Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 18 of 30: Three directions run every town: à gauche (left), à droite (right), tout droit (straight on). On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 18.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| à gauche | to the left | ah GOHSH |
| à droite | to the right | ah DRWAHT |
| tout droit | straight ahead | too DRWAH |
| tournez | turn (polite command) | toor-NAY |
| allez | go (polite command) | ah-LAY |
| prenez | take (polite command) | pruh-NAY |
| la première rue | the first street | lah pruh-myehr REW |
| loin | far | lwa(n) |
| près | near | preh |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Three directions run every town: à gauche (left), à droite (right), tout droit (straight on) — note DRWAHT with its t, DRWAH without.
The polite commands: Tournez à gauche. Allez tout droit. Prenez la première rue à droite.
à droite sounds its final t (DRWAHT); tout droit does not (DRWAH). Right has the t, straight on does not.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
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