
At the airport: Boarding at the gate
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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
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.
See breakdown →Pour Paris
poor pah-REE
For Paris
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.
See breakdown →Oui.
wee
Yes.
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].
See breakdown →Oui, c'est ici.
wee say eh ee-SEE
Yes, it's here.
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.
See breakdown →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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