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Les directions
Learn how to ask for directions and understand the answers with this list of French vocabulary.
| Where is … ? | Où se trouve … ? | |
| Où est … ? | ||
| (informal) | …, c’est où ? | |
| C’est … / Il est … | It’s… | |
| le nord au nord |
north to the north |
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| le sud au sud |
south to the south |
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| l’est à l’est |
east to the east |
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| l’ouest à l’ouest |
west to the west |
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| la droite à droite |
right to/on the right |
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| la gauche à gauche |
left to/on the left |
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| tout droit | straight (ahead) | |
| à côté de | next to | |
| devant | in front of | |
| derrière | in back of, behind | |
| en haut | up | |
| en bas | down | |
| près (de) | near (to) | |
| loin (de) | far (from) | |
Directions Quiz
Think you’ve got it? Test yourself on French directions with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:
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