Survival Phrases

Use these phrases when checking in at the airport to handle your bags, choose a seat, and find your gate.

Use these natural French phrases to confidently present your travel documents, check your luggage, choose your seat, and find your boarding gate at the airport.

Use these phrases when passing through airport security to understand instructions and communicate with officers about your belongings.

Use these phrases to navigate airport security, follow instructions, and ask questions about your belongings.

These phrases will help you confidently navigate passport control and customs when arriving in a French-speaking country.

Use these phrases to confidently answer questions from customs and immigration officers when arriving in a French-speaking country.

Use these phrases to communicate with airport staff when your luggage does not appear on the baggage carousel.

These practical phrases will help you navigate a French train station, from buying your ticket to finding the right platform.

Use these practical phrases to confidently buy tickets and ask for information at a French train station.

Use these phrases when purchasing train tickets, asking for journey details, or speaking with station staff in a French-speaking country.

Essential phrases for navigating public transportation, buying tickets, and making sure you are heading the right way.

These essential phrases will help you confidently buy tickets, find the right route, and navigate buses and the metro.

Use these practical phrases to navigate public transit, confirm your route, and interact with staff or fellow passengers.

Use these phrases to catch a taxi, tell the driver where you are going, ask about the price, and request drop-off details.

Use these phrases to communicate with your driver, from giving your destination to paying at the end of the ride.

Use these essential phrases to comfortably handle a taxi or rideshare trip, from confirming your destination and route to paying the driver.

Use these phrases when you are lost in a French-speaking city, need to ask locals for directions, or want to confirm the route you have been given.

Use these phrases to ask for directions, understand where to go, and confirm you heard correctly when navigating a French-speaking city.

Use these essential phrases to get a local's attention, ask for directions, and confirm you understand the route.

Use these practical phrases to confidently pick up, inspect, and return your rental car in a French-speaking country.

Essential phrases for communicating with cabin crew and fellow passengers during a flight.

Use these phrases on a French-speaking flight when you need to find your seat, store luggage, or ask the crew for help.

Use these phrases on a plane — from boarding and finding your seat to asking the crew for help or swapping places.

Use these phrases when your flight or train is delayed, cancelled, or you've missed a connection — at the counter, on the platform, or in the terminal.

Use these phrases when you walk into a tourist office to get maps, find out about sights, ask about tickets, and get directions.

Use these phrases when renting a bike or electric scooter in a French city to ask about pricing, navigate the app, and understand the parking rules.

These phrases will help you rent a bike or scooter, ask about prices and deposits, and figure out the app and parking.