VIDEO 1: Don’t get lost in France
Hey French Speak-ers,
Below is a short interactive 7 minutes video filled with practical sentences to ensure you won’t get lost on your next trip to France. It provides:
- Get some help pronouncing place names
- Understanding basic directions
- Learn about the area of Lyon.
Watch the video and enjoy!
Finding your way around
Below are a few helpful phrases to help understand – and be understood – as you navigate your way around. After telling you all about how great it is, the last thing we want is to have you lost in France!
La direction pour votre hôtel, s’il vous plaît
Vous prenez tout droit
Vous traversez le pont
The most straightforward way of asking for directions is to state the place that you’re looking for – concentrating on getting the pronunciation right.
La Cité Internationale, s’il vous plaît ?
Cité Internationale, please?
Pour aller à (au or à la ) … ?
Use this when asking how to get to a particular place.
Pour aller au centre ville, s’il vous plaît ?
How do we get to the city-centre, please?
Answers usually involve the vous part of the verb (ending in -ez), although the word vous is sometimes left out, as in English:
- (Vous) suivez les panneaux
- (You) follow the signs
- (Vous) tournez à droite
- ( You) turn right
À droite and à gauche can mean either ‘on the right/left’ or ‘to the right/left’ depending on context.
Après le feu c’est à gauche
It’s left after the lights
Prenez le tunnel
Go under the tunnel
Longez le Rhône
Drive alongside the Rhône
C’est indiqué
It’s signposted
Merci,
Devy.
