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Level 7 - Places In Town

A town or a city in French is une ville and a village is un village. Here is a list of places you would expect to find in a town. For a much longer list of shop types go to Level 46.

Masculine
Feminine
le bar
le bureau
le bureau de change
le café
le centre commercial
le centre sportif
le château
le cinéma
le cirque
le club
le commissariat de police
l'hôtel
l'hôtel de ville
l'hôpital
le jardin public
le magasin
le marché
le musée
l'office de tourisme
le parc (d'attraction)
le parking
le port
le restaurant
le stade
le supermarché
le syndicat d'initiative
le tabac
le théâtre
  bar
office
bureau de change
café
shopping centre
sports centre
castle
cinema
circus
club
police station
hotel
town hall
hospital
public garden
shop
market
museum
tourist office
(theme) park
car park
port
restaurant
stadium
supermarket
tourist office
tobacconist's
theatre
l'auberge de jeunesse
la banque
la bibliothèque
la boîte (de nuit)
la boucherie
la boulangerie
la boutique
la cathédrale
la discothèque
l'école
l'église
l'épicerie
la gare
la gare routière
la librairie
la mairie
la maison
la patinoire
la pâtisserie
la pharmacie
la piscine
la place
la poste
la rue
la station-service
la tour
l'université
l'usine
  youth hostel
bank
library
nightclub
butcher's
baker's
shop
cathedral
disco
school
church
grocery store
railway station
bus station
bookshop
town hall
house
ice rink
cake shop
chemist's
swimming pool
square
post office
street
petrol station
tower
university
factory

où est le bar?
il est devant le restaurant
nous sommes dans la pâtisserie
le parking est sous le centre commercial

la ville a un supermarché et une gare

 

where is the bar?
it's in front of the restaurant
we are in the cake shop
the car park is under the shopping centre
the town has a supermarket and a railway station



Test yourself!

Translate from French into English, then from English into French. Highlight the right-hand column to reveal the answers.

1

où est le bureau?

= where is the office?

2

le château est dans la ville

= the castle is in the town

3

il est dans le centre sportif

= he (it) is in the sports centre

4

où est l'hôtel de ville?

= where is the town hall?

5

l'hôpital est devant le musée

= the hospital is in front of the museum

6

j'ai un magasin

= I have a shop

7

la ville a un marché

= the town has a market

8

le village a des tabacs

= the village has (some) tobacconists

9

c'est le syndicat d'initiative

= it's the tourist information office

10

où est l'auberge de jeunesse?

= where is the youth hostel?

11

où sont les usines?

= where are the factories?

12

les maisons sont roses et vertes

= the houses are pink and green

13

la librairie est devant l'église

= the bookshop is in front of the church

14

c'est la boucherie

= it's the butcher's

15

elles sont dans la bibliothèque

= they are in the library

16

you're in the supermarket

= tu es (vous êtes) dans le supermarché

17

the theatre is behind the bank

= le théâtre est derrière la banque

18

it's the railway station

= c'est la gare

19

I am in the baker's

= je suis dans la boulangerie

20

we are in front of the cake shop

= nous sommes devant la patisserie

21

the chemist's has a blue door

= la pharmacie a une porte bleue

22

where is the bus station?

= où est la gare routière?

23

they (f.) are in the petrol station

= elles sont dans la station-service

24

the square has some restaurants

= la place a des restaurants

25

where are the cafés?

= où sont les cafés?



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