Learn how to find your way in France
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In today's lesson, we'll introduce you to directions that will help you find the place you’re looking for. |
Lesson focus |
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| Previously we introduced the questions "Is there a (place) near here?" But while we can now ask, we still need to understand the answer. Today, we're going to work on understanding directions. We’ll go over basic directions. |
| First, we have "Go straight." |
| In French, "Go straight" is Allez tout droit. |
| Allez tout droit. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Allez tout droit. |
| Now let's hear it once again: Allez tout droit. |
| First, we have allez, which means "go"; and the words tout droit, which mean "straight." |
| Allez tout droit. |
| Allez tout droit. |
| Literally, it means “go straight.” |
| Now let’s take a look at the next expression to help us to turn. |
| Let's discover "turn right," which in French is Tournez à droite. |
| Tournez à droite. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Tournez à droite. |
| Now let's hear it once again: Tournez à droite. |
| The first word, tournez, comes from the verb tourner, meaning "to turn." |
| We follow this with à droite, “to the right.” |
| So altogether, we have Tournez à droite. |
| Tournez à droite. |
| Now let’s work on "turn left." |
| In French, “turn left” is Tournez à gauche |
| Tournez à gauche |
| Let's break it down and hear it one more time: Tournez à gauche. |
| Tournez à gauche. |
| Now let’s try it with “Turn right at the traffic light,” which in French is Tournez à droite au feu. |
| Tournez à droite au feu. |
| After Tournez à droite, you have au, which in English is “at the,” and then you have the word feu, “light” or “traffic light.” And literally, this is “fire.” |
| Let’s hear this entire sentence now: Tournez à droite au feu. |
| Tournez à droite au feu. |
| So literally, this is “turn right at the fire.” |
| Now, "It's on the right." in French is c'est à droite. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: c'est à droite. |
| Now let's hear it once again: c'est à droite. |
| The first word, c’est, means “it is” and it comes from the verb être, “to be,” and it’s the third person singular form. |
| Right after that, we have à droite, which we know now is “to the right.” |
| So altogether now, it’s c'est à droite. |
| C'est à droite. |
| C'est à droite. |
| Now, "It's on the left" in French is C'est à gauche. |
| C'est à gauche. |
| The only difference is the words à gauche in place of the words à droite. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: à gauche. |
| Now let's hear it once again: à gauche. |
| And altogether we have C'est à gauche. |
| And that’s it for today. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so bonne chance, that means “good luck” in French. |
| “Go straight.” - Allez tout droit. |
| Allez tout droit. |
| Allez tout droit. |
| “Turn right.” - Tournez à droite. |
| Tournez à droite. |
| Tournez à droite. |
| “Turn left.” - Tournez à gauche. |
| Tournez à gauche. |
| Tournez à gauche. |
| “Turn right at the traffic light.” - Tournez à droite au feu. |
| Tournez à droite au feu. |
| Tournez à droite au feu. |
| “It’s on the right.” - C'est à droite. |
| C'est à droite. |
| C'est à droite. |
| “It’s on the left.” - C’est à gauche. |
| C’est à gauche. |
| C’est à gauche. |
| Alright, that’s going to do it for today. |
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