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French campsite facilities: explore showers, washing and water points

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Explore ten shared campsite facilities in French. Find the shower, washing-up sink, drinking-water tap and waste points for five camper tasks.

In short

At a campsite, les sanitaires are the shared toilet and washing facilities. Use le bac à vaisselle for dishes, le bac à linge for hand-washing clothes and le robinet d’eau potable to fill a water container. Explore ten separate facilities before choosing where each camper should go.

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A campsite service block with showers and washing sinks.
Les sanitaires provide shared washing facilities. Illustration: Atelier

Ten facilities around the service block

Open-front cutaway of a small campsite service block and its adjoining outdoor service area, in daylight. Inside show a shower cubicle with curtain drawn aside,
Three places for washing
PlaceWhat you wash
le lavaboYour hands or face
le bac à vaissellePlates, cups and pans
le bac à lingeClothes washed by hand

Le matin au camping

Après le petit-déjeuner, Emma apporte deux assiettes au bac à vaisselle1. Son frère remplit une gourde au robinet d’eau potable. Leur père cherche le bac à linge pour laver un tee-shirt à la main, car la machine à laver est occupée. Emma montre ensuite les toilettes à une nouvelle campeuse. Dehors, un employé indique la grille de vidange à un conducteur qui veut vider son réservoir d’eaux grises2. Près de la sortie, Emma dépose une bouteille vide dans le conteneur à verre3. Puis toute la famille retourne à sa tente.

Read it in English

After breakfast, Emma takes two plates to the washing-up sink. Her brother fills a water bottle at the drinking-water tap. Their father looks for the laundry sink to wash a T-shirt by hand, as the washing machine is in use. Emma then shows a new camper where the toilets are. Outside, a staff member points out the grey-water drain grating to a driver who wants to empty his grey-water tank. Near the exit, Emma puts an empty bottle in the glass-recycling container. Then the whole family returns to their tent.

Où est-ce que je peux laver cette casserole ?

Where can I wash this saucepan?

Laver takes the thing you wash: laver une casserole. For your own hands, use se laver les mains. A request such as Je voudrais remplir ma gourde gives the staff member a concrete task to direct you to.

Question 1No account needed
Where should this camper go?Je voudrais laver mes assiettes et ma casserole.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

le bac à vaisselle. Plates and pans are la vaisselle, so use le bac à vaisselle.

Question 2No account needed
Choose the place for hand-washing.Je vais laver ce short à la main.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

le bac à linge. À la main specifies hand-washing clothes, which belongs at le bac à linge.

Question 3No account needed
Find the correct tap.Je voudrais remplir ma gourde d’eau potable.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

le robinet d’eau potable. L’eau potable is drinking water; the dedicated tap is the filling point.

Question 4No account needed
Locate the facility named by the employee.Pour vider les eaux grises, allez à la grille de vidange.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

la grille de vidange. The employee names the outdoor ground grating, la grille de vidange.

Question 5No account needed
Where does this object go in the scene?J’ai une bouteille en verre vide.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

le conteneur à verre. The scene has a dedicated conteneur à verre for empty glass bottles.

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