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At the Métro Ticket Machine

Au distributeur de billets

0:56 min video · 2 sentences · 6 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. Inès Vous avez un problème, monsieur ?Do you have a problem, sir?
  2. Tom Oui, je voudrais un billet, s’il vous plaît.Yes, I would like a ticket, please.

About this lesson

A helpful local sees you struggling at the métro ticket machine. After this you can ask for help and say what ticket you want.

How to practise

  1. Learn the phrases on the first card: these are the lines you will say in the situation.
  2. When you see À toi · Your reply, answer out loud in your own words before the real line plays, then repeat it.
  3. Keep the phrasebook at the end: the phrases, what you will hear, and a tip for the real thing.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
un problèmea problem
monsieursir, mister
je voudraisI would like
un billeta ticket
s’il vous plaîtplease
ouiyes

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