📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 6 · Your opinion, defended
Because, for example — proving your point
Module 6 of the free French course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 26 of 30: B1 does not just have opinions; it defends them. 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.
The words
French
English
Say it
c'est pourquoi
that is why
seh poor-KWAH
d'un côté
on the one hand
duh(n) koh-TAY
de l'autre côté
on the other hand
duh loh-truh koh-TAY
par exemple
for example
pahr eg-ZAH(n)PL
l'exemplemasculine — the article elides to l'
the example
leg-ZAH(n)PL
la preuve
the proof
lah PRUHV
convaincre
to convince
koh(n)-VA(n)KR
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
B1 does not just have opinions; it defends them. The toolkit: c'est pourquoi (that is why), par exemple, d'un côté... de l'autre côté (on the one hand... on the other), la preuve (the proof).
Et aussi · And also
J'aime lire. D'un côté, c'est calme; de l'autre côté, on apprend beaucoup. C'est pourquoi je lis tous les soirs. Opinion, two reasons, conclusion — the whole B1 speaking task in three lines.
Attention · Watch out
d'un côté... de l'autre côté come as a pair — never one without the other. c'est pourquoi opens the conclusion, not a reason.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with c'est pourquoi.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 26 in Module 6 are the written half of this page.
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.