INTENSE FRENCH A1 : Travel & Airport
Essential vocabulary and phrases for airports, flights, tickets, luggage, and travel communication.
✈️ Travel • 🛄 Airport • 🎫 Tickets • 🗣️ Speak Fast
🛄 Airport & Travel Vocabulary
Common words for flights, luggage, and airport communication.
| French | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| aéroport | ah-air-oh-port | airport |
| avion | ah-vyon | airplane |
| billet | bee-yay | ticket |
| bagage | ba-gazh | luggage |
| valise | va-leez | suitcase |
| porte d’embarquement | port d’em-bar-k-mohn | boarding gate |
| enregistrement | on-ray-zhis-truh-mohn | check-in |
| contrôle de sécurité | kon-trol duh say-kyu-ree-tay | security check |
| embarquer | om-bar-kay | to board |
| départ | day-par | departure |
| arrivée | ah-ree-vay | arrival |
| retard | ruh-tar | delay |
| annulation | a-nyu-la-syon | cancellation |
🧠 DRILL: Repeat aloud 5x fast:
🇫🇷 aéroport, avion, billet, bagage, valise, embarquer, enregistrement
🇫🇷 aéroport, avion, billet, bagage, valise, embarquer, enregistrement
✈️ Travel Phrases & Questions
Questions and phrases needed for navigating the airport and flights.
| French | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| Où est le guichet d’enregistrement ? | oo ay luh gwi-shay d’on-ray-zhis-truh-mohn | Where is the check-in counter? |
| Je voudrais un billet pour Paris. | zhuh voo-dray uhn bee-yay poor Pa-ree | I would like a ticket to Paris. |
| Quel est le numéro de vol ? | kel ay luh nu-may-ro duh vol | What is the flight number? |
| À quelle heure part l’avion ? | ah kel urr par l’av-yon | What time does the plane depart? |
| Où est la porte d’embarquement ? | oo ay la port d’om-bar-k-mohn | Where is the boarding gate? |
| Mon bagage est perdu. | mon ba-gazh ay pair-du | My luggage is lost. |
🇫🇷 Où est le guichet d’enregistrement ?
🇬🇧 Where is the check-in counter?
🇫🇷 Je voudrais un billet pour Lyon.
🇬🇧 I would like a ticket to Lyon.
🇫🇷 Mon bagage est perdu.
🇬🇧 My luggage is lost.
🇬🇧 Where is the check-in counter?
🇫🇷 Je voudrais un billet pour Lyon.
🇬🇧 I would like a ticket to Lyon.
🇫🇷 Mon bagage est perdu.
🇬🇧 My luggage is lost.
🔥 25 Essential Travel & Airport Words
aéroport, avion, billet, bagage, valise, porte d’embarquement, enregistrement, contrôle de sécurité, embarquer, départ, arrivée, retard, annulation, guichet, vol, siège, carte d’embarquement, passeport, douane, terminal, correspondance, vol intérieur, vol international, bagage à main, ceinture de sécurité
⚠️ RULE: Memorize all 25 words aloud 5 times before moving on.
📝 BRUTAL TEST (WITH ANSWERS)
Score must be 20/20. Anything less = redo this topic tomorrow.
- Translate to French: airport → ________
- Translate to French: airplane → ________
- Translate to French: ticket → ________
- Translate to French: luggage → ________
- Translate to French: boarding gate → ________
- Translate to French: check-in → ________
- Translate to French: security check → ________
- Translate to French: departure → ________
- Translate to French: arrival → ________
- Translate to French: delay → ________
- Translate to English: embarquer → ________
- Translate to English: billet → ________
- Translate to English: valise → ________
- Translate to English: passeport → ________
- Translate to French: Where is the check-in counter? → ________
- Translate to French: I would like a ticket to Paris. → ________
- Translate to French: My luggage is lost. → ________
- Translate to English: départ → ________
- Translate to English: retard → ________
- Translate to English: annulation → ________
✅ ANSWER KEY:
1) aéroport
2) avion
3) billet
4) bagage
5) porte d’embarquement
6) enregistrement
7) contrôle de sécurité
8) départ
9) arrivée
10) retard
11) to board
12) ticket
13) suitcase
14) passport
15) Où est le guichet d’enregistrement ?
16) Je voudrais un billet pour Paris.
17) Mon bagage est perdu.
18) departure
19) delay
20) cancellation
1) aéroport
2) avion
3) billet
4) bagage
5) porte d’embarquement
6) enregistrement
7) contrôle de sécurité
8) départ
9) arrivée
10) retard
11) to board
12) ticket
13) suitcase
14) passport
15) Où est le guichet d’enregistrement ?
16) Je voudrais un billet pour Paris.
17) Mon bagage est perdu.
18) departure
19) delay
20) cancellation
⚠️ FINAL RULE: Rewrite all mistakes ```
