un+contrôle

Un contrôle



 * French:** Ce mot pourrait bien signaler 'un contrôle de police, de train, de douaniers, des billets' ou bien des passports. C'est un mot qu'on utilise tous les jours en France.


 * English:** This wonderful French word shows the bureaucratic nature of France well. In one sense, the verb 'controler' means to control, but in everyday French, the word has the meaning inspection or check. In France, you'll notice that there are a lot of special police out doing inspections, either to check that you have the right papers or the right ticket on the train. People are expected to carry a passport or national identity card, but often it is foreigners or immigrants who are checked the most. In this unit, you are likely to see the word meaning a check to make sure that someone is not a 'sans papiers.'