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How to Say ‘A two-minute walk away’ in French

À deux minutes à pied

ah d-uh mee-NEWT ah PYAY

[ah d-uh mee-NEWT ah PYAY]

💬 Usage Tip: À plus a time gives a distance, so you can say how far a place is. With a car: à cinq minutes en voiture "five minutes by car".

Phrase Breakdown

À deux minutes

ah d-uh mee-NEWT

Two minutes away

'à' plus a time expresses distance. Say 'ah duh mee-NEWT'.

Example

C'est à deux minutes.

It's two minutes away.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

A preposition indicating position or direction.

Example

À la maison.

At the house.

deux

[d-uh]

two

The number 2.

Example

Ils sont venus tous les deux.

They both came.

minutes

[mee-NEWT]

minutes

Plural of 'minute', units of time.

Example

Attendez cinq minutes.

Wait five minutes.

à pied

ah PYAY

on foot

Say 'ah PYAY'. The d is silent.

Example

J'y vais à pied.

I'm going on foot.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

on (by means of)

Here 'à' shows the way of travelling: 'à pied' = on foot.

Example

Je vais au travail à vélo.

I go to work by bike.

pied

[PYAY]

foot

Masculine noun; 'à pied' means walking.

Example

On y va à pied.

We're going there on foot.

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