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Scene illustrating a French-language at the airport conversation

Key Phrases

C'est la porte B12 pour Paris ?

Is this gate B12 for Paris?

L'embarquement commence maintenant ?

Does boarding start now?

On fait la queue ici ?

Do we line up here?

Skills You'll Learn

Asking for gate and destination information at the airport

Demander des informations sur la porte et la destination à l'aéroport

Checking boarding time and understanding simple time expressions

Vérifier l'heure d'embarquement et comprendre des expressions simples du temps

Talking about travel documents and lining up for boarding

Parler des documents de voyage et faire la queue pour l'embarquement

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are at the airport with your family, waiting at the gate for your flight to Paris and asking a friendly passenger a few simple questions before boarding.

Bonjour, c'est la porte B12 pour Paris ?

Hello, is this gate B12 for Paris?

Oui, c'est ici. Tu vas à Paris aussi ?

Yes, this is it. Are you going to Paris too?

Oui, avec ma famille. L'embarquement commence maintenant ?

Yes, with my family. Does boarding start now?

Oui, dans cinq minutes. Tu as ton passeport ?

Yes, in five minutes. Do you have your passport?

Oui, je l'ai. Et ma carte d'embarquement aussi.

Yes, I have it. And my boarding pass too.

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

Bonjour

bohn-ZHOOR

Hello

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🚪❓

C'est la porte B12 ?

say eh lah port bay dooz

Is it gate B12?

💬 [C'est] is the fixed way to say "it is / this is" before a noun: [C'est la porte B12], [C'est mon siège], [C'est ici]. You do not say [Il est la porte B12] for this kind of identification.

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📍🗼

Pour Paris

poor pah-REE

For Paris

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🚪📍🗼❓

C'est la porte B12 pour Paris ?

say eh lah port bay dooz poor pah-REE

Is this gate B12 for Paris?

💬 French often uses [pour] to mean "for" in the sense of destination or assignment: [un train pour Lyon], [la porte pour Paris]. It is not about purpose here, just which flight or route something belongs to.

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Oui.

wee

Yes.

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📍⬇️

C'est ici

say eh ee-SEE

It's here

💬 [C'] in [c'est] cannot stand alone; it has to be attached to the next word. You will see the same joining in [c'était] and [c'est bon].

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✅📍⬇️

Oui, c'est ici.

wee say eh ee-SEE

Yes, it's here.

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➡️🗼❓

Tu vas à Paris ?

too vah ah pah-REE

Are you going to Paris?

💬 For "going to" a place, French uses [aller à]: [tu vas à Paris ?], [je vais à la porte B12]. The verb [vas] here comes from [aller], so it does not look much like the basic form.

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Aussi

oh-SEE

Too / also

💬 [Aussi] usually comes after the thing it adds to: [Paris aussi], [moi aussi], [ma carte d'embarquement aussi]. English often puts "too" at the end, but French is a bit more flexible.

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