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 ?10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1bus/bys/Also said bʌs.
busnoun
A large public vehicle that carries many people around a city and stops at set places.
- 2arrêt/aʁɛ/
stopnoun
A marked place where a public vehicle stops to pick up and drop off passengers.
- 3ligne/liɲ/
linenoun
The fixed route a public vehicle follows, marked with a number or a name.
- 4
directiondirection
- 5
terminusterminus
- 6
chauffeurdriver
- 7
prochainnext
- 8
monterto get on
- 9
descendreto get off
- 10
validerto validate
The sentences3 of 10
Est-ce que ce bus passe par le centre ville ?
Does this bus go through downtown?
Le bus part de cet arrêt dans cinq minutes.
The bus leaves from this stop in five minutes.
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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- What does terminus mean in this context?
- It means the last stop of a route, where everyone gets off.
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