While I drink my coffeeOù est mon train ?
Where is my train?
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Le est un train très rapide. Il roule à trois cents kilomètres à l’. Paris–Lyon : deux heures seulement !
The TGV is a very fast train. It goes at three hundred kilometres an hour. Paris–Lyon: only two hours!
À la gare, j’ai des questions. «Pardon, où est le TGV pour Lyon ?» «Voie sept.» «Quand est-ce qu’il part ?» «À dix heures.» «Quelle ?» Je regarde mon : voiture douze, quarante.
At the station I have questions. “Excuse me, where is the TGV to Lyon?” “Platform seven.” “When does it leave?” “At ten.” “Which carriage?” I look at my ticket: carriage twelve, seat forty.
Combien de temps ? Deux heures. Comment est le voyage ? Rapide et calme.
How long? Two hours. What is the journey like? Fast and calm.
Words from the text
Grammar in the text
- Où est le TGV ? Quand est-ce qu’il part ? — Questions: où — where, quand — when, est-ce que turns a sentence into a question.
- Quelle voiture ? Combien de temps ? — Quel, quelle mean “which, what”; combien means “how much, how many”.
For your diary
Écris trois questions pour la gare : où, quand, combien.
Write three questions for the station: where, when, how much.