| Here is a list of topic words. |
| First is, |
| avion, avion, avion, |
| moto, moto, moto, |
| vélo, vélo, vélo, |
| métro, métro, métro, |
| bus, bus, bus, |
| Do you know what avion means? |
| "plane." |
| How about moto? |
| "motorbike." |
| And vélo? |
| "bicycle." |
| And what about métro? |
| "metro." |
| And bus? |
| "bus." |
| Let's do some multiple choice. |
| Circle the correct answer. |
| What does avion mean? |
| "plane." |
| "bicycle" is vélo. |
| Circle the correct answer. |
| What does moto mean? |
| "motorbike." |
| "metro" is métro. |
| One more. Circle the correct answer. |
| What does bateau mean? |
| "boat." |
| "bus" is bus. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. |
| Ready? What are they saying? |
| Je vais à l'école à (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Je vais à l'école à (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| vélo |
| vélo |
| Je vais à l'école à vélo. |
| Je vais à l'école à vélo. |
| "I go to school by bicycle." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? What are they saying? |
| Mon père va au travail en (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Mon père va au travail en (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| voiture |
| voiture |
| Mon père va au travail en voiture. |
| Mon père va au travail en voiture. |
| "My father goes to work by car." |
| Let's do some true or false questions now. |
| True or false — |
| Bateau means "boat." |
| True |
| Bateau means "boat." |
| One more. |
| True or false — |
| En avion means "on foot." |
| False |
| En avion means "by plane." |
| En avion. |
| "On foot" is à pied. |
| à pied |
| Let's do some listening practice. |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which word am I saying? |
| Mon mari va à la salle de sport à pied. |
| Did you hear the right preposition? Let's listen one more time. |
| Mon mari va à la salle de sport à pied. |
| à pied |
| à pied |
| À pied means "on foot," and it is preceded by the preposition à instead of en because walking is a means of transport you are on, not inside. |
| Mon mari va à la salle de sport à pied. |
| "My husband goes to the gym on foot." |
| Listen to me as I speak. What am I saying? |
| Je vais à l'île en bateau. |
| Did you hear the right preposition? Let's listen one more time. |
| Je vais à l'île en bateau. |
| en bateau |
| en bateau |
| En bateau means "by boat," and it is preceded by the preposition en instead of à because a boat is a form of transport you ride inside. In French, en is used with vehicles or modes of transport that you can enter or sit inside, like a car, plane, or boat. |
| Je vais à l'île en bateau. |
| "I go to the island by boat." |
| Listen as I speak. What means of transport is each person using? |
| Je vais à l'école à vélo. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Je vais à l'école à vélo. |
| Did you hear, à vélo? À vélo means "by bicycle." |
| Je vais à l'école à vélo. |
| "I go to school by bicycle." |
| How about...? |
| Je vais au travail en métro. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Je vais au travail en métro. |
| Did you hear, en métro? En métro means "by metro." |
| Je vais au travail en métro. |
| "I go to work by metro." |
| Next... |
| Je vais à Paris en avion. |
| One more time. |
| Je vais à Paris en avion. |
| Did you hear, en avion? En avion means "by plane." |
| Je vais à Paris en avion. |
| "I go to Paris by plane." |
| Next... |
| Je vais au supermarché en bus. |
| One more time. |
| Je vais au supermarché en bus. |
| Did you hear, en bus? En bus means "by bus." |
| Je vais au supermarché en bus. |
| "I go to the supermarket by bus." |
| And... |
| Je vais à la plage à moto. |
| One more time. |
| Je vais à la plage à moto. |
| Did you hear, à moto? À moto means "by motorbike." |
| Je vais à la plage à moto. |
| "I go to the beach by motorbike." |
| Now you know how to talk about transportation in French. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on FrenchPod101.com. |
| Au revoir ! |
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