FrenchA2Lesson 3.1
🇫🇷 French A2 · Lesson 3.1

Se déplacer — Getting around

Talk about transport and buy a ticket using en train, en bus.

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A traveller buys a metro ticket in Paris. Listen for how he gets around.

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en trainby train 🔊
en busby bus 🔊
à piedon foot 🔊
un billeta ticket 🔊
aller-retourreturn (round trip) 🔊
un arrêta stop 🔊

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« Je vais à l'université en bus, et toi ? » 🔊
I go to university by bus, and you?
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Comment tu vas au travail le matin ? 🔊How do you get to work in the morning?
J'y vais en métro, c'est rapide. 🔊I go by metro, it's quick.
Moi, je préfère aller à pied quand il fait beau. 🔊Me, I prefer to walk when the weather's nice.
Tu as de la chance, tu habites près du bureau. 🔊You're lucky, you live near the office.
Oui, c'est seulement deux arrêts en bus. 🔊Yes, it's only two stops by bus.
Grammar in focus · les moyens de transport

Use « en » for most vehicles: en train, en bus, en voiture. But say « à pied » (on foot) and « à vélo » (by bike).

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Write 3 sentences about how you travel to school or work and why.

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Bien ! Remember « en » + vehicle (« en train ») but « à pied » and « à vélo ».

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1. “By train” is…
2. Which one means “on foot”?
3. « un aller-retour » is a…
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