Key French vocabulary for travel emergencies
Sail Through France: Essential Airports and Hotels Guide: Key French vocabulary for travel emergencies
Here is a key French vocabulary list for travel emergencies, including crucial words and phrases to help travelers communicate in urgent situations:
- urgence — emergency
- police — police
- ambulance — ambulance
- hôpital — hospital
- médecin — doctor
- pharmacie — pharmacy
- blessé(e) — injured
- accident — accident
- j’ai besoin d’aide — I need help
- où est la station de police ? — where is the police station?
- appelez une ambulance ! — call an ambulance!
- je suis perdu(e) — I am lost
- je ne me sens pas bien — I don’t feel well
- j’ai mal — I am in pain
- vol — theft
- incendie — fire
- secours — rescue/contact emergency services
These terms are essential to know or carry in written form for quick referencing during travel emergencies in French-speaking areas. It is advisable also to learn how to pronounce or use simple emergency sentences to facilitate quick understanding in urgent contexts. 1, 3