📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 23 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 5 · Les médias et la technologie
Fiable ou pas ?
Module 8 of the free French course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 23 of 30: . 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 23.
The words
French
English
Say it
fiable
reliable
fyahbl
la source
the source
lah SOORS
vérifier
to check
vay-ree-FYAY
la rumeur
the rumor
lah rew-MUHR
se méfier de
to be wary of
suh may-FYAY duh
douteux
dubious
doo-TUH
la preuve
the proof
lah PRUHV
confirmer
to confirm
koh(n)-feer-MAY
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 most useful question B2 teaches you to ask in any language: is this reliable? Fiable is the word. Une source fiable, une information vérifiée, une rumeur non confirmée.
Et aussi · And also
Vérifier is to check, and se méfier de is to be wary of: méfie-toi des titres trop simples. The subjunctive from Unit 3 turns up here constantly, because doubt is the subject.
Attention · Watch out
se méfier de takes de and is reflexive: méfie-toi des titres. fiable means reliable; fidèle means faithful — a source is fiable, a friend is fidèle.
croire, imparfait — the table
je croyais · tu croyais · il/elle croyait · nous croyions · vous croyiez · ils/elles croyaient
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with fiable.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out croire, imparfait 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.