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Full video: How to Ask for Directions - A1 - [with Brian]

Course: Weather, places, and travelSection: Asking for directionsSubtitles: en

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where's the bank how do I get to the

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supermarket hey lingoni lovees welcome

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back to lingoni English my name is Brian

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and in this video we're going to look at

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directions in English let's take a

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look how do I go to the supermarket

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first I have to go

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straight let's go

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so now I need to go left a way you can

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remember left in English is when you go

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like this with your fingers you have the

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letter

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L now I need to go right and up the

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stairs this is a traffic light a traffic

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light can be red yellow or green Traffic

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Light and this is a crosswalk I'm

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crossing the street on crosswalk and

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hopefully I won't

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die the Falafel shop is next to the

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pizza

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shop next

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to the bank is on the corner but where

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is the

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supermarket the supermarket is across

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from the bank the supermarket is across

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the street from the bank across the

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street

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from I made it I'm here at the

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supermarket now it's time to go

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shopping if you're visiting someone and

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they live in an apartment building you

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need to know what floor they live on do

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they live on the first floor now the

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first floor we also call the ground

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floor or do they live on the second

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floor the third floor the fourth floor

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the fifth floor or something higher what

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floor do you live

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on by the way did you know that we also

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have lingoni French and German you can

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find both of our channels on YouTube and

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also at lon.com we also have apps for

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both of those languages in case you want

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to improve in the

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those now how do you ask for directions

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you might walk up to somebody and say

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excuse me could you tell me where the

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supermarket

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is so excuse

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me excuse

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me could you tell me where the

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supermarket

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is could you tell me where the

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supermarket is do you know know where

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the pharmacy

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is do you know where the pharmacy

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is I'm lost I don't know where I'm

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going I'm

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lost you might say to someone excuse me

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I'm a little bit lost can you tell me

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where the library

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is excuse me I'm a little bit

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lost could you tell me where the library

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is so to review some of the basic

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expressions for giving directions first

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we have to go

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straight to go straight you could also

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say to continue straight

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to continue

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straight we also have to go right to go

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right as well as to turn right so to

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turn is to do this turn right and to

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turn left or go

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left if you're going the wrong way so

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not the correct way then you need

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to turn around so if I'm going this way

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I'm going

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straight now I am

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turning

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around to go the other way so again to

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turn around

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or turn

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around excuse me oh hey there I'm a

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little lost can you tell me where Main

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Street is yeah so for Main Street you

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just go straight down this way for about

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5 minutes and then go left and you'll be

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there okay thank you so much sure

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thing excuse me yeah um I'm looking for

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a restaurant do you know where there's a

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good restaurant nearby um do you like

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pizza yeah I love pizza okay there's a

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really nice one around the corner so

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just walk for 2 minutes straight okay

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and then take a right and it's right

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there on the corner great thank you

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uhhuh I'm going with you oh no now there

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you have it directions in English thanks

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for watching lingoni English don't

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ling.com to check out our app there we

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have all kinds of exercises worksheets

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improve your English see you

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there

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D I'm going to do that

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again bye bit the fifth floor did I

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forget fourth me it was good good good

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cool it's cool we're going to let the

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bike go too

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