📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 18 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 4 · La presse et les institutions
Le débat public
Module 12 of the free French course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 18 of 30: Public argument has its own nouns, and they carry a position. 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 18.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'enjeumasculine — the article elides to l'
what is at stake
lah(n)-ZHUH
la polémique
the public row
lah poh-lay-MEEK
le consensus
the consensus
luh koh(n)-sah(n)-SEWS
s'opposer à
to oppose
soh-poh-zay AH
dénoncer
to condemn publicly
day-noh(n)-SAY
réclamer
to call for
ray-klah-MAY
le débat
the debate
luh day-BAH
houleux
stormy
oo-LUH
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
Public argument has its own nouns, and they carry a position. Un enjeu is what is at stake; une polémique is a row; un consensus is agreement reached, not agreement felt.
Et aussi · And also
Verbs: trancher (to settle), s'opposer à, dénoncer, réclamer. Le gouvernement a tranché tells you the argument is over; le gouvernement a réclamé tells you it is not.
Attention · Watch out
un consensus is agreement reached, not agreement felt; trancher is to settle. le gouvernement a tranché means the argument is over; a réclamé means it is not.
résoudre — the table
je résous · tu résous · il/elle résout · nous résolvons · vous résolvez · ils/elles résolvent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'enjeu.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out résoudre 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.