Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 19 of 30: The full street exchange: Excusez-moi, madame. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 19.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| excusez-moi | excuse me (polite) | ehk-skew-zay-MWAH |
| où est la gare, s'il vous plaît? | where is the station, please? | oo eh lah gahr seel voo PLEH |
| puis | then | pwee |
| c'est loin? | is it far? | seh LWA(n) |
| c'est tout près | it is very near | seh too PREH |
| à côté de | next to | ah koh-TAY duh |
| en face de | across from | ah(n) FAHS duh |
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.
The full street exchange: Excusez-moi, madame. Où est la gare, s'il vous plaît? — Allez tout droit, puis tournez à gauche. — Merci beaucoup!
Excusez-moi opens; c'est loin? checks the distance; the answer comes back in your direction words.
c'est loin? asks the distance with c'est, never il est: c'est loin, c'est tout près.
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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