Collins Dictionaries - Easy Learning French Conversation

When you are enquiring about somewhere to stay you will need to give information about yourself. Use je suis( I am ) to talk about yourself and on est( we are ) to include the people who are with you. These come from the verb être.For more information on être,see here.

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Remember that the French alphabet is pronounced differently from the English alphabet. For more information on how to say letters of the alphabet in French, see here.

When you want to obtain some information about your accommodation, an easy way to ask questions is just to put est-ce quebefore what you want to know. Alternatively, you can simply make your voice go up at the end of the sentence. This sounds more informal than using est-ce que.

You can use Il y a…?in French to ask both Is there…? or Are there…? .

Use je cherche( I’m looking for ) or on cherche( we’re looking for ) to ask where something is. cherchecomes from the verb chercher.For more information on -erverbs like chercher,see here.

To get more specific information you may need to ask Quel…?( What…? ), Où…?( Where…? ) or À quelle heure…?( What time…? ).

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Remember to use quelwith a masculine word and quellewith a feminine word.

You are very likely to want to ask how much something costs. To do this, use a phrase containing combien.