French for travel · Free video lesson

Ask for the Toilets in French: Video Speaking Lesson

Ask for the toilets and understand a short direction.

Watch, listen, then practise · 1 minute 37 seconds

Original Parle lesson with English captions, AI-assisted graphics and synthesized reference audio. The audio models complete French dialogue phrases; the sound focus stays inside the displayed request. Watch on YouTube · Read the captions.

Use the lesson

  1. Hear the complete polite request: Excusez-moi, les toilettes, s’il vous plaît ?
  2. Repeat the whole request during the pause, then listen to Là-bas, à droite.
  3. Choose right or left before the answer appears and practise asking without the written model.
Practise the free toilets-and-directions exercise

Lesson text and French models

Read the French models and the instructions you see in the video. Open the plain-text captions.

Synthesized reference audio; AI-assisted scripts and graphics. English instructions and captions; free website and video practice.

Excusez-moi, les toilettes, s'il vous plaît ?

I can ask where the toilet is.

Excusez-moi, les toilettes, s'il vous plaît ?

Excuse me, the toilets, please?

Là-bas, à droite.

Over there, on the right.

Merci beaucoup.

Thank you very much.

Excusez-moi, les toilettes, s'il vous plaît ?

For /t/, touch just behind the upper teeth; release.

You are in a train station. Ask where the toilets are.

Excusez-moi, les toilettes, s'il vous plaît ?

Excuse me, the toilets, please?

Merci beaucoup.

Thank you very much.

Which direction did you hear? A Left or B Right?

Answer: B · Right À droite means on the right.

I can ask where the toilet is.

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Original lesson by the developer of Parle: Learn & Speak French, App ID 6761505050. AI-assisted scripts and graphics; synthesized reference audio. About Parle.