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- Lucas: Luna, ready for another French episode? Luna: Totally! I've been practicing my daily routine phrases. Je me réveille, je prends mon petit-déjeuner... Lucas: Nice! You're getting good. Today, let's go somewhere new. Imagine you're at a train station in France. Luna: Oh, I love that. A bit of travel prep. Lucas: Exactly. First word: le billet. That's a ticket. Luna: Le billet. Ticket. Lucas: Good. Next: le quai. The platform. Luna: Le quai. Platform. Lucas: And le train. The train. Luna: Le train. That one's easy. Lucas: Right. Now, let's ask a question: À quelle heure part le train? What time does the train leave? Luna: À quelle heure part le train? That's a mouthful. Let me try: À quelle heure part le train? Lucas: Perfect. You've got it. Luna: So if I'm at the station, I'd say that to check departure time? Lucas: Exactly. And if you want to buy a ticket, say: Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. I would like a ticket to Paris. Luna: Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Ah, 'je voudrais' again — from the café episode. Lucas: You remembered! So useful. Luna: Okay, let me practice all three: le billet, le quai, le train. Lucas: Great. Now a little scene: you're at the station, you go to the counter and say Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Then you ask À quelle heure part le train? The agent tells you, and you go to le quai. Luna: Got it. So I'd say 'Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. À quelle heure part le train?' Then find le quai. Lucas: You've got the flow. Listeners, repeat after me: le billet. Luna: Le billet. Lucas: Le quai. Luna: Le quai. Lucas: Le train. Luna: Le train. Lucas: À quelle heure part le train? Luna: À quelle heure part le train? Lucas: Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Luna: Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Lucas: Excellent. If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with French, you know it's ad-free and that's because a handful of listeners contribute through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It keeps the show going. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to support something you enjoy. And we appreciate it. Lucas: Totally. Now, let's use these in a mini conversation. I'll be the ticket agent. You say: Bonjour, je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Luna: Bonjour, je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Lucas: The agent asks: Pour quel jour? For which day? Let's say: Pour aujourd'hui. For today. Luna: Pour aujourd'hui. Lucas: Then you ask: À quelle heure part le train? Luna: À quelle heure part le train? Lucas: The agent says: À dix heures. At ten o'clock. Then you go to le quai numéro trois. Platform three. Luna: Le quai numéro trois. Got it. Lucas: See? You're navigating a train station in French. Luna: That's so cool. I feel like I could actually do this. Lucas: You absolutely could. Let's review: le billet, le quai, le train, À quelle heure part le train?, Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Luna: Le billet, le quai, le train, À quelle heure part le train?, Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. Lucas: Amazing. Practice these, and next time you're at a station, you'll be ready. Thanks for joining us on Fexingo. Luna: See you next time! Keep practicing.