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Catching the right bus in French

Two buses stop at the same spot, and you have a few seconds to figure out which one goes where you want.

The phrase

Est-ce que ce bus passe par le centre ville ?
Does this bus go through downtown?

10 words10 sentences

The ten words3 of 10

  1. 1
    bus/bys/Also said bʌs.

    busnoun

    A large public vehicle that carries many people around a city and stops at set places.

  2. 2
    arrêt/aʁɛ/

    stopnoun

    A marked place where a public vehicle stops to pick up and drop off passengers.

  3. 3
    ligne/liɲ/

    linenoun

    The fixed route a public vehicle follows, marked with a number or a name.

  4. 4

    directiondirection

  5. 5

    terminusterminus

  6. 6

    chauffeurdriver

  7. 7

    prochainnext

  8. 8

    monterto get on

  9. 9

    descendreto get off

  10. 10

    validerto validate

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The sentences3 of 10

  1. Est-ce que ce bus passe par le centre ville ?

    Does this bus go through downtown?

  2. Le bus part de cet arrêt dans cinq minutes.

    The bus leaves from this stop in five minutes.

  3. Quelle ligne faut-il prendre pour aller au marché ?

    Which line do I take to get to the market?

Pronunciation

  • bus/bys/

    The u is said as a rounded, tight sound, not like "oo", and the final s is pronounced.

  • arrêt/aʁɛ/

    The final t is silent, and the ê is an open sound, like the e in "bed".

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Questions

What does terminus mean in this context?
It means the last stop of a route, where everyone gets off.

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