Module 5 of the free French course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 8 of 30: Town plus directions plus au/à la: Pour aller à la gare? 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 8.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| pour aller à la gare? | how do I get to the station? | poor ah-lay ah lah GAHR |
| la boulangerie | the bakery | lah boo-lah(n)-ZHREE |
| la bibliothèque | the library | lah bee-blee-oh-TEK |
| à gauche | to the left | ah GOHSH |
| à droite | to the right | ah DRWAHT |
| tout droit | straight ahead | too DRWAH |
| en face du parc | across from the park | ah(n) fahs dew PAHRK |
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.
Town plus directions plus au/à la: Pour aller à la gare? Allez tout droit, puis tournez à droite après la boulangerie. C'est en face du parc.
Pour aller à…? — the compact way to ask the way.
pour aller à la gare? is a complete question with no 'how do I' in it. And en face du parc: de + le fuses to du, never de le.
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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