📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 24 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 5 · Le monde du travail
La réunion
Module 9 of the free French course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 24 of 30: Meeting language is a register of its own. 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 24.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'ordre du jourmasculine — the article elides to l'
the agenda
lordr dew ZHOOR
la séance
the session
lah say-AH(n)S
faire le point
to take stock
fehr luh PWA(n)
si je peux me permettre
if I may
see zhuh puh muh pehr-MEHTR
le compte rendu
the minutes
luh koh(n)t rah(n)-DEW
intervenir
to speak up
a(n)-tehr-vuh-NEER
reporter
to postpone
ruh-por-TAY
bref
brief
brehf
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
Meeting language is a register of its own. Ouvrir la séance (open the meeting), l'ordre du jour (the agenda), faire le point (take stock), prendre une décision.
Et aussi · And also
To join in: je voudrais ajouter un point, si je peux me permettre, je reviens sur ce qui a été dit. That last one is the relative from Unit 4 doing professional work.
Attention · Watch out
l'ordre du jour is the agenda; faire le point is to take stock. bref means brief, and reporter here means to postpone, not to report.
envoyer, futur simple — the table
je enverrai · tu enverras · il/elle enverra · nous enverrons · vous enverrez · ils/elles enverront
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'ordre du jour.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out envoyer, futur simple 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.