Lesson 1.2 — Un petit voyage — Narrating a past trip (French A2)

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A woman describes a short trip to Lyon. Notice the verbs with « suis ».

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je suis allé(e)I went 🔊

je suis parti(e)I left / departed 🔊

la semaine dernièrelast week 🔊

d'abordfirst / at first 🔊

ensuitethen / next 🔊

le séjourthe stay / trip 🔊

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« La semaine dernière, je suis allé à Paris en train. » 🔊

Last week, I went to Paris by train.

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Tu es allée où la semaine dernière ? 🔊Where did you go last week?

Je suis allée à Lyon avec ma sœur. 🔊I went to Lyon with my sister.

C'était comment ? 🔊What was it like?

D'abord, nous avons visité le vieux quartier, ensuite nous sommes parties tôt le matin. 🔊First, we visited the old quarter, then we left early in the morning.

Quel beau séjour ! 🔊What a lovely trip!

Grammar in focus · passé composé with être

Movement verbs (aller, partir, venir, sortir) use « être »: je suis allé, je suis parti. The participle agrees with the subject — a woman says « je suis allée ».

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Describe a recent trip in 3 sentences, using d'abord and ensuite.

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Très bien ! Movement verbs take être: « je suis allé(e) », « nous sommes partis ». Don't forget the agreement.

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1. “I went” (a man speaking) is…

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