Science & Technology
Science & Technology
Science writing chains together nominalized verbs with de — good practice for parsing dense French science journalism, and a topic area where English cognates are especially generous.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Nominalized process words dominate science register
le développement de l'intelligence artificielle (the development of artificial intelligence)
the development of artificial intelligence
Science writing packs several nominalized verbs into noun phrases (le développement, la découverte, l'invention) chained together with de — the same -tion/-ment pattern from Lesson 42 applied to a technical topic. Much of this vocabulary is a near-direct cognate of English scientific terminology (l'intelligence artificielle, la technologie, l'innovation), so practice reading these dense noun chains by mentally unpacking the verb inside each one rather than treating them as unfamiliar words.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
| French | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| la recherche | lah ruh-SHAIRSH | research |
| la découverte | lah day-koo-VAIRT | the discovery |
| l'intelligence artificielle | lan-tel-ee-ZHAHNS ar-tee-fee-SYEL | artificial intelligence |
| l'ordinateur | lor-dee-nah-TUHR | the computer |
| le logiciel | luh loh-zhee-SYEL | the software |
| inventer | an-vahn-TAY | to invent |
| l'expérience | lex-pay-RYAHNS | the experiment |
| les données | lay doh-NAY | the data |
| le réseau | luh ray-ZOH | the network |
| numérique | noo-may-REEK | digital |
| la technologie | lah tek-noh-loh-ZHEE | technology |
| l'innovation | lee-noh-vah-SYOHN | innovation |