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Asking for directions

Asking for directions

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World Languages

2nd - 11th Grade

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Jeremy Fourgeot

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10 Slides • 13 Questions

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​Asking for directions is one of the most important element of basic conversation, especially when you're new to a French-speaking city.

In French there is many way to ask the directions and the locations.

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​Let's say you are looking for the closest subway station (station de métro)....

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​3 important verbs:

Savoir= to know

Je sais

Tu sais

Il/elle sait

Nous savons

Vous savez

Ils/Elles savent​

Trouver= to find

Je trouve

Tu trouves

Il/elle trouve

Nous trouvons

Vous trouvez

Ils/Elles trouvent​

Pouvoir= to can

Je peux

Tu peux

Il/elle peut

Nous pouvons

Vous pouvez

Ils/Elles peuvent

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Match

Match the following

savoir

trouver

pouvoir

to know

to find

to can

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Match

Match the following

je

tu

il/elle

vous

ils/elles

sais

sais

sait

savez

savent

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Match

Match the following

je

tu

nous

ils/elles

vous

trouve

trouve

trouvons

trouvent

trouvez

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Open Ended

How do you say:

"I do not find my shoes"

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​"Est-ce que vous savez où est.....?"

"Do you know where is....?"

"Où est/sont....?"

"Where is/are.....?"

"Où est-ce que je peux trouver....?"

​"Where can i find.....?"

"Est-ce qu’il y a…..près d’ici?"

"Is there....near here?"​

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Multiple Choice

What is the translation of:

"Est-ce que vous savez où est.....?"

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Do you know where is ....?

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Where is/are....?

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Where can I find.....?

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Is there..... near here?

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Reorder

Question image

Reorder the following

Je

ne

sais

pas.

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2
3
4

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Reorder

Question image

Reorder the following

"Where can I find the subway station?"

Ou

est-ce que

je peux

trouver

la station de metro?

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2
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4
5

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Reorder

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Reorder the following

"Is there some toilets near here?"

Est-ce qu'

il y a

des toilettes

pres

d'ici?

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2
3
4
5

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Reorder

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Reorder the following

"Excuse me, where is the exit please?"

Excusez moi

ou

est

la sortie

s'il vous plait?

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2
3
4
5

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A droite: on the right

A gauche: on the left

Tout droit: straight

La première à droite: the first (street) on the right

La rue suivante: the next street

En face de: in front of

​Au coin de: in the corner of

A côté de: next to

Au bout de la rue: at the end of the street

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Match

Match the following

a droite

a gauche

tout droit

en face

a coté

to the right

to the left

straight

in front

next to

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Match

Match the following

au bout de la rue

la premiere a droite

la rue suivante

au coin de

a coté

at the end of the street

the first on the right

the next street

in the corner of

next to

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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:

PRENDRE

In French,​ when giving direction we usually use the verbe PRENDRE when we take about taking a turn:

"Vous allez tout dr​oit et ensuite vous prenez a gauche" (Go straight and then you take/go left)

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Prendre= to Take

Je prends

Tu prends

Il/elle prend

Nous prenons

Vous prenez

Ils/Elles prennent

​another important verbs:

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Multiple Choice

"Vous allez tout dr​oit et ensuite vous prenez a gauche"

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Go straight and then you go right.

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Go straight and then you go left

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Go right and then go left

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Go right, then go straight ahead.

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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:

Puis

Puisor “then,” is a simple transition word that is used when giving consecutive directions.

How it’s used: 

“Prenez à droite, puis allez tout droit.” (Go right, then go straight ahead.)

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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:

Après

Après, or “after,” has functionality similar to puis.

How it’s used: 

“Prenez à droite, et après, allez tout droit.” (Go right, and after that, go straight ahead.)

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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:

Enfin

If you’re receiving a set of directions that’s particularly long, you may hear enfinor “finally.”

How it’s used: 

“Prenez à droite, puis allez tout droit, et, enfin, prenez à gauche au parc.”

(Go right, then go straight ahead, and finally, take a left at the park.)

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Open Ended

How do you say in French:

"The school is in front of the subway station"

​Asking for directions is one of the most important element of basic conversation, especially when you're new to a French-speaking city.

In French there is many way to ask the directions and the locations.

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