In this series of mini-lesson tweets on Twitter, we help you perfect your public transportation vocabulary to become a subway master in France. Here is the recap of last week’s phrases for your reference:
When the bus map doesn’t make any sense to you, “Quel est le prochain arrêt?”, What is the next stop?
Don’t take the wrong bus, “Vous vous arrêtez à …(name of the stop)?”, Do you stop at (name of the stop)?
You need to find the right platform, “Où est le train pour (name of the city)?”, Where is the train for Bordeaux?
To be able to sit on the subway train, ride during “l’heure creuse”, off hours.
Vous descendez ici?
Someone stubbornly standing in the way of the bus door? Say “Excusez-moi, je descends ici”, Excuse me, I get off here.
Pregnant at rush hour? Say “Je voudrais m’asseoir s’il vous plaît.”, I would like to sit please.
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