Breakdown of Continuez tout droit, le parc est à gauche.
être
to be
le parc
the park
à gauche
to the left
tout droit
straight ahead
continuer
to continue
Questions & Answers about Continuez tout droit, le parc est à gauche.
Why is there no pronoun like vous before Continuez?
This sentence uses the imperative mood to give a direction. Just like in English, when you give a command in French, you drop the subject pronoun. So, instead of Vous continuez (You continue), you just say Continuez (Continue).
How would I say this to a friend or someone I use tu with?
You would use the tu command form. For regular -er verbs like continuer, the imperative is made by taking the present tense tu form (tu continues) and dropping both the pronoun and the final s. So, you would say: Continue tout droit...
Doesn't droit mean "right"? Why does the translation say "straight ahead"?
Why do we use à in à gauche instead of the French word for "on"?
In English, we say "on the left", but French uses the preposition à (which usually means "to" or "at") for these directions. You will always see à gauche for "on the left" and à droite for "on the right".
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