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Encore faut-il que
Module 13 of the free French course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 15 of 30: Two expressions hold a door half-open. 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 15.
The words
French
English
Say it
encore faut-il que
that said, it must still be that
ah(n)-kor foh TEEL kuh
reste que
the fact remains that
REHST kuh
réalisable
feasible
ray-ah-lee-ZAHBL
la porte entrouverte
the half-open door
lah port ah(n)-troo-VEHRT
accorder un point
to grant a point
ah-kor-day uh(n) PWA(n)
attacher
to attach
ah-tah-SHAY
la contrepartie
the trade-off
lah koh(n)-truh-pahr-TEE
immédiatement
straight away
ee-may-dyaht-MAH(n)
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
Two expressions hold a door half-open. Encore faut-il que takes the subjunctive: c'est une bonne idée; encore faut-il qu'elle soit réalisable. Reste que takes the indicative and means the fact remains.
Et aussi · And also
Encore faut-il que is the most useful sentence-opener in a French debate, because it grants the point and immediately attaches a condition to it.
Attention · Watch out
encore faut-il que takes the subjunctive and inverts: encore faut-il qu'elle soit réalisable. reste que takes the indicative: reste que le projet est cher.
être, subjonctif passé — the table
je aie été · tu aies été · il/elle ait été · nous ayons été · vous ayez été · ils/elles aient été
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with encore faut-il que.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out être, subjonctif passé 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.