French for English speakers Street · Lesson 5

Taking across rooms

Talk on the move in French — Es-tu encore dans le bus ? (Are you still on the bus?) — with prepositions for transport locations.

Conversation

  1. Yaya Yaya

    Où es-tu ? Es-tu encore dans le bus ?

    Where are you? Are you still on the bus?

  2. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    Je viens de descendre

    I'm getting off the bus just now.

  3. Yaya Yaya

    Bien. Je viens de faire un gâteau.

    Good. I'm finishing making a cake.

    Tip: <venir de + verb> means to have just finished doing something

  4. Shelladonna Shelladonna

    Parfait. À tout à l’heure.

    Perfect. See you in a while.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Dans le bus or en bus?

Dans le bus = in/on the bus (physically inside, specific bus). En bus = by bus (means of transport).

What does je viens de descendre mean?

'I just got off'. Venir de + infinitive = 'to have just done': je viens de manger = 'I just ate'.

French verbs for getting on/off transport?

Monter (get on/in), descendre (get off/out). Monter dans le bus, descendre du train.