Module 6 of the free French course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 25 of 30: The pronoun keeps its parking spot in the passé composé. 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 25.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| je l'ai vu hier | I saw him yesterday | zhuh lay vew YEHR |
| je lui ai dit | I told him or her | zhuh lwee ay DEE |
| dire | to say | deer |
| ne le dis à personne | do not tell anyone | nuh luh dee ah pehr-SUN |
| personne | nobody | pehr-SUN |
| quelque chose | something | kehl-kuh SHOHZ |
| la vérité | the truth | lah vay-ree-TAY |
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.
The pronoun keeps its parking spot in the passé composé — right before the helper: je l'ai vu hier, je lui ai dit la vérité, j'y suis allé.
One agreement surprise worth meeting once: with la in front, the participle agrees — je l'ai vue (I saw her). Read it, recognize it; B2 drills it.
In the passé composé the pronoun goes before the HELPER: je l'ai vu, je lui ai dit, j'y suis allé. Never j'ai le vu.
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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