in the unreal past. The grammar is only worth having when it carries something true.
Attention · Watch out
poser sa candidature is to apply for a post; se passer autrement is to turn out differently. libre here means available, not free of charge.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with le poste.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 15 in Module 11 are the written half of this page.
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.