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INTRODUCTION
In today's lesson, we'll cover an extremely important phrase, "Where is the bathroom?"
GRAMMAR POINT
In French, "Where's the bathroom?" is Où sont les toilettes? Où sont les toilettes?
Let's break it down by syllable: Où sont les toi-lettes?
Now, let's hear it once again, Où sont les toilettes?
Let's take a look at the components. The first word, Où means "where."
Let's break down this word and hear it one more time.
Où, and où.
This is followed by Sont, which in French is "are."
Sont.
Sont, and sont.
To recap here, we have Où sont. Literally, this means "where are."
Let's take a look at the next word, Les, which means "the" in the plural.
Les.
Les, and les.
This is followed by Toilettes, which means toilets.
Toi-lettes. Toilettes.
So, altogether, we have Où sont les toilettes?
Literally, this means "Where are the toilets?"
A shorter way of asking for the bathroom is to say, "Les toilettes, s'il vous plaît." which means "The bathroom, please."
Thankfully, this phrase is made of words we have already learned. Les toilettes, s'il vous plaît. Let's break it down by syllable: Les toi-lettes, s'il vous plaît.
Now, when you finally get to the bathroom, there may be one last hurdle. In some instances, only the French words are written on the doors. What to do? What to do?
Well, you can stop by the website and find the words for man and woman, or if you have an iPod, click on the center button and you can find them there.
The word for "men" is Homme, and the word for "women" is Femme. Often, men's and women's bathrooms are separate, but sometimes they're not.
For instance, in almost all public buildings such as schools and libraries, the bathrooms are unisex and all the toilets have their own private stalls. So, if you find yourself in line with people of the opposite gender, it's normal.

Outro
Okay. To close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what we've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it out loud in French. You'll have just a few seconds before I give you the answer. So, bonne chance. That means "good luck" in French. Okay. Here we go.
"Where is the bathroom?"
Où sont les toilettes?
Où sont les toilettes?
Où sont les toilettes?
"The bathroom, please."
Les toi-lettes, s'il vous plaît.
Les toi-lettes, s'il vous plaît.
Les toi-lettes, s'il vous plaît.
This is the end of today's lesson. See you soon. À bientôt!

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