227 – French Dialogue: Asking for Directions
🎙️✨ In this episode, you'll listen to a French dialogue between a tourist and a passer-by, asking for directions to the train station.
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Lesson cheatsheet: French Dialogue: Asking for Directions 📝
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Transcript
Bonjour à tous, hello everyone, and welcome back to the French Made Easy podcast!
This is episode number 227, numéro deux cent vingt-sept.
Today, we’re listening to a short French dialogue. In this one, a tourist is asking a passer-by for directions.
As always, if you’re new here—welcome! Please make sure you download your free cheat sheet so you can follow along and see how everything is written.
There isn’t an exercise for this particular episode, but you can still head over to the French Made Easy Exercise Library, where you’ll find over 200 free exercises from previous podcast lessons. You’ll find all the links in the episode notes.
Alright, so here’s how today’s episode will work.
First, we’ll listen to the full dialogue in French. You’ll find the English translations in the transcript. And by the way, my dad is joining me for today’s dialogue!
Then, after the dialogue, we’ll look at some key phrases you can reuse.
Alright, let’s get started!
THE DIALOGUE
UNE TOURISTE : Excusez-moi, je cherche la gare. Vous pouvez m’indiquer le chemin, s’il vous plaît?
Excuse me, I’m looking for the train station. Could you tell me the way, please?
UN PASSANT : Oui, bien sûr. Vous continuez tout droit jusqu’au feu rouge, puis vous tournez à gauche.
Yes, of course. Continue straight ahead until the traffic lights, then turn left.
UNE TOURISTE : À gauche au feu?
Left at the lights?
UN PASSANT : Oui, c’est ça. Ensuite, vous prenez la première rue à droite, la rue Victor-Hugo. La gare est au bout de la rue.
Yes, that’s right. Then take the first street on the right, rue Victor-Hugo. The station is at the end of the street.
UNE TOURISTE : Pardon, vous avez dit la première rue à droite?
Sorry, did you say the first street on the right?
UN PASSANT : Oui, la rue Victor-Hugo. Vous allez voir une boulangerie sur votre gauche. La rue est juste après.
Yes, rue Victor-Hugo. You’ll see a bakery on your left. The street is just after it.
UNE TOURISTE : Ah, d’accord. Et c’est loin?
Ah, okay. And is it far?
UN PASSANT : Non, cinq minutes à pied, pas plus.
No, it’s a five-minute walk, no more.
UNE TOURISTE : D’accord. Donc, tout droit jusqu’au feu, à gauche, puis la première à droite.
Okay. So, straight ahead to the lights, left, then the first on the right.
UN PASSANT : C’est ça!
That’s right!
UNE TOURISTE : Parfait, merci beaucoup!
Perfect, thank you very much!
UN PASSANT : Je vous en prie. Bonne journée!
You’re welcome. Have a good day!
UNE TOURISTE : Merci, vous aussi!
Thank you, you too!
KEY PHRASES
Alright, now let’s look at some key phrases from the dialogue that you can reuse.
Je cherche… — I’m looking for…
Vous pouvez m’indiquer le chemin? — Could you tell me the way?
Tout droit — Straight ahead.
Tournez à gauche / à droite — Turn left / right.
La première rue à droite — The first street on the right.
Au bout de la rue — At the end of the street.
Pardon, vous avez dit…? — Sorry, did you say…?
This is a very useful phrase when you didn’t catch something the first time.
C’est loin? — Is it far?
Cinq minutes à pied — A five-minute walk.
Je vous en prie — You’re welcome.
Et voilà! That’s the end of today’s lesson. Feel free to listen to the dialogue again for some extra practice.
Don’t forget to download your free cheat sheet so you can see how everything is written and check the English translations as well. The link is in the episode notes.
À bientôt, bye! 🤍