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Module 12 of the free French course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 7 of 30: Three things put the object in front of the verb: the relative que. 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 7.
The words
French
English
Say it
je les ai vus
I saw them
zhuh lay zay VEW
quelle décision a-t-il prise ?
which decision did he take?
kehl day-see-zyoh(n) ah teel PREEZ
le pronom complément
the object pronoun
luh proh-noh(n) koh(n)-play-MAH(n)
poser la question
to ask the question
poh-zay lah kehs-TYOH(n)
en arrière sur la page
earlier on the page
ah(n) nah-ryehr sewr lah PAHZH
mécaniquement
mechanically
may-kah-neek-MAH(n)
le relatif
the relative pronoun
luh ruh-lah-TEEF
sûr
certain
sewr
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
Three things put the object in front of the verb: the relative que, a pronoun (la, les, nous), and a question with quel. Je les ai vus. Quelle décision a-t-il prise?
Et aussi · And also
The test is mechanical. Find the participle, ask "what?", and see whether the answer is already behind you on the page. If it is, agree with it.
Attention · Watch out
Three things put the object in front: the relative que, an object pronoun, a question with quel. je les ai vus — the les came first, so the participle agrees.
voir, passé composé — the table
je ai vu · tu as vu · il/elle a vu · nous avons vu · vous avez vu · ils/elles ont vu
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with je les ai vus.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out voir, passé composé 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.