English to French: A1 patterns
Practice one useful pattern.
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French: asking where something is
Turn a place into a question with “Où est… ?”
Ready to start.
Ask where the station is in French.
Model answerOù est la gare ?
How this works
Où means “where” and est means “is.” Put them before the place: Où est + place? The accent on où distinguishes “where” from ou, meaning “or.”
Build it piece by piece
- Où
- Where
- est
- is
- la gare
- the station
- le musée
- the museum
Keep the place’s article: la gare becomes Où est la gare ?
Worked example
Turn “Le musée est ici.” into a question asking where the museum is.
Où est le musée ?
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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