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French Vocabulary

Asking for & Processing Spatial Directions

Urban navigation vocabulary, including crossroads, traffic lights, turns, and directional verbs, used to ask for and give route instructions.

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Lesson Summary

Urban navigation vocabulary, including crossroads, traffic lights, turns, and directional verbs, used to ask for and give route instructions.

Vocabulary

Naviguer en ville

The vocabulary required to ask for and give directions extends the prepositions of place studied in cardinal prepositions and the imperative forms covered in the imperative polite and collective and the imperative informal. This lesson introduces the standard expressions used to navigate a French‑speaking city.

Demander son chemin (Asking for Directions)

French	English
Excusez-moi, je suis perdu(e).	Excuse me, I'm lost.
Pour aller à la gare ?	To go to the station?
C'est loin ?	Is it far?
C'est près d'ici ?	Is it near here?
Où se trouve la rue... ?	Where is … Street?

Indiquer le chemin (Giving Directions)

French	English
Tournez à gauche / à droite.	Turn left / right.
Continuez tout droit.	Go straight ahead.
Prenez la première rue à droite.	Take the first street on the right.
Traversez le pont / la place.	Cross the bridge / square.
C'est en face de la poste.	It's opposite the post office.
C'est à côté du cinéma.	It's next to the cinema.
Au feu rouge, tournez à gauche.	At the traffic light, turn left.
le carrefour	crossroads / intersection
la place	square
le trottoir	pavement / sidewalk
le plan de la ville	city map

Comprendre les réponses

Directions are often given in the imperative, and object pronouns may replace known locations: Vous le prenez à droite (le = le bus). Imperative commands include Prenez la rue and Continuez tout droit. Distance is expressed with à pied: C'est à cinq minutes à pied (it's a five‑minute walk).

Examples

Excusez-moi, pour aller au musée, s'il vous plaît ? Tournez à gauche au prochain carrefour, puis continuez tout droit.
A request for directions followed by a sequence of two imperative commands.
La pharmacie est en face de la gare, à côté du tabac.
Description of a location using the expressions en face de and à côté de.

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