French logical connectors

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Connectors in the DELF

  • In the DELF, an examiner ticks "organises their ideas": connectors are a line on the grid, not a decoration.
  • B1: four or five are enough, well placed (parce que, mais, donc, d'abord, enfin).
  • B2 and C1: variety and written register are expected (cependant rather than mais, en revanche rather than par contre).

22 entries linked to the lesson “Opposition and concession” · Show all

Cause

Why: what explains the fact just stated.

Consequence

What follows: the result of what came before.

Opposition

Two facts set side by side, neither cancelling the other.

Concession

You grant a fact, then say the opposite of what it led you to expect.

Purpose

What for: the intention behind the action.

Condition

What has to hold for the rest to happen, and what happens otherwise.

Adding

One more argument, pointing the same way as the last.

Illustration

An example, a case, a proof: what makes the argument visible.

Rephrasing

The same thing, said again and more clearly.

Time order

The order of events, and the order of steps in an argument.

Conclusion

The end of the argument: what to retain, and nothing new.

Structure

What announces a plan or changes topic, without arguing anything.

Pairs often confused

Two connectors people search together, and what separates them.