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Vocabulary
Objective: Ask for directions, name urban landmarks, and give or follow route instructions using the imperative and directional prepositions.
| French | English | Register |
|---|---|---|
| à gauche | to the left | neutral |
| à droite | to the right | neutral |
| tout droit | straight ahead | neutral |
| tourner | to turn | neutral |
| continuer | to continue | neutral |
| traverser | to cross | neutral |
| prendre la première rue | to take the first street | neutral |
| le carrefour | the crossroads | neutral |
| le feu | the traffic light | neutral |
The direction phrase à gauche includes the preposition à. Without it, gauche cannot function as a directional adverb.
Chercher takes a direct object without a preposition. The sequence chercher pour is not French.
The polite opener excusez-moi precedes the question. The question word où introduces a location request.
À gauche keeps the preposition. Au carrefour shows the contraction of à and le before a masculine noun.
Tout droit is invariable. The preposition jusqu'à contracts with le to produce jusqu'au.
Prendre takes a direct object. The ordinal deuxième precedes the noun, and à droite specifies the side.
Au coin is the contraction of à and le. The noun coin is masculine.
6 exercises · about 9 minutes
| the roundabout |
| neutral |
| la place | the square | neutral |
| le coin de la rue | the street corner | neutral |
Tout droit is an invariable adverbial phrase. The form droite belongs to the noun for the right-hand side, not to the direction.
The preposition à contracts with the masculine article le to produce au. The sequence à le is never correct.
Place is feminine, so it takes the article la without contraction. The two imperatives follow one another with et.
Au rond-point contracts à and le. The noun sortie is feminine and takes la.
À pied is a fixed phrase meaning on foot. The preposition de elides to d' before ici.