French For Travel: Getting Transport Advice in France

In this lesson, we learn a few phrases that are helpful for finding out how to get somewhere in France.

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

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for the following:

Part 1:

How do you get to Calais?	Show Comment aller à Calais?
How do you get to the beach without a car?	Show Comment aller à la plage sans voiture?
You can get to Calais by bus.	Show Vous pouvez vous rendre à Calais en bus.
To get to town, you can walk.	Show Pour vous rendre dans la ville, vous pouvez marcher.
To get to the beach, you can take a taxi.	Show Pour aller à la plage, vous pouvez prendre un taxi.

Part 2:

From the centre of town, take the bus, number 252.	Show Depuis le centre ville, prendre le bus 252.
Local trains take you from Bordeaux to Arcachon.	Show Les trains régionaux vous emmène depuis Bordeaux à Arcachon.
How do you get from Nice airport to the city centre?	Show Comment aller de l’aéroport de Nice au centre-ville?
The X7 bus is the quickest option.	Show Le bus X7 est l’option la plus rapide.
The journey takes 15 minutes.	Show Le trajet dure 15 minutes.

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