Les Directions - Directions
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Where is...? | |
bathroom | |
l'hôtel (m) | hotel |
le restaurant | restaurant |
le musée | museum |
la banque | bank |
money exchange | |
l'église (f) | church |
le cinéma | movie theater |
le théâtre | theater |
l'école (f) | school |
la poste | post office |
le parc | park |
l'hôpital (m) | hospital |
le commissariat | police station |
It's … | |
left | |
right | |
straight (ahead) | |
next to | |
in front of | |
in back of, behind | |
up | |
down | |
near (to) | |
far (from) | |
le nord | north |
le sud | south |
l'est (m) | east |
l'ouest (m) | west |
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Au téléphone - On the Phone
The world of the telephone has its own special vocabulary.
Here are some useful phrases to know when making or receiving phone calls in French.
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Allô ? | Hello? |
May I speak to _? | |
I'd like to speak to_. | |
Who is calling? | |
_ is calling. | |
Please hold. | |
I'm transferring your call. | |
The line is busy. | |
un téléphone | phone |
un mobile | cell phone |
phone number | |
un annuaire | phone book |
la tonalité | dial tone |
phone booth | |
collect call | |
answering machine | |
to call | |
to dial a number | |
to pick up (the phone) | |
to be cut off | |
to leave a message | |
to hang up | |
to call back | |
to ring |
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Le Transport - Transportation
Learn French vocabulary related to transportation by bus, plane, and train.
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l'avion | plane |
l'aéroport | airport (airport vocab) |
le métro | subway |
subway station | |
l'autobus | bus |
l'arrêt d'autobus, du bus | bus stop |
bus station | |
le train | train |
le quai | platform |
la gare | train station |
round trip ticket | |
one-way ticket | |
le prix | price |
la voiture | car (driving vocab) |
le passeport | passport |
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Passe-temps favoris - Sports - Jeux
Hobbies - Sports - Games
Here are the French names of some common hobbies, sports, and games. You can use these nouns with verbs like aimer and détester, or if you want to say that you do or play that item, use it with the verb in the third column. The fourth column has verbs that can be used alone to talk about doing that item, e.g., cuisiner - to cook.
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English | French | Use with | Or use |
basketball | le basket | jouer à | |
biking | faire de | ||
chess | les échecs | jouer à | |
cooking | la cuisine | faire | cuisiner |
dancing | la danse | danser | |
fishing | la pêche | aller à | pêcher |
football | jouer à | ||
gardening | le jardinage | faire de | jardiner |
hiking | la randonnée | faire de | |
hockey | le hockey | jouer à | |
hunting | la chasse | faire | chasser |
jogging | le jogging | faire de | |
a movie | un film | regarder | |
music | la musique | écouter, jouer de | |
reading | la lecture | faire | lire |
sailing | la voile | faire | |
skiing | le ski | faire de | skier |
soccer | jouer à | ||
swimming | la natation | faire de | nager |
television (TV) | la télévision (la télé) | regarder | |
tennis | le tennis | jouer à | |
wrestling | la lutte | faire de | lutter |
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