| Term | Definition |
| un appartement | apartment |
| un ascenseur | elevator |
| la banlieue | suburbs |
| la banque | bank |
| la carte de crédit | credit card |
| le centre commercial | shopping mall |
| le chèque | check |
| le coin | corner |
| le commissariat de police | police station |
| le courrier | mail |
| le distributeur de billets | ATM machine |
| un embouteillage | traffic jam |
| un étage | floor (first, second etc.) |
| le/la facteur/factrice | mail carrier |
| le feu rouge/vert | traffic light (red or green) |
| le grand magasin | department store |
| un immeuble | apartment building |
| le magasin | store |
| le métro | subway |
| le parking | parking lot |
| le pompier | firefighter |
| la poste | poste office |
| le renseignement | information |
| le rez-de-chaussée | ground floor (first floor) |
| la rue | street |
| le ticket | ticket (métro, bus) |
| le timbre | stamp |
| aimable | pleasant |
| désagréable | unpleasant |
| détendu/détendue | relaxed |
| énervé/énervée | exasperated, fidgety, nervous |
| gratuit/gratuite | free of charge |
| libre | free (not busy, liberated) |
| occupé/occupée | busy |
| pressé/pressée | in a hurry |
| demander un renseignement | to ask for information |
| se dépêcher | to hurry |
| se détendre | to get exasperated |
| garer | to park |
| se perdre | to get lost |
| traverser | to cross, to go across |
| les gens | people |
| par exemple | for example |
| quelqu'un | someone |
| tout le monde | everyone |