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La lettre formelle complexe
Module 14 of the free French course (CEFR C2, continued), lesson 28 of 30: A letter that has to do several things at once, inform, object and request. 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 28.
The words
French
English
Say it
faire part de
to inform of
fehr PAHR duh
trois éléments
three points
trwah zay-lay-MAH(n)
annoncer le nombre
to announce the number
ah-noh(n)-say luh NOH(n)BR
l'élémentmasculine — the article elides to l'
the element
lay-lay-MAH(n)
objecter
to object
ohb-zhehk-TAY
répondre point par point
to answer point by point
ray-poh(n)dr pwa(n) pahr PWA(n)
relire en entier
to reread the whole thing
ruh-leer ah(n) nah(n)-TYAY
efficace
effective
ay-fee-KAHS
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
A letter that has to do several things at once — inform, object and request — needs a paragraph for each and a sentence that says so: je souhaite vous faire part de trois éléments.
Et aussi · And also
Announce the count. French formal letters that number their points are read faster and answered more often, and the reader can reply to point two without rereading the whole thing.
Attention · Watch out
faire part de is to inform of (je souhaite vous faire part de trois éléments), not to share in. Announce the count and number the points — the reader answers point two without rereading the letter.
faire — the table
je fais · tu fais · il/elle fait · nous faisons · vous faites · ils/elles font
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with faire part de.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out faire 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.