Travel vocabulary: where/directions/places (beginners)

Bonjour! Today, a French lesson for those of you preparing their trip to France. We are going to ask for directions.

La Poste

How to proceed?
1- learn the vocabulary (a mix of things we have seen in this lesson and new words)
2- practice and memorize with a vocabulary exercise
3- practice "in situation" with an exercise inspired by real interaction

la station de métro
photo: Paul L

SDPVocabDirections by sandrinedeparis
1- Vocabulaire
Où ("oo") where
Où est ("oo eh") where is
C’est ("seh") it is
Il ("ill")He / it (for a masculine thing)
Ici ("ee-see") Here
Là ("lah") there
là-bas ("lah bah") over there
près de ("pray duh") near, close to, next to
après ("ah pray") after
Tout droit ("too- drwah") straight ahead
À gauche ("ah- goh-sh") on the left
À droite ("ah- drwatt") on the right
Ensuite ("ãh-sweet") then, after that, next
Pardon sorry, pardon me
S’il vous plaît ("seal-voo-play") please
Monsieur ("muh-syuh")sir, Mr
Madame ("mah-damm") ma’am, madam, Mrs
Le serveur ("sehr-vur") (m.) server
La serveuse ("sehr-vuzz") (f.) server
Un touriste (m.), une touriste (f.) a tourist
La rue ("rüh") street
La fontaine fountain
Le bar bar
Le feu ("fuh") the fire / the traffic light
La Poste (poh-st), le bureau de poste post office
La gare ("gahr") train station
La station de métro ("stah-syõ-duh-metro") metro station
Tourner ("toor-neh") to turn
Tournez!  ("toor-neh") Turn!
Savoir  ("sah-vwahr") to know
Vous savez ("voo-sah-veh")you know / do you know
-je sais ("jhuh-say") I know
-je ne sais pas ("jhuh-nuh-say-ah") I don’t know
De quoi? ("duh-kwah") Of What?
Premier (pruh-mieh) / première (pruh-mierr) first
Deuxième (Duh-zee-emm) second

Exercices
1- listen to the sentences: can you understand?
2- match the sentences with their translations
SDPDirectionsPhrases by sandrinedeparis

I
a- Le bureau de poste est près de la station de métro

... the metro station is near here He's next to the bar He's over there the street of what? the post office is close to the metro station

b- Le métro est près d’ici.

... the metro station is near here He's next to the bar He's over there the street of what? the post office is close to the metro station

c- La rue de quoi?

... the metro station is near here He's next to the bar He's over there the street of what? the post office is close to the metro station

d- Il est là-bas

... the metro station is near here He's next to the bar He's over there the street of what? the post office is close to the metro station

e- Il est près du bar

... the metro station is near here He's next to the bar He's over there the street of what? the post office is close to the metro station

II
a- Je ne sais pas, je suis un touriste

... Turn right after the traffic lights Turn at the first street on the right Second street on the left I don’t know, I'm a tourist The train station is straight ahead

b- La gare, c’est tout droit

... Turn right after the traffic lights Turn at the first street on the right Second street on the left I don’t know, I'm a tourist The train station is straight ahead

c- Tournez à la première rue à droite

... Turn right after the traffic lights Turn at the first street on the right Second street on the left I don’t know, I'm a tourist The train station is straight ahead

d- La deuxième rue à gauche

... Turn right after the traffic lights Turn at the first street on the right Second street on the left I don’t know, I'm a tourist The train station is straight ahead

e- Tournez à droite après le feu

... Turn right after the traffic lights Turn at the first street on the right Second street on the left I don’t know, I'm a tourist The train station is straight ahead

Correction: click here.

3- There's a third step to this! Coming up! A bientôt!