📖LearnModule 7 · Lesson 9 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, completedUnit 2 · La santé et le corps
Advice that cares
Module 7 of the free French course (CEFR B1, completed), lesson 9 of 30: Now the two units meet. 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 9.
The words
French
English
Say it
il faut que tu te reposes
you need to rest
eel foh kuh tew tuh ruh-POHZ
tu devrais dormir
you should sleep
tew duh-vreh dor-MEER
je te conseille
I advise you
zhuh tuh koh(n)-SEHY
le conseil
the piece of advice
luh koh(n)-SEHY
se reposer
to rest
suh ruh-poh-ZAY
guérir
to get well
gay-REER
la santé
health
lah sah(n)-TAY
rester chez toi
to stay at your place
rehs-tay shay TWAH
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
Now the two units meet. Health advice is exactly where il faut que earns its place: il faut que tu te reposes (you need to rest), il faut que vous buviez de l'eau (you need to drink water).
Et aussi · And also
Softer forms exist and are often kinder: tu devrais dormir (you should sleep) uses the conditional you already own, and je te conseille de rester chez toi (I advise you to stay home) uses a plain infinitive.
Attention · Watch out
il faut que tu te reposes: the reflexive te stays after que. je te conseille de takes de + infinitive, never que.
devoir, conditionnel — the table
je devrais · tu devrais · il/elle devrait · nous devrions · vous devriez · ils/elles devraient
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with il faut que tu te reposes.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out devoir, 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.