📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 9 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 2 · La concession
Malgré, en dépit de
Module 8 of the free French course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 9 of 30: Malgré means in spite of and takes a noun, never a clause: malgré la pluie. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 9.
The words
French
English
Say it
malgré la pluie
in spite of the rain
mahl-gray lah PLWEE
en dépit de
notwithstanding
ah(n) day-PEE duh
au lieu de
instead of
oh LYUH duh
se plaindre
to complain
suh PLA(n)DR
proposer
to put forward
proh-poh-ZAY
la solution
the solution
lah soh-lew-SYOH(n)
l'erreurfeminine — the article elides to l'
the mistake
leh-RUHR
prudent
cautious
prew-DAH(n)
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
Malgré means in spite of and takes a noun, never a clause: malgré la pluie, nous sommes sortis. The commonest B2 mistake in the whole module is malgré que, which careful writers avoid — use bien que with a verb.
Et aussi · And also
En dépit de is the formal version of malgré. And au lieu de means instead of: au lieu de se plaindre, il a proposé une solution.
Attention · Watch out
malgré takes a noun, never a clause: malgré la pluie. malgré que is the commonest B2 mistake in the module; careful writers avoid it.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with malgré la pluie.
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 9 in Module 8 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.