French for travel · Free video lesson
Find Your Way in French: Directions and Speaking Practice
Ask where a place is, follow short directions and confirm whether it is nearby.
Watch, listen, then practise · 7 minutes 41 seconds
Original Parle lesson with English captions, AI-assisted graphics and synthesized reference audio. Complete synthesized French exchanges model asking for places and following short directions. English and French captions are available. Watch on YouTube · Read the captions.
Use the lesson
- Listen to the whole exchange and follow the animated route before repeating in the pauses.
- Choose the route before its answer appears, then practise both sides of the conversation without the written model.
- Try the four free website exercises. The Around town 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.
Where is the station?
Excusez-moi, où est la gare ?
Excuse me, where is the station?
La gare est à droite.
The station is on the right.
Merci beaucoup !
Thank you very much!
Left or right?
Où est l'hôtel ?
Where is the hotel?
Tournez à gauche, puis tout droit.
Turn left, then go straight ahead.
D'accord, merci.
Okay, thank you.
Near the museum
Le musée est loin ?
Is the museum far?
Non, il est près d'ici.
No, it's near here.
Super, merci !
Great, thank you!
Where is the post office?
Excusez-moi, la poste est où ?
Excuse me, where is the post office?
Tournez à droite, puis c'est à gauche.
Turn right, then it's on the left.
Merci, bonne journée !
Thank you, have a nice day!
Continue in Parle
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.