FrenchA2Lesson 3.2
🇫🇷 French A2 · Lesson 3.2

À la gare — At the station

Read schedules, find your platform and ask about delays.

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An announcement at a SNCF station reports a delay. Listen for the platform number.

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la garethe station 🔊
le quaithe platform 🔊
l'horairethe timetable 🔊
le retardthe delay 🔊
réserverto book / reserve 🔊
le départthe departure 🔊

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« À quelle heure part le prochain train pour Nice ? » 🔊
What time does the next train to Nice leave?
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Excusez-moi, le train pour Marseille part de quel quai ? 🔊Excuse me, which platform does the train to Marseille leave from?
Du quai numéro 4, mais il a un peu de retard. 🔊From platform 4, but it's running a little late.
Ah, c'est combien de minutes ? 🔊Ah, how many minutes?
Environ quinze minutes. Vous avez réservé une place ? 🔊About fifteen minutes. Have you booked a seat?
Oui, voiture 12, place 34. Merci ! 🔊Yes, carriage 12, seat 34. Thanks!
Grammar in focus · les questions à la gare

Use « quel/quelle » to ask which: « De quel quai ? », « À quelle heure ? ». « Avoir du retard » means “to be running late”: le train a du retard.

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Write 3 questions you'd ask at a train station (platform, time, delay).

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Très bien ! Use « De quel quai ? », « À quelle heure ? » and « Le train a du retard ? ».

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1. “The platform” is…
2. « avoir du retard » means…
3. “To book a seat” uses the verb…
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