Lesson overview
These are words and phrases that you’ll hear when you’re being given directions by locals in French. It’s important to remember these so you can understand the information you’re being given after you ask for directions. Or, if you’re confident enough, you can be the one using these phrases to give directions!
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10 words/phrases to learn
continuez tout droit
continue straight (plural; formal)
vous devez ...
you have to … ; you must... (plural; formal)
tournez à droite
turn right (plural; formal)
tournez à gauche
turn left (plural; formal)
vous devez tourner à gauche
you have to turn left (plural; formal)
le feu rouge
the red light
traversez la rue
cross the road (plural; formal)
c'est sur votre droite
it's on your right (plural; formal)
c'est sur votre gauche
it's on your left (plural; formal)
marcher vers ...
to walk towards...
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