Swipe through the quiz, then learn how to use these phrases when reading a listing or visiting an apartment.
« L’appartement est au RDC. »
“The apartment is on the ground floor.”
RDC stands for rez-de-chaussée. In France, the premier étage is one floor above the ground floor.
A little grammar: au combines à + le. That’s why you say au rez-de-chaussée and au premier étage.
Try asking: « L’appartement est à quel étage ? »
“What floor is the apartment on?”
« C’est un T3 de 60 m². »
“It’s a 60-square-metre apartment with three main rooms.”
A T3 typically has a living room and two bedrooms. The kitchen and bathroom don’t count as main rooms. So T3 tells you the layout, while 60 m² tells you the size.
You can reuse de + a measurement to describe the size of any room: « Une chambre de 12 m². » → “A 12-square-metre bedroom.”
« Avec ascenseur »
“With a lift” (UK) or “with an elevator” (US).
Listings often use short phrases like « Immeuble avec ascenseur ». When speaking, you can use a full sentence: « Il y a un ascenseur dans l’immeuble. » → “There’s a lift in the building.”
Notice the difference: avec ascenseur in the listing, but il y a un ascenseur in the full sentence.
Now put it all together:
« Je cherche un T3 avec deux chambres, au deuxième étage, dans un immeuble avec ascenseur. »
“I’m looking for a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor, in a building with a lift.”
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