A1.2 · Travel French · model audio

How to pronounce “Je voudrais un aller-retour pour Lyon.” in French

I would like a return ticket to Lyon. Hear the complete line, then keep its meaning and situation in mind as you repeat.

Meaning and use

What this French phrase means

Je voudrais un aller-retour pour Lyon.

English: I would like a return ticket to Lyon.

Speaker in this scene: Traveler

Mission: Choose a departure time · Simple travel

Related mission sound · /b/

Practise the mission cue, then return to the complete line.

Close your lips, then open while vibrating your vocal cords.

The cue belongs to the wider speaking mission and is not presented as a complete IPA transcription of this sentence.

/b/

Model word or phrase

billet

ticket

Repeat: billet, bonjour, simple.

Choose a departure time · A1.2

Use the target with its complete mission conversation

The exact target is a response frame from this mission. Read the exchange for situation and intention, then replay and repeat the separate target audio.

  1. Traveler
    Bonjour, je voudrais un aller-retour pour Lyon.Hello, I would like a return ticket to Lyon.
  2. Ticket agent
    Vous partez à quelle heure ?What time would you like to leave?
  3. Traveler
    Vers neuf heures, si possible.Around nine o'clock, if possible.
  4. Ticket agent
    Le prochain train part à neuf heures quinze.The next train leaves at 9:15.
  5. Traveler
    Parfait, merci.Perfect, thank you.

A four-pass routine

Listen, shape, say, then use.

  1. Play the checked model once without speaking.
  2. Read the English meaning and choose the intention you want to express.
  3. Apply the /b/ cue to its model example, then replay the complete target line.
  4. Read the full exchange aloud, then change one detail and answer again.

Record this line inside the guided Parle mission.

Use the app for the complete practice sequence, Phrase Match word detection, saved progress, and the next structured speaking task.