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Someone giving you directions says 'Tournez à gauche'. What should you do?

Tournez à gauche means turn left.

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  1. Turn right
  2. Go straight
  3. Turn left ✔

Why: Gauche means left, so tournez à gauche is turn left. Right is à droite, and straight ahead is tout droit.

Huh, didn't know that: Sur votre gauche means on your left.

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I took every gauche turn in Paris. Now I'm right back where I started.
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Answer: Turn left. Gauche means left, so tournez à gauche is turn left. Right is à droite, and straight ahead is tout droit.

  1. Larousse French-English: gauche www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/gauche
    à gauche locution adverbiale [sur le côté gauche] on the left tournez à gauche turn left
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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