📖LearnModule 15 · Lesson 27 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2 mastery — the capstoneUnit 6 · Le sommet
Continuer sans manuel
Module 15 of the free French course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 27 of 30: . 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
sans manuel
without a textbook
sah(n) mah-new-EHL
une chose par jour
one thing a day
ewn shohz pahr ZHOOR
le carnet
the notebook
luh kahr-NEH
rencontré deux fois
met twice
rah(n)-koh(n)-tray duh FWAH
le décor
scenery
luh day-KOR
au programme
on the syllabus
oh proh-GRAHM
par envie
out of wanting to
pahr ah(n)-VEE
quotidien
daily
koh-tee-DYA(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
The habit that keeps a language is small and daily: one French thing every day, chosen because you want it and not because it is on a syllabus. A newspaper, a podcast, a novel, a friend.
Et aussi · And also
Keep a notebook for the words you meet twice. A word you meet twice in a week is a word you need; one you meet once is scenery.
Attention · Watch out
One French thing a day, chosen par envie (because you want it), never because it is on a syllabus. Note the words you meet TWICE — a word met once is le décor, scenery. le carnet is a small notebook; le cahier is the school one.
tenir — the table
je tiens · tu tiens · il/elle tient · nous tenons · vous tenez · ils/elles tiennent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with sans manuel.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out tenir 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.