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We expect to take off soon.

Writer: Flight Attendant PhrasesFlight Attendant Phrases

English: We expect to take off soon.

French: Nous prévoyons décoller bientôt.

Sometimes, your pilots will make an announcement after push back from the gate, but before you take off from the runway. If there’s a particularly long line-up of airplanes in front of the runway for take-off, for example, your pilots may make this announcement to inform everyone of the expected wait time for take-off.


While we used “partir” as a generic word for “to depart”, in this case, you can use the verb “décoller” to specify “to take off” (from the runway).


Décoller=To take off

Nous prévoyons=We expect

Bientôt=Soon

Nous prévoyons décoller bientôt.

Nous prévoyons décoller dans environ 10 minutes.


The verb “to take off” is “décoller”. You may remember from earlier posts that the noun “take-off” in French is “décollage” (m).


Pouvez-vous ranger votre sac pour le décollage? Can you stow your bag for (the) take-off?


 

Want to learn to speak the French you need to work as a flight attendant? Learn even more with Canadian French for Flight Attendants.


 

Taking off from the Barcelona Airport. Le décollage de l'aéroport de Barcelone. Speaking of taking off, here's picture of our take-off from the Barcelona Airport (BCN) a few weeks ago.



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