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La note de synthèse
Module 14 of the free French course (CEFR C2, continued), lesson 27 of 30: The note de synthèse is a French institution: several documents, one page, no opinion. 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 27.
The words
French
English
Say it
une seule page
a single page
ewn suhl PAHZH
prêt à décider
ready for a decision
preh tah day-see-DAY
le concours
the competitive examination
luh koh(n)-KOOR
le ministère
the ministry
luh mee-nees-TEHR
traçable
traceable
trah-SAHBL
rien de soi
nothing of oneself
rya(n) duh SWAH
la discipline brutale
the brutal discipline
lah dee-see-pleen brew-TAHL
emprunter une méthode
to borrow a method
ah(n)-pruh(n)-tay ewn may-TOHD
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
The note de synthèse is a French institution: several documents, one page, no opinion, decision-ready. It is set in competitive examinations and written every day in every ministry.
Et aussi · And also
Its discipline is brutal and worth borrowing. One page. Structure announced in the first three lines. Every claim traceable to a document. Nothing of yourself anywhere in it.
Attention · Watch out
One page, no je, no opinion, every claim traceable to a document. le concours is a competitive examination, not a concourse; prêt à décider means the note gives the elements, never the decision.
résoudre — the table
je résous · tu résous · il/elle résout · nous résolvons · vous résolvez · ils/elles résolvent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with une seule page.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out résoudre 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.