📖LearnModule 13 · Lesson 6 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, first halfUnit 2 · Les tournures impersonnelles
Il s'avère que
Module 13 of the free French course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 6 of 30: Formal French asserts things without a person attached. 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 6.
The words
French
English
Say it
il s'avère que
it turns out that
eel sah-VEHR kuh
il ressort de
it emerges from
eel ruh-SOR duh
il apparaît que
it appears that
eel ah-pah-REH kuh
s'avérer
to prove to be
sah-vay-RAY
paraître
to appear
pah-REHTR
faux
false
foh
la température du mot
the temperature of a word
lah tah(n)-pay-rah-tewr dew MOH
prudent dans le ton
cautious in tone
prew-dah(n) dah(n) luh TOH(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
Formal French asserts things without a person attached. Il s'avère que les chiffres étaient faux. Il ressort de cette étude que... Il apparaît que...
Et aussi · And also
Each one has a temperature. Il s'avère means it turned out (and someone was wrong). Il ressort means the text shows it. Il apparaît is the most cautious of the three.
Attention · Watch out
il s'avère que means it turned out that, and someone was wrong; il apparaît que is the cautious one. s'avérer keeps its accent: il s'avère, il s'est avéré.
paraître — the table
je parais · tu parais · il/elle paraît · nous paraissons · vous paraissez · ils/elles paraissent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with il s'avère que.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out paraître 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.