LESSON NOTES

3-Minute French S1 #16

Asking directions

CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
4 Cultural Insight

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 FRENCH

1. Où est la gare?

2. Allez tout droit.

3. Tournez à droite.

4. Tournez à gauche.

ENGLISH

1. Where is the station?

2. Go straight.

3. Turn right.

4. Turn left.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

où where adverb

est is verb form

la the article, definite article feminine

gare station noun feminine

go [Conjugated,
allez 2nd person singular. verb
Formal]

tout completely adverb

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 droit straight adjective

tournez turn verb

à to preposition

droite right noun feminine

gauche left noun feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Où vas-t u demain soir ? Où t u habit es ?

"Where are you going tomorrow "Where do you live?"

night?"

Elle est t r ist e. Allô, qui est à l'appar eil?

"She is sad." "Hello, who is calling?"

À t r ent e ans il est jeune. Pouvez -vous manger de la cuisine

fr ançaise?
"At thirty, he is young."
"Can you eat French food?"

Au pr ochain feu, t our nez à dr oit e. Ma maison est à dr oit e.

"At the next light, turn right." "My house is on the right."

Il y a une t able à ma gauche. C'est à gauche.

"T here is a table on my left." "It's on the left."

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to ask and understand basic directions.

Regist er French English Impor t ant

Not es

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Phr ase 1 for mal Où est la gare? Wher e is t he
st at ion?

Word 1 où where

Word 2 est is conjugated

verb

Word 3 la the

Word 4 gare station singular

Phr ase 2 for mal Allez tout droit. Go st r aight .

Word 1 allez go conjugated

verb

Word 2 tout completely

Word 3 droit straight

Phr ase 3 for mal Tournez à T ur n r ight .

droite.

Word 1 tournez turn conjugated

verb

Word 2 à to

Word 3 droite right

Phr ase 4 for mal Tournez à T ur n left .

gauche.

Word 1 tournez turn conjugated

verb

Word 2 à to

Word 3 gauche left

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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"Où est..." (where is...?) is quite common, and easy to remember.

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