📖LearnModule 13 · Lesson 12 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, first halfUnit 3 · Les connecteurs rares
D'autant plus que
Module 13 of the free French course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 12 of 30: D'autant plus que adds a reason that makes the first one stronger. 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 12.
The words
French
English
Say it
d'autant plus que
all the more so because
doh-tah(n) PLEW kuh
d'autant moins que
all the less so because
doh-tah(n) MWA(n) kuh
le dossier
the file
luh doh-SYAY
renforcer
to strengthen
rah(n)-for-SAY
affaiblir
to weaken
ah-feh-BLEER
le miroir
the mirror
luh mee-RWAHR
surprenant
surprising
sewr-pruh-NAH(n)
en connaissance de cause
with full knowledge
ah(n) koh-neh-sah(n)s duh KOHZ
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
D'autant plus que adds a reason that makes the first one stronger. Je ne viendrai pas, d'autant plus que je suis malade — all the more so because I am ill.
Et aussi · And also
Its mirror, d'autant moins que, weakens. And d'autant plus alone can follow an adjective: c'est d'autant plus surprenant qu'il connaissait le dossier.
Attention · Watch out
d'autant plus que strengthens a reason; d'autant moins que weakens it. After an adjective it takes que: c'est d'autant plus surprenant qu'il connaissait le dossier.
connaître — the table
je connais · tu connais · il/elle connaît · nous connaissons · vous connaissez · ils/elles connaissent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with d'autant plus que.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out connaître 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.