At the airport: Check in counter
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Key Phrases
Vos passeports, s'il vous plaît.
Your passports, please.
Vous avez des bagages à enregistrer ?
Do you have any bags to check in?
Voici vos cartes d'embarquement.
Here are your boarding passes.
Skills You'll Learn
How to present travel documents at airport check-in.
Comment présenter ses documents de voyage à l'enregistrement à l'aéroport.
How to talk about checked luggage and small bags.
Comment parler des bagages en soute et des petits sacs.
How to ask for and understand gate information.
Comment demander et comprendre les informations sur la porte d'embarquement.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at the airport check-in desk in France, speaking with an agent about your flight to Lyon, your passports, your luggage, and your boarding gate.
Bonjour, nous avons un vol pour Lyon.
Hello, we have a flight to Lyon.
Bonjour, bienvenue. Vos passeports, s'il vous plaît.
Hello, welcome. Your passports, please.
Oui, bien sûr. Les voici.
Yes, of course. Here they are.
Merci. Vous avez des bagages à enregistrer ?
Thank you. Do you have any bags to check in?
Oui, une grande valise et un petit sac.
Yes, one large suitcase and a small bag.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Bonjour.
bohn-zhoor
Hello.
Bienvenue.
byen-vuh-new
Welcome.
Nous avons
noo ah-vohn
We have
💬 In [nous avons], the final [s] of [nous] links into the next word, so it sounds like (noo-zah-von). You hear that same join in many common phrases: [nous avons], [vous avez], [les enfants].
See breakdown →Un vol
uhn vohl
A flight
Pour Lyon
poor lee-ohn
To Lyon
Nous avons un vol pour Lyon.
noo ah-vohn uhn vohl poor lee-ohn
We have a flight to Lyon.
💬 In [nous avons], the final [s] of [nous] links into the next word, so it sounds like (noo-zah-von). You hear that same join in many common phrases: [nous avons], [vous avez], [les enfants].
See breakdown →Vos passeports
voh pass-por
Your passports
💬 Before a vowel, [vos] links into the next word, so [vos passeports] does not link, but [vos amis] would sound like (vo-zah-mee). Listen for that hidden [z] sound with [les], [des], [nous], and [vous] too.
See breakdown →S'il vous plaît
seel eel voo pleh
Please
💬 [S'il] is a shortened form of [si il], so it only appears joined like this before [il]. You can reuse the full pattern in [s'il vous plaît], which is the standard polite [please].
See breakdown →Vos passeports, s'il vous plaît.
voh pass-por seel eel voo pleh
Your passports, please.
💬 [S'il] is a shortened form of [si il], so it only appears joined like this before [il]. You can reuse the full pattern in [s'il vous plaît], which is the standard polite [please].
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