BEGINNER2. LESSON #7. DANS LE MÉTRO
Dans le métro :- Comme nous avons laissé les voitures à Boulogne, prenons le métro.
- Mais j’ai oublié de prendre des tickets.
- Aucune importance. J'en ai. Je t’en donne un.
- La ligne 10 arrive. Tu crois qu’il y a beaucoup de monde.
- Il y en a toujours beaucoup le samedi.
- Alors, restons debout, l’un contre l’autre. Combien de stations ?
- J’ai compté, il y a onze stations jusqu’à Boulogne.
TRANSLATION
- As we left the cars in Boulogne, let’s take the métro.
- But I forgot to buy tickets.
- It doesn’t matter. I’m giving you one.
- The ligne 10 is coming. Do you thing it’s crowded ?
- On a Saturday, it’s always crowded.
- So let’s stay up, one against each other. How many stations ?
- I counted, there are eleven stations until Boulogne.
- As we left the cars in Boulogne, let’s take the métro.
- But I forgot to buy tickets.
- It doesn’t matter. I’m giving you one.
- The ligne 10 is coming. Do you thing it’s crowded ?
- On a Saturday, it’s always crowded.
- So let’s stay up, one against each other. How many stations ?
- I counted, there are eleven stations until Boulogne.
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Laisser : to leave. Métro (masc.) : métro, métropolitan, subway, underground. Oublier : to forget. Ticket (masc.) : ticket. Ligne (fém.) : lign. Debout : up. L’un contre l’autre : one against each other. Contre : against. Station (fém.): station. Jusqu’à : until, till. |
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Here we meet for the first time pronoun en. In the first sentence, it replaces the indefinite article and the noun. We could translate it with some.
J’en ai (= des tickets de métro).
In the second sentence, it could be translated by one of them. Je t’en donne un (= un des tickets de métro)
In the third sentence, it replaces the partitive article and the noun. We could translate it by some. Il y en a toujours beaucoup le samedi (= du monde).
It may also replace other words or expressions. We’ll see that later. |
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The Paris Métropolitain (we say Métro) is the rapid transit metro system in Paris. It has
16 lines, mostly underground, and a total length of 214 km (133 miles). There are 300 stations.
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The Métro is a symbol of Paris. It’s famous for its station architecture, using the Art Nouveau style. Hector
Guimard (1867-1942), architect, designed most of them, near the year 1900.
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Translate in French : 1. As we didn’t take the car, let’s walk. 2. I forgot to take my coat. 3. Is it crowded ? Translate in English : 1. Aucune importance. 2. Il y a beaucoup de monde à la banque. 3. Il y en a toujours beaucoup. What do you understand ? Answers |
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