📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 24 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 5 · Le vocabulaire abstrait
Les adjectifs qui jugent
Module 12 of the free French course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 24 of 30: Adjectives are where a C1 writer's position leaks out, so choose them on purpose. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 24.
The words
French
English
Say it
pertinent
relevant
pehr-tee-NAH(n)
fondé
well-founded
foh(n)-DAY
hâtif
hasty
ah-TEEF
discutable
arguable
dees-kew-TAHBL
révélateur
telling
ray-vay-lah-TUHR
la critique
the criticism
lah kree-TEEK
l'élogemasculine — the article elides to l'
the praise
lay-LOHZH
fuir
to leak
fweer
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
Adjectives are where a C1 writer's position leaks out, so choose them on purpose. Pertinent (relevant), fondé (well-founded), hâtif (hasty), discutable (arguable), révélateur (telling).
Et aussi · And also
Une conclusion hâtive is a criticism; une conclusion prudente is praise. Neither says so, and both are read correctly by every French reader.
Attention · Watch out
hâtif is a criticism (une conclusion hâtive) and prudent is praise; neither says so. pertinent means relevant — not the opposite of impertinent.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with pertinent.
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 24 in Module 12 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.