Asking for Directions in French
Here’s how to ask directions in French
Aug 18, 2026 · 5 min · 6 segments
In this episode, you'll listen to a French dialogue between a tourist and a passer-by, asking for directions to the train station. **📝 Cheat Sheet, Transcript & Exercise Library:**…
All right, so that's it for our dialogue.
Now let's look at some key phrases from the dialogue that you can reuse.
Please repeat after me.
Je cherche.
I'm looking for.
Je cherche.
Vous pouvez m'indiquer le chemin? Could you tell me the way? Vous pouvez m'indiquer le chemin? Tout droit.
Straight ahead.
Tout droit.
Tournez à gauche.
Tournez à droite.
That's turn left or turn right.
Tournez à gauche.
Tournez à droite.
La première rue à droite.
The first street on the right.
La première rue à droite.
Au bout de la rue.
At the end of the street.
Au bout de la rue.
Pardon, vous avez dit? Sorry, did you say? Pardon, vous avez dit? That's a very useful phrase, um, when you didn't quite catch something for the first time, so you're asking someone to repeat, right? Um, next.
C'est loin? Is it far? C'est loin? Cinq minutes à pied.
A five-minute walk.
Cinq minutes à pied.
Je vous en prie.
All right, so that's it for our dialogue.
Now let's look at some key phrases from the dialogue that you can reuse.
Please repeat after me.
Je cherche.
I'm looking for.
Je cherche.
Vous pouvez m'indiquer le chemin? Could you tell me the way? Vous pouvez m'indiquer le chemin? Tout droit.
Straight ahead.
Tout droit.
Tournez à gauche.
Tournez à droite.
That's turn left or turn right.
Tournez à gauche.
Tournez à droite.
La première rue à droite.
The first street on the right.
La première rue à droite.
Au bout de la rue.
At the end of the street.
Au bout de la rue.
Pardon, vous avez dit? Sorry, did you say? Pardon, vous avez dit? That's a very useful phrase, um, when you didn't quite catch something for the first time, so you're asking someone to repeat, right? Um, next.
C'est loin? Is it far? C'est loin? Cinq minutes à pied.
A five-minute walk.
Cinq minutes à pied.
Je vous en prie.
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