Getting somewhere to stay

Abstract

Notice that similarity to English words often gives a clue to the meaning of French words, even when the meaning is not exactly the same in the two languages. In this unit you will come across the verb rester, which means to stay or remain (not ‘to rest’) and the verb quitter, which means ‘to leave’ or (on the telephone) ‘to hang up’. You will meet the word le camping, used for a camp‐site, the word Ia place, used here for ‘space’ and, in other contexts, for a seat at a theatre or a square in a town. Une chambre generally means a bedroom, though it does translate as ‘chamber’ in such expressions as Ia Chambre de Commerce.