📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 15 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 3 · Le conditionnel — would, could, should
The polite letter
Module 6 of the free French course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 15 of 30: The conditional writes B1's letters: Je voudrais savoir si... 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 15.
The words
French
English
Say it
je voudrais savoir
I would like to know
zhuh voo-dreh sah-VWAHR
serait-il possible?
would it be possible?
suh-reh-teel poh-SEEBL
je ferais
I would do
zhuh fuh-REH
avec plaisir
with pleasure
ah-vek pleh-ZEER
le plaisir
the pleasure
luh pleh-ZEER
cordialement
best regards (sign-off)
kor-dyahl-MAH(n)
la lettre
the letter
lah LETR
merci d'avance
thanks in advance
mehr-see dah-VAH(n)S
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 conditional writes B1's letters: Je voudrais savoir si... Serait-il possible de... — with cordialement as the sign-off.
Et aussi · And also
Bonjour, je voudrais savoir si la piscine est ouverte le dimanche. Serait-il possible de réserver? Merci d'avance! — three conditional moves, one perfectly polite email.
Attention · Watch out
serait-il possible? is inverted and formal; in a friendly note write est-ce que ce serait possible? cordialement closes a letter, never opens it.
faire, conditionnel — the table
je ferais · tu ferais · il/elle ferait · nous ferions · vous feriez · ils/elles feraient
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with je voudrais savoir.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out faire, conditionnel 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.