📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 18 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 4 · Les relatifs complexes
Auquel, duquel
Module 9 of the free French course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 18 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 18.
The words
French
English
Say it
le projet auquel je pense
the project I am thinking of
luh proh-zheh oh-kehl zhuh PAH(n)S
auxquels
to which (plural)
oh-KEHL
duquel
of which
dew-KEHL
la contraction
the contraction
lah koh(n)-trahk-SYOH(n)
le projet
the plan (project)
luh proh-ZHEH
penser à
to think about
pah(n)-say AH
le problème
the problem
luh proh-BLEHM
lourd
heavy (style)
loor
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
Lequel contracts with à and de exactly as le does: à + lequel gives auquel, à + lesquels gives auxquels; de + lequel gives duquel. Laquelle alone resists: à laquelle, de laquelle.
Et aussi · And also
Le projet auquel je pense — the project I am thinking about. Le problème duquel nous parlons — though here most speakers say dont nous parlons, and so should you unless the sentence forces the longer form.
Attention · Watch out
à + lequel gives auquel and de + lequel gives duquel, but laquelle resists: à laquelle, de laquelle. Most speakers say dont rather than duquel, and so should you.
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 le projet auquel je pense.
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.