French for travel · Free video lesson
Buy a Train Ticket in French: Round Trips, Times and Speaking Practice
Ask for a return ticket, understand departure information and ask the price in four separate practice exchanges.
Watch, listen, then practise · 7 minutes 23 seconds
Original Parle lesson with English captions, AI-assisted graphics and synthesized reference audio. This video and the website exercises are free. The Simple travel unit in the optional App requires Premium; all 35 Sounds pages and the first four First Contact missions are free. Complete owned French phrase models use synthesized reference audio. English and French captions are available. Watch on YouTube · Read the captions.
Use the lesson
- Listen to each whole exchange, follow the time and ticket details, then repeat during the pauses.
- Keep the four practice examples separate: a morning departure, another departure, card payment, and a return-ticket request.
- Try all four free Simple travel website tasks. The Simple travel unit in the optional App requires Premium.
Lesson text and French models
Read the French models and the instructions you see in the video. Open the plain-text captions.
Practice example 1: Choose a departure time
Bonjour, je voudrais un aller-retour pour Lyon.
Hello, I would like a return ticket to Lyon.
Vous partez à quelle heure ?
What time would you like to leave?
Vers neuf heures, si possible.
Around nine o'clock, if possible.
Le prochain train part à neuf heures quinze.
The next train leaves at 9:15.
Parfait, merci.
Perfect, thank you.
Practice example 2: Choose the departure
À quelle heure part le train ?
What time does the train leave?
Il part à 14 heures.
It leaves at 2 PM.
D'accord, je prends ce train.
Okay, I'll take this train.
Practice example 3: Pay for the ticket
Combien coûte le billet ?
How much does the ticket cost?
C'est 20 euros.
That's 20 euros.
Je paie par carte.
I pay by card.
Voici votre billet.
Here is your ticket.
Practice example 4: Complete trip
Bonjour, un aller-retour pour Lyon, s'il vous plaît.
Hello, a round-trip to Lyon, please.
Départ à 9 heures, retour à 18 heures.
Departure at 9 AM, return at 6 PM.
Parfait. Combien ?
Perfect. How much?
30 euros.
30 euros.
Voilà, merci.
Here you go, thank you.
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This video and its matching website practice are free. In the optional iPhone and iPad App, all 35 Sounds pages and the first 4 First Contact Course missions are free. The full 120-mission course requires Premium. Phrase Match detects words; it does not grade your accent.
Try the first 4 Course missions freeOriginal lesson by the developer of Parle: Learn & Speak French, App ID 6761505050. AI-assisted scripts and graphics; synthesized reference audio. About Parle.