Pardon, pour aller à la gare? par-doñ, poor a-lay a la gar? Excuse me, how do I get to the station?
Continuez tout droit, et après l’église, tournez à gauche/à droite koñ-tee-new-ay too drwa, ay a-preh lay-gleez, toor-nay a gohsh/a drwat Keep straight on, and after the church turn left/right
C’est loin? say lwañ? Is it far?
Non, c’est à deux cents mètres/à cinq minutes noñ, say ta duh sahñ metr/a sañk mee-newt No, it’s 200 yards/five minutes away
Merci! mehr-see! Thank you!
De rien! duh ryañ! You’re welcome!
We’re looking for…
Nous cherchons… noo shehr-shoñ…
Can we walk there?
On peut y aller à pied? oñ puh ee a-lay a pyay?
We’re lost
Nous nous sommes perdu(e)s noo noo som pehr-dew
Is this the right way to…?
C’est la bonne direction pour…? say la bon dee-rek-syoñ poor…?
Can you show me on the map?
Pouvez-vous me montrer sur la carte/le plan? poo-vay voo me moñ-tray sewr la kart/luh plahñ?
There are metro services in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Toulouse and Rennes. In Paris, ticket options include un carnet de dix tickets (a book of ten tickets), which can be used on the metro, bus and RER (a network of high-speed trains connecting Paris and the suburbs). You can also buy a PARIS VISITE, a ticket lasting 1–5 days that allows unlimited travel on all forms of public transport as well as discounts for certain tourist attractions.
entrée ahñ-tray
entrance
sortie sor-tee
way out/exit
la ligne de métro la lee-nyuh duh may-troh
metro line
en direction de… ahñ dee-rek-syoñ duh…
in the direction of…
correspondance ko-reh-spoñ-dahñs
connecting line
Where is the nearest metro?
Où est la station de métro la plus proche? oo ay la sta-syoñ duh may-troh la plew prosh?
I’m going to…
Je vais à… zhuh veh a…
How does the ticket machine work?
Comment marche le guichet automatique? ko-mahñ marsh luh gee-sheh oh-toh-ma-teek?
Do you have a map of the metro?
Vous avez un plan du métro? voo za-vay uñ plahñ dew may-troh?
How do I get to…?
Pour aller à/au (etc.)…? poor a-lay a/oh…?
Do I have to change?
Est-ce qu’il faut changer? es keel foh shahñ-zhay?