French C2: Mastery
C2 is near-native command. You understand virtually everything, summarise from different sources coherently, and express yourself with nuance and precise register.
What C2 French means
At this level you can typically:
- ✓Grasp nuance, irony, and literary register
- ✓Reconstruct arguments from multiple sources
- ✓Write with native-like control and style
- ✓Operate in any professional or academic context
Exam equivalents
DALF C2 · TEF 541–699 · TCF 600–699 · NCLC 11–12
Try C2 sample questions
Which word best fits a literary register: « Un sentiment de ___ l’envahit. »
Choose the correct subjunctive past: « Bien qu’il ___ parti, on l’attend encore. »
Most precise word: « un discours ___ » (long-winded and hollow)
Literary subjonctif imparfait: « Il fallait qu’il ___ . » (venir)
« battre le fer pendant qu’il est chaud » means…
« un euphémisme » is…
« ___ il fût fatigué, il continua. » (although — literary)
« à l’instar de » means…
« une pléthore de » means…
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