Transport & Journeys

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Use 'billet simple' for a one-way ticket and 'billet aller-retour' for a round trip.

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Use 'gare' for train stations, but 'station' for metro stations.

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Preposition 'de' contracts with 'le' to become 'du' (du quai).

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Verbs like 'faire' are commonly paired with 'valise' (faire sa valise).

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'Vol' also means theft in other contexts.

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Expression: 'avoir du retard' means to be delayed.

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Usually used in the plural when referring to transport timetables.

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Feminine form is 'la voyageuse'.

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Used for public transport lines and bus routes.

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Also means correspondence in the sense of mail.

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Use preposition 'en' for enclosed vehicles (en avion, en voiture).

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Can also mean a railway carriage (voiture-restaurant).

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Use preposition 'à' for non-enclosed transport (à vélo, à pied).

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Short for 'métropolitain'.

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Feminine form is 'la passagère'.

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Often used with verbs of movement.

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Refers to the act of traveling from point A to point B.

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Irregular verb taking 'être' in compound tenses (je suis parti).

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Takes 'être' in compound tenses (je suis arrivé).

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Regular -er verb. Synonym: 'manquer'.

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Takes 'être' when indicating movement to a higher place or into transport.

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Takes 'être' in compound tenses when followed by a location.

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Regular -er verb.

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Literally means to borrow, but also used for taking a road or transport line.

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Common expression used with the verb 'être'.