Top 50 phrases to get by France: Getting around and shopping

💬 [Où est... ?] uses singular [est]. Swap in a masculine place like [le musée] or a feminine one like [la gare] and [est] stays the same: [Où est le musée ?] [Où est la gare ?]

💬 French uses plural [les toilettes] for "the bathroom," so the verb is plural too: [Où sont les toilettes ?] Even though English says "is," French says [sont] here.

💬 [Tout droit] literally has [tout], but as a set phrase it means "straight ahead," not "all right." You'll hear it in directions: [Allez tout droit].

💬 Before a place name, French often uses [à]: [aller à la gare], [aller au musée]. But with cities you usually just use [à] directly: [aller à Paris].

🇫🇷 This is polite and works well in taxis or when asking for help. In everyday speech, locals also often say [Je vais à...] when they are simply stating their destination.

💬 [Cette] is the form of "this" used before a feminine singular noun: [cette adresse], [cette rue]. With a masculine noun, it changes: [ce ticket].