Rail, hotel, city
Tickets, journey time, taxi, check-in, Wi-Fi, breakfast, luggage, left and right. Travel French is more formal than café French.
Times and numbers repeat because that is what goes wrong at the window.
At French-speaking desks you often need one polite question. This session trains those lines by ear, including vous forms.
Station announcements are fast. Repeat only the French so “Quel quai” sticks as sound, not just a flashcard.
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Strikes, delays, and tourism reuse this vocabulary in the news. LingoGist keeps the original sentence together.
The French guide explains sources and why phrases beat isolated words.
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Questions about French travel phrases
Is this enough for Paris?
For desks, hotels, and simple directions, yes. Menus and fast speech still need real input afterwards.
Is this Quebec French?
It is European everyday French. You will be understood in Quebec; a few words may differ.
Is it always vous?
In the travel list, yes. Beginner and everyday lists mix tu where it fits.
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Liaison, nasal vowels, and politeness – sentences where listening beats a word list.
Listen to everyday French sentences
A coffee, the bill, rain, see you later – a normal day in full sentences.
Listen to French restaurant phrases
“Une table pour deux”, “Que recommandez-vous ?”, “À emporter” – restaurant French where listening beats a word list.
Listen to French work phrases
“Tu es en sourdine”, “La date limite est vendredi”, “Je partage mon écran” – office French for the video call.
Listen to French for the doctor and pharmacy
“J’ai mal à la tête”, “J’ai besoin d’une ordonnance”, “Où est la pharmacie ?” – sentences to practise before you need them.
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