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Quant à, pour ce qui est de
Module 13 of the free French course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 4 of 30: To change subject without losing the thread, French announces the new topic. 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 4.
The words
French
English
Say it
quant à
as for
kah(n) TAH
pour ce qui est de
as regards
poor suh kee EH duh
en ce qui concerne
with regard to
ah(n) suh kee koh(n)-SEHRN
le délai
the deadline
luh day-LEH
rester ouvert
to remain open
rehs-tay oo-VEHR
changer de sujet
to change the subject
shah(n)-zhay duh sew-ZHEH
en tête de paragraphe
at the head of a paragraph
ah(n) teht duh pah-rah-GRAHF
le budget
the budget
luh bewd-ZHEH
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
To change subject without losing the thread, French announces the new topic. Quant à la question du budget, elle reste ouverte. Pour ce qui est des délais, nous en reparlerons.
Et aussi · And also
En ce qui concerne is the third of the family and the most neutral. All three belong at the head of a paragraph as topic-shifters; quant à after a verb (s'interroger quant à) is a different, ordinary use.
Attention · Watch out
quant à, pour ce qui est de and en ce qui concerne belong at the HEAD of a paragraph. Mid-sentence they read as a translated text.
convenir — the table
je conviens · tu conviens · il/elle convient · nous convenons · vous convenez · ils/elles conviennent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with quant à.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out convenir 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.