English to French: A1 patterns
Practice one useful pattern.
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French: asking the way with “Pour aller à… ?”
“Pour aller à… ?” turns a destination into a direction question.
Ready to start.
Ask the way to the station in French.
Model answerPour aller à la gare, s’il vous plaît ?
How this works
Pour aller à… literally begins “to go to…” and works as a short request for directions. With a masculine place, à + le contracts to au. With la, keep à la.
Build it piece by piece
- Pour aller
- To go
- à la gare
- to the station
- au musée
- to the museum
- s’il vous plaît
- please
Say au musée, not à le musée. This is a required contraction.
Worked example
Now ask the way to the museum.
Pour aller au musée, s’il vous plaît ?
Compare this with the model above. Notice what stayed the same and what changed. Read both aloud before continuing; this part is for learning, not scoring.
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