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Use Task progress and team updates to practice French conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

Comment avance la tâche ?

koh-MAHN ah-VAHNS lah TAHSH How is the task going?

La plus grande partie est faite.

lah ploo GRAHND par-TEE eh FEHT Most of it is done.

Qu'est-ce qu'il faut vérifier ?

kess-keel foh vay-ree-FYAY What needs checking?

Je dois vérifier les chiffres.

zhuh DWAH vay-ree-FYAY lay SHEEFR I need to check the numbers.

Est-ce que nous sommes dans les temps ?

ess-kuh noo SOHM dahn lay TAHN Are we on schedule?

Nous pouvons finir cet après-midi.

noo poo-VOHN fee-NEER set ah-preh-mee-DEE We can finish this afternoon.

Est-ce qu'on doit informer l'équipe ?

ess-KOHN DWAH an-for-MAY lay-KEEP Should we update the team?

On les informe après avoir fini cette partie.

ohn lay an-FORM ah-preh ah-VWAHR fee-NEE set par-TEE Let's update them after we finish this part.

Word by Word

Comment Comment means how in “Comment avance la tâche ?”. It asks about the way or state of the task’s progress and comes before the verb in this question. Use it when asking how a task, activity, or situation is going.

avance Avance means is progressing in “Comment avance la tâche ?”. It is the form of avancer used with la tâche as the subject. Use this kind of question in a workplace progress check.

la La marks the known noun in “la tâche”, meaning the task. It also appears in “la plus grande partie” to make the phrase definite. Use la before a known singular noun when discussing a specific task or part.

tâche Tâche means task in “la tâche”. Here it refers to the work being reviewed for progress and completion. Use it when discussing an assigned piece of work in a workplace.

plus Plus contributes the meaning most in “la plus grande partie”. Together with grande and partie, it identifies the largest portion, meaning most of the task here. Use it in a superlative description when reporting progress.

grande Grande contributes greatest or largest in “la plus grande partie”. Its form matches partie in this phrase, which means most of it. Use this expression when reporting that only a smaller portion of a task remains.

partie Partie means part in “La plus grande partie”. With la plus grande, the phrase means most of it and refers to a portion of the task. Use it in a progress discussion when describing how much of a task is complete.

est Est means is in “est faite”. It links la plus grande partie with the description faite, stating its current completed state. Use it when reporting the state of a task or part of a task.

faite Faite means done in “La plus grande partie est faite”. It describes the largest part of the task as completed and matches partie in the dialogue. Use this form when reporting that a named part of the work is finished.

Qu'est-ce que Qu'est-ce que is the whole question expression meaning what in “Qu'est-ce qu'il faut vérifier ?”. Within it, “Qu'est-ce” supplies the what-question part and “que” links it to the following clause about what is necessary. Use it before a clause when asking what needs to be done or identified.

qu'il Qu'il is the contracted form of que and il in “qu'il faut vérifier”. Here it links the question to the impersonal expression “il faut vérifier”, producing the meaning what needs checking. Use this form when que comes directly before il in a clause.

faut Faut means is necessary or needs to be done in “il faut vérifier”. It is used in the impersonal pattern expressing necessity and is followed here by vérifier. Use this pattern when stating what must be done in a task or procedure.

vérifier Vérifier means to check in “il faut vérifier” and “Je dois vérifier les chiffres”. It is an infinitive after a form expressing necessity or obligation. Use it when a colleague needs to check information, figures, or work.

Je Je means I in “Je dois vérifier les chiffres”. It identifies the speaker as the person responsible for checking the numbers. Use it before a verb when stating your own task or responsibility.

dois Dois means need to or must with Je in “Je dois vérifier les chiffres”. It is the form of devoir used with Je and is followed here by the infinitive vérifier. Use this pattern to state a personal obligation during a work update.

les Les has two functions in this dialogue. In “les chiffres”, it means the and marks a plural noun; in “On les informe”, it is a plural object pronoun meaning them. Use its position to recognize whether it introduces a plural noun or comes before a verb as the people receiving an action.

chiffres Chiffres means numbers or figures in “les chiffres”. They are the information that the speaker needs to check. Use it when discussing numerical data in a workplace task or report.

Est-ce que Est-ce que is a question marker in “Est-ce que nous sommes dans les temps ?”. “Est-ce” provides the question form and “que” links it to the statement that follows, creating a yes-or-no question. Use it when checking a status or asking for confirmation.

nous Nous means we in “nous sommes dans les temps”. It refers to the speaker and the other person working together on the task. Use it before a verb when speaking about a group that includes yourself.

sommes Sommes means are with nous in “nous sommes dans les temps”. It is the form of être used for this subject and describes the team’s schedule status. Use it when reporting the state or situation of a group including yourself.

dans Dans contributes the idea of being within the expected time in “dans les temps”. The whole expression, rather than dans alone, means on schedule. Use “dans les temps” when checking whether work is progressing according to schedule.

les temps Les temps is the time expression in “dans les temps”, meaning the expected or allotted time. “Les” marks the definite plural phrase and “temps” supplies the idea of time; together with dans, they mean on schedule. Use this expression in a workplace conversation about deadlines or timing.

pouvons Pouvons means can or are able to with nous in “Nous pouvons finir cet après-midi”. It is the form of pouvoir used with nous and is followed by the infinitive finir. Use this pattern when confirming that a group can complete work.

finir Finir means to finish in “Nous pouvons finir cet après-midi”. It follows pouvons as the action the group is able to complete. Use it when discussing the completion time of a task.

cet Cet means this in “cet après-midi”. It points to the particular afternoon being discussed and comes before the following word in this time expression. Use it when referring to the current or specified afternoon.

après-midi Après-midi means afternoon in “cet après-midi”. The complete time expression means this afternoon and gives the planned completion time. Use it when arranging or reporting when work will happen.

qu'on Qu'on is the contracted form of que and on in “Est-ce qu'on doit informer l'équipe ?”. It links the question marker to the clause about what the group should do, with on referring to we here. Use “Est-ce qu'on...” to ask whether the group should take an action.

doit Doit means must or should with on in “qu'on doit informer l'équipe”. It is the form of devoir used with on and is followed by the infinitive informer. Use this pattern when discussing whether a group has an action or responsibility to carry out.

informer Informer means to inform or update in “informer l'équipe”. It is the action that the group is considering and takes the team as its object here. Use it when communicating task progress or another important update to a group.

l'équipe L'équipe means the team in “informer l'équipe”. The l' is the shortened definite article before équipe, and the whole phrase names the group that should receive the update. Use it when referring to the coworkers involved in a shared task.

On On means we in “On les informe”. It refers to the people speaking and working together, and it is followed by the verb informe. Use on plus a verb when speaking for a group in everyday conversation.

informe Informe means inform or update in “On les informe”. With on, it presents updating them as the action proposed after the work is finished. Use it when deciding how or when to communicate progress to other people.

après Après means after in “après avoir fini”. It introduces the point after which the update will happen. Use it with an action to order two events, such as finishing the work and then informing the team.

avoir Avoir is the infinitive used with fini in “après avoir fini”. Together they refer to having finished one action before the next action takes place. Use this construction after après when describing a completed prior action.

fini Fini means finished in “avoir fini”. With avoir, it describes the work as completed before the group informs the team. Use it in this completed-action construction when one task must happen before another.

cette Cette means this in “cette partie”. It points to the specific part of the task that the speakers are discussing. Use it before a noun when identifying a particular part or item.

Grammar Points

après avoir + participe passé

après avoir fini

ah-preh ah-VWAHR fee-NEE

after finishing

This structure expresses an action completed before another action. Use avoir followed by the past participle.

qu'est-ce qu'il faut + infinitif

qu'est-ce qu'il faut vérifier

kess-keel foh vay-ree-FYAY

what needs to be checked

Use il faut before an infinitive to express what is necessary or needs to be done.

French Vocabulary

avance verb

ah-VAHNS is going

Comment avance la tâche ?

cet après-midi phrase

set ah-preh-mee-DEE this afternoon

Nous pouvons finir cet après-midi.

chiffres noun

SHEEFR numbers

Je dois vérifier les chiffres.

dans les temps phrase

dahn lay TAHN on schedule

Est-ce que nous sommes dans les temps ?

dois verb

DWAH need to

Je dois vérifier les chiffres.

faite adj

FEHT done

La plus grande partie est faite.

finir verb

fee-NEER to finish

Nous pouvons finir cet après-midi.

la plus grande partie phrase

lah ploo GRAHND par-TEE most of it

La plus grande partie est faite.

pouvons verb

poo-VOHN can

Nous pouvons finir cet après-midi.

qu'est-ce qu'il faut phrase

kess-keel FOH what needs to

Qu'est-ce qu'il faut vérifier ?

tâche noun

TAHSH task

Comment avance la tâche ?

vérifier verb

vay-ree-FYAY to check

Qu'est-ce qu'il faut vérifier ?

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

How is the task going?

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Comment avance la tâche ?

Most of it is done.

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La plus grande partie est faite.

What needs checking?

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Qu'est-ce qu'il faut vérifier ?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

done

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faite

need to

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dois

is going

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avance

task

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tâche