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French for Travel

French Phrases for Talking About Cars

In this lesson, we learn some phrases for talking about cars and car breakdowns in French.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Review Vocabulary

Now we can see what we’ve learned.

English	French
I’d like to hire an electric car.	Je voudrais louer une voiture électrique.
My car won’t start.	Ma voiture ne démarre pas.
I ran out of petrol.	Je suis tombé en panne d’essence.
My car runs on diesel.	Ma voiture roule au diesel.
The horn doesn’t work.	Le klaxon ne fonctionne pas.

English	French
The windscreen wipers don’t work properly.	Les essuie-glace ne fonctionnent pas correctement.
What’s the speed limit?	Quelle est la limite de vitesse ?

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A quiz to test your knowledge of French phrases for when talking about cars.

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