Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 26 of 30: Connectors turn sentences into a story: d'abord (first), ensuite (next), après (after that), enfin (finally). On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 26.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| d'abord | first | dah-BOR |
| ensuite | next | ah(n)-SWEET |
| enfin | finally | ah(n)-FA(n) |
| alors | so / then | ah-LOR |
| aussi | also | oh-SEE |
| l'histoirefeminine — the article elides to l' | the story | lees-TWAHR |
| la phrase | the sentence | lah FRAHZ |
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.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Connectors turn sentences into a story: d'abord (first), ensuite (next), après (after that), enfin (finally). Add et, mais, parce que from earlier modules.
D'abord, j'ai mangé. Ensuite, j'ai joué. Enfin, j'ai lu un livre. Any day becomes a paragraph.
ensuite and après both mean next; enfin means finally and closes the list. alors (so, then) links a cause to what followed.
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.
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