tournez à droite sur
The phrase "turn right onto" in French is tournez à droite sur.
How does it change in a sentence?
The imperative form changes from the polite/plural tournez to the informal tourne à droite sur when speaking to a single person you know well.
Did you know?
- In a French GPS, you might see the instruction tournez à droite, but a human driver might simply say prenez la première à droite (take the first on the right) to sound more natural.
- The word sur in this phrase comes from the Latin super, but French also has a second word sur meaning 'sour' derived from Frankish.
- In some regional dialects or older French, you might hear tourner à dextre, though droite has almost entirely replaced it in modern speech.
Examples in context
- Tournez à droite sur la rue PrincipaleTurn right onto Main Street
- Tourne à droite sur la rue des FleursTurn right onto Flower Street
- Tournez à droite sur l'avenue des Champs-Élysées .Turn right onto the Champs-Élysées Avenue.
- Tournez à droite sur la première rue à droite.Turn right onto the first street on the right.
Example conversation
Lucas is giving Léa driving directions.
- LucasContinue tout droit jusqu'au feu rouge.Continue straight until the red light.
- LéaD'accord, et après ?Okay, and after that?
- LucasTournez à droite sur la rue principale.Turn right onto the main street.
- LéaC'est compris, merci Lucas.I've got it, thanks Lucas.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries droite, sur, à, CC BY-SA 4.0.
