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Dialogue

J'ai terminé la tâche principale.

zhay tayr-mee-NAY lah tahsh prahn-see-PAHL I finished the main task.

Fais-la relire par quelqu'un avant de la partager.

feh-lah ruh-LEER par kel-KUN ah-VAHN duh lah par-tah-ZHAY Have someone review it before you share it.

Qui devrait la relire ?

kee duh-VRAY lah ruh-LEER Who should review it?

Demande au chef d'équipe parce que le plan peut changer.

duh-MAHND oh shef day-KEEP parss kuh luh PLAHN puh shahn-ZHAY Ask the team lead because the plan may change.

Est-ce que je dois aussi préparer un court message ?

ess kuh zhuh DWAH oh-SEE pray-pah-RAY uhn KOOR meh-SAHZH Should I prepare a short message too?

Explique ce qui a changé et où trouver le fichier.

ex-PLEEK suh kee ah shahn-ZHAY ay oo troo-VAY luh fee-SHYAY Explain what changed and where to find the file.

Je demanderai une relecture et j'ajouterai une courte note.

zhuh duh-mahn-duh-RAY oon ruh-LEK-tyur ay zhah-zhoo-tuh-RAY oon KOORT NOHT I will ask for the review and add a short note.

Cela devrait rendre la passation plus claire.

suh-LAH duh-VRAY rahndr lah pah-sah-SYOHN ploo KLAIR That should make the handoff clearer.

Word by Word

J'ai J'ai is the je form of avoir used here with terminé to say that I finished the task. The exact pattern is J'ai + past participle for reporting a completed action. You can use it when telling someone at work that something is done.

terminé Terminé is the past participle of terminer and means finished here. With J'ai, it reports that the main task has been completed. A reusable pattern is avoir + terminé + an object when reporting completed work.

la La is the feminine singular article before tâche in la tâche principale, identifying the specific task being discussed. Here it is an article, not an object pronoun. Use la before a known feminine noun when referring to a specific thing.

tâche Tâche is the noun for a task, here the main piece of work that has been finished. It appears in the pattern la tâche + adjective. You would use it when discussing an assigned or completed piece of work.

principale Principale is the feminine singular form of principal, meaning main, and it describes tâche. Its ending matches the feminine noun tâche. Use an adjective such as principale after a noun when identifying which task is the main one.

Fais Fais is the imperative form of faire used to give the instruction to arrange for something to be reviewed. In Fais-la relire, it contributes the idea of having another person perform the action. Use Fais + object pronoun + infinitive when giving this kind of direct instruction.

relire Relire is the infinitive meaning review again or read again, referring to checking the finished task. It follows Fais in Fais-la relire and names the action to be arranged. Use faire + an object + relire when asking for something to be reviewed by someone.

par Par introduces the person who performs the review in Fais-la relire par quelqu'un. It corresponds to by in this agent phrase. A reusable pattern is an action + par + person when identifying who carries out the action.

quelqu'un Quelqu'un means someone, without identifying the person. In par quelqu'un, it names the unspecified person who should review the task. Use it when the identity of a person is unknown or not important to the instruction.

avant Avant means before and places the review earlier than the sharing of the task. Here it begins avant de la partager. A reusable pattern is avant de + infinitive for saying that one action must happen before another.

de De follows avant in avant de la partager and introduces the infinitive partager. In this expression, it helps connect before with the action that follows. Use avant de + infinitive to express the order of two actions.

partager Partager is the infinitive meaning share, with la referring to the task or file being shared. It appears after avant de in avant de la partager. Use partager + a direct object when saying that something will be shared.

Qui Qui means who and asks for the person responsible for the review. In Qui devrait la relire ?, it is the person being requested. Use Qui + verb when asking which person should perform an action.

devrait Devrait is the conditional form of devoir and means should here, expressing the appropriate person to review the task. It is followed by the infinitive in devrait la relire. Use devrait + infinitive when asking or suggesting who is the right person for an action.

Demande Demande is the imperative form of demander and gives the direct instruction ask. In Demande au chef d'équipe, it tells the listener whom to ask. Use Demande + à or au + person when telling someone to ask a person.

au Au is the contraction of à and le, meaning to the before the masculine noun chef. In Demande au chef d'équipe, it introduces the person who should be asked. A reusable pattern is demander au + person for asking a particular man or masculine-noun role.

chef Chef means leader or head here and identifies the person responsible for the team in chef d'équipe. The following d'équipe specifies which group this person leads. Use chef + de + group to name a leadership role.

d'équipe D'équipe completes chef d'équipe and means of the team. The d' is the shortened form of de before équipe, and the whole expression identifies the team leader. Use a role noun + d'équipe when describing responsibility for a team.

parce que Par-ce que is the conjunction meaning because and introduces the reason the team lead should review the task. In this fixed expression, parce contributes the causal meaning and que links it to the following clause. Use parce que + a clause when explaining why something is recommended or happens.

le Le is the masculine singular article before plan in le plan, identifying the specific plan under discussion. It introduces a masculine noun. Use le before a known masculine noun when referring to a particular thing.

plan Plan is the noun for a plan, here the work plan that may change. It appears in le plan peut changer. You can use it when discussing intended steps or arrangements for work.

peut Peut is the third-person singular form of pouvoir and means can or may here, expressing the possibility that the plan will change. It is followed by the infinitive changer. Use peut + infinitive when describing what may happen.

changer Changer is the infinitive meaning change, referring to the plan becoming different. It follows peut in peut changer. Use pouvoir + changer when saying that something may change.

Est-ce que Est-ce que is a fixed question opener that turns the following statement order into a yes-or-no question. Est starts the sequence, ce continues it, and que closes it before the subject and verb. Use Est-ce que + statement order when asking a straightforward question.

je Je is the first-person subject pronoun meaning I, as in je dois. It identifies the speaker as the person who may need to prepare the message. Use je before a verb when talking about your own action or responsibility.

dois Dois is the je form of devoir and means must or should here, asking about the speaker's responsibility. It is followed by the infinitive préparer in je dois aussi préparer. Use je dois + infinitive when checking or stating what you are required to do.

aussi Aussi means also or too and adds preparing a message to the actions already under discussion. It appears between dois and préparer in je dois aussi préparer. Use it to add another action or item to a plan.

préparer Préparer is the infinitive meaning prepare, referring to making a short message. It follows dois in je dois aussi préparer. Use préparer + a noun when saying what you need to get ready.

un Un is the masculine singular indefinite article before message, meaning a. It introduces one non-specific message. Use un before a masculine singular noun when mentioning one item without identifying it as a particular one.

court Court means short and describes message in un court message. Its masculine singular form agrees with the masculine noun message. Use un court + masculine noun when describing a brief item.

message Message is the noun for a message, here a short note explaining the changes and file location. It appears in préparer un court message. Use it when referring to written or spoken information sent to another person.

Explique Explique is the imperative form of expliquer and gives the instruction explain. It is followed by the information to be explained in Explique ce qui a changé et où trouver le fichier. Use Explique + information when telling someone to make something clear.

ce Ce is the demonstrative element in ce qui, referring to the thing or information that changed. The meaning of the full reference comes from ce qui together, not from ce alone. Use ce qui + verb when referring to what happened or to the thing that has a certain property.

a A is the third-person singular form of avoir used as an auxiliary in a changé. Together with changé, it reports what has changed. Use a + past participle to describe a completed event involving a singular subject.

changé Changé is the past participle of changer and means changed here. With a in a changé, it reports the completed change. Use avoir + changé when stating that something has changed.

et Et means and and joins the two pieces of information to explain: what changed and where to find the file. It connects ce qui a changé with où trouver le fichier. Use et to link two actions, facts, or pieces of information.

où Où means where and introduces the location information in où trouver le fichier. It asks for the place at which the file can be found. Use où + infinitive when explaining where an action can be carried out.

trouver Trouver is the infinitive meaning find, referring to locating the file. It appears in où trouver le fichier. Use trouver + an object when giving information about how to locate something.

fichier Fichier means file, here the specific work file mentioned in le fichier. It is the object of trouver. Use it when referring to a digital document or other stored work file.

demanderai Demanderai is the first-person future form of demander and means I will ask for here. It presents asking for a review as a planned future action. Use je demanderai + a noun or information when stating a future request.

une Une is the feminine singular indefinite article before relecture, meaning a. It introduces one review without identifying a particular review. Use une before a feminine singular noun when mentioning one item or action.

relecture Relecture is the noun for a review or rereading, here the checking requested for the finished task. It appears in demanderai une relecture. Use demander une relecture when requesting that a text or task be checked.

j'ajouterai J'ajouterai is the first-person future form of ajouter with je shortened to j' before the vowel sound in ajouterai. It means I will add and describes a planned action. Use j'ajouterai + an object when stating what you will add later.

courte Courte is the feminine singular form of court and describes note in une courte note. Its ending agrees with the feminine noun note. Use une courte + feminine noun when describing a brief item.

note Note means note, here a short written addition to the handoff information. It appears in ajouterai une courte note. Use ajouter une note when saying that you will include a brief piece of information.

Cela Cela is a demonstrative pronoun meaning that or this and refers to the preceding review and note as a whole. It is the subject of Cela devrait rendre la passation plus claire. Use Cela devrait + infinitive when evaluating what a previous action is expected to achieve.

rendre Rendre is the infinitive meaning make in the construction rendre la passation plus claire. It describes causing the handoff to have a clearer result. Use rendre + noun + adjective when describing how an action changes something.

passation Passation is the noun for a handoff or transfer of work and information, here the transfer after the task is finished. It is the object of rendre in rendre la passation plus claire. Use it when discussing the transfer of responsibilities or information between people at work.

plus Plus marks a higher degree in plus claire, giving the meaning clearer rather than simply clear. It comes before the adjective it modifies. Use plus + adjective when comparing the degree of a quality.

claire Claire is the feminine singular form of clair, meaning clear, and it describes passation. With plus, plus claire means clearer. Use rendre + noun + plus claire when saying that something will become easier to understand.

Grammar Points

avant de + infinitif

Avant de partager le plan, je relis le fichier.

ah-VAHN duh par-tah-ZHAY luh PLAHN, zhuh ruh-LEES luh fee-SHYAY

Before sharing the plan, I review the file.

In French, avant de is followed by an infinitive when the subject stays the same.

ce qui + verbe

J'explique ce qui change.

zheks-PLEEK suh kee SHAHNZH

I explain what changes.

Ce qui means “what” or “that which” and acts as the subject of the following verb.

French Vocabulary

avant prep

ah-VAHN before

avant de la partager

chef d'équipe phrase

shef day-KEEP team lead

au chef d'équipe

demander verb

duh-mahn-DAY to ask Demande

Demande au chef d'équipe.

parce que conj

parss KUH because

parce que le plan peut changer

partager verb

par-tah-ZHAY to share

avant de la partager

plan noun

PLAHN plan

le plan peut changer

principal adj

prahn-see-PAHL main principale

la tâche principale

quelqu'un pron

kel-KUN someone

par quelqu'un

qui pron

KEE who

Qui devrait la relire ?

relire verb

ruh-LEER to review; to reread

Fais-la relire par quelqu'un.

tâche noun

TAHSH task

la tâche principale

terminer verb

tayr-mee-NAY to finish terminé

J'ai terminé la tâche principale.

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I finished the main task.

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J'ai terminé la tâche principale.

Who should review it?

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Qui devrait la relire ?

Spelling

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before

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avant

task

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tâche

main

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principale

to share

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