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30 Useful French Essay Phrases

By Frederic Bibard Published:

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Preparing for a French exam? Get a list of 30 useful French essay phrases and transition words.

Are you struggling to write essays in French? In this article, I have shared a list of 30 useful French transition words and phrases that will help you create more sophisticated written arguments for your exam (at school or for the DELF exam) or just simply write an essay in French!

  • à la finin the end
  • à mon avis / quant à moiin my opinion
  • alors quewhereas
  • autrement ditin other words
  • avant de conclurebefore concluding…
  • bien que je puisse comprendre quealthough I can understand that
  • cela va sans dire queit goes without saying that
  • cependantnevertheless
  • considéronslet’s consider
  • d’après moiaccording to me
  • d’une part, d’autre parton one hand, on the other hand
  • en ce qui concerne…as far as … is concerned
  • en outrefurthermore / moreover
  • enfinfinally, at last
  • grâce àthanks to
  • il est donc question deit is a matter of
  • il faut bien reconnaître queit must be recognised that
  • il semble que les avantages l’emportent sur les inconvénientsit seems that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
  • il serait absurde de dire queit would be absurd to say that
  • il vaut mieuxit is better to
  • je crois queI think / believe that
  • je soutiens donc queI maintain that
  • je suis contreI am against
  • je voudrais souligner queI’d like to underline that
  • la première constatation qui s’impose, c’est quethe first thing to be noted is that
  • ne… ni… nineither… nor
  • pas forcément la faute denot necessarily the fault of
  • pour commencerto start with
  • selon moiaccording to me
  • tout bien considéréall things considered

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