Conversation in French:
- Sophie : Excusez-moi, où est la gare ?
- Passant : La gare est à cinq minutes d’ici.
- Sophie : Merci ! C’est tout droit ?
- Passant : Oui, continuez tout droit et tournez à gauche au feu.
- Sophie : D’accord, merci beaucoup !
- Passant : De rien, bonne journée !
English Translation:
- Sophie: Excuse me, where is the train station?
- Passerby: The train station is five minutes from here.
- Sophie: Thank you! Is it straight ahead?
- Passerby: Yes, go straight and turn left at the traffic light.
- Sophie: Okay, thank you very much!
- Passerby: You’re welcome, have a good day!
Vocabulary Explanation:
- Excusez-moi: Excuse me.
- Formal way to get someone’s attention, from the verb excuser (to excuse).
- La gare: The train station.
- Feminine noun: The article la is used for singular feminine nouns.
- Plural form: les gares.
- Cinq minutes: Five minutes.
- Cinq: Number meaning “five.”
- Minutes: Feminine plural noun.
- D’ici: From here.
- D’ is a contraction of de (from) used before a vowel.
- Tout droit: Straight ahead.
- Used to indicate direction.
- Tournez: Turn.
- Formal command form of the verb tourner (to turn).
- À gauche: To the left.
- Gauche: Feminine noun meaning “left.”
- Au feu: At the traffic light.
- Feu: Masculine noun, meaning “traffic light.”
- Plural form: les feux.
- De rien: You’re welcome.
- Informal expression to respond to thanks.
- Bonne journée: Have a good day.
- Bonne: Feminine adjective meaning “good.”
- Journée: Feminine noun meaning “day.”
Grammar Explanation:
- “Où est la gare ?” (Where is the train station?):
- Où: Interrogative word meaning “where.”
- Est: Third person singular form of être (to be).
- “La gare est à cinq minutes d’ici” (The train station is five minutes from here):
- La gare: Feminine noun for “train station.”
- À cinq minutes: Prepositional phrase meaning “five minutes from.”
- D’ici: Contraction of de (from) and ici (here).
- “C’est tout droit ?” (Is it straight ahead?):
- C’est: Contraction of ce and est (it is).
- Tout droit: Expression meaning “straight ahead.”
- “Continuez tout droit et tournez à gauche au feu” (Go straight and turn left at the traffic light):
- Continuez: Formal command form of continuer (to continue).
- Tournez: Formal command form of tourner (to turn).
- À gauche: Prepositional phrase meaning “to the left.”
- “D’accord, merci beaucoup” (Okay, thank you very much):
- D’accord: Means “okay” or “agreed.”
- Merci beaucoup: Formal way to say “thank you very much.”
- “De rien, bonne journée” (You’re welcome, have a good day):
- De rien: Informal phrase meaning “you’re welcome.”
- Bonne journée: Feminine phrase wishing someone a “good day.”
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