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Lesson 26.03A2

Travel & Transportation

यात्रा और परिवहन

Getting around by different modes of transport uses en for most vehicles but à pied and à vélo for the ones you straddle or walk — Hindi's से ('by/with') is just as uniform as English's 'by' across every vehicle, so this en/à split is a fresh pairing to memorize with no Hindi shortcut.

Grammar Comparison

व्याकरण तुलना

en for enclosed transport, à for straddled/on-foot — Hindi's से doesn't split this way

French

en voiture, en train, en avion — but à pied, à vélo, à moto

Hindi

कार से, ट्रेन से, हवाई जहाज़ से — पैदल, साइकिल से, बाइक से

Vehicles you sit inside take en (en voiture, 'by car'); transport you sit astride, plus walking, take à (à pied, 'on foot', à vélo, 'by bike'). Hindi's से covers every vehicle uniformly — कार से, ट्रेन से, साइकिल से all use the identical postposition, with only पैदल ('on foot') standing apart as its own adverb, much like English keeps 'on foot' separate from 'by car' but otherwise uses 'by' everywhere else. French's en/à split doesn't map onto any distinction Hindi already makes — treat it as a fresh pairing to memorize rather than a rule you can derive from the Hindi translation.

Vocabulary

शब्दावली

en voitureahn vwah-TEWR
Hindi
कार सेkār se
English
by car
en trainahn trahn
Hindi
ट्रेन सेṭren se
English
by train
en avionahn nah-vee-OHN
Hindi
हवाई जहाज़ सेhavāī jahāz se
English
by plane
à piedah pee-AY
Hindi
पैदलpaidal
English
on foot
à véloah vay-LOH
Hindi
साइकिल सेsāikil se
English
by bicycle
un billet aller-retouruhn bee-yay ah-lay ruh-TOOR
Hindi
आने-जाने का टिकटāne-jāne kā ṭikaṭ
English
a round-trip ticket
la garelah gahr
Hindi
रेलवे स्टेशनrelve sṭeśan
English
the train station
l'aéroportlah-ay-roh-POR
Hindi
हवाई अड्डाhavāī aḍḍā
English
the airport
réserver une chambreray-zair-vay ewn SHAHM-bruh
Hindi
कमरा बुक करनाkamrā buk karnā
English
to book a room
le passeportluh pahs-POR
Hindi
पासपोर्टpāsporṭ
English
the passport
la valiselah vah-LEEZ
Hindi
सूटकेसsūṭkes
English
the suitcase
Où est l'arrêt de bus ?oo ay lah-REH duh bews
Hindi
बस स्टॉप कहाँ है?bas sṭāp kahāñ hai?
English
Where is the bus stop?