Things You'll Need:
- French dictionary
- French phrase book
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Step 1
Learn some French words that you will need to buy a ticket in French. Words that you should learn are: le billet (luh beeyeah), ticket; l'aller (lallay), one-way; le retour (luh retoor), return; aller-retour (allay-retoor), round trip; l'horaire (lorair), schedule; la gare (lah gahr), station; le guichet (luh geeshay), ticket window; and le train (luh tran), train.
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Step 2
Learn the complete French phrase for buying a ticket in French. If you go to a train or bus station in France and would like a ticket to a specific location say: Je voudrais un billet pour ... (insert location here) (jze voodray a-n beeyeah poor ...).
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Step 3
Learn French words relate to the station. Some important helpful French words are: descendre (desso-ndr), get off; changer (sho-njzy), to change; le départ (luh daypar), departure, l'arret (larray), stop; la destination (lah desteenahseeyoh-n), destination, sortie (sortee), exit; and l'arrivée (lareevay) arrival.
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Step 4
Learn how to ask how much a ticket is in French. You may want to ask the ticket window assistant how much a ticket costs in French. To ask this say: combien un billet pour ... (insert destination here).
