Learn how to order at a restaurant
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Ordering at a restaurant. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to order at a restaurant or coffee shop in French. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to say 'Can I see the menu?' in French. |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je peux voir le menu? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'can' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] peux [Slow] peux |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'see' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] voir [Slow] voir |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'the' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] le [Slow] le |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'menu' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] menu [Slow] menu |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Can I see the menu?' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je peux voir le menu? [Normal] Je peux voir le menu? |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'What do you recommend?' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Que recommandez-vous? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'what' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] que [Slow] que |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'recommend' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] recommandez [Slow] recommandez |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] vous [Slow] vous |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'What do you recommend?' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Que recommandez-vous? [Normal] Que recommandez-vous? |
| Becky: Following is the informal way to say 'A coffee for me.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Un café pour moi. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'a' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] un [Slow] un |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'coffee' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] café [Slow] café |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'for' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] pour [Slow] pour |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'me' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] moi [Slow] moi |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'A coffee for me.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Un café pour moi. [Normal] Un café pour moi. |
| Becky: Finally is a formal way to say 'I would like a coffee.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je voudrais un café. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'would like' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] voudrais [Slow] voudrais |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'a' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] un [Slow] un |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'coffee' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] café [Slow] café |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'I would like a coffee.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je voudrais un café. [Normal] Je voudrais un café. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Yasmine: Even if "the customer is king" in general, in France people are quite polite when ordering, and say "thanks, have a nice day", for example, when they are leaving a restaurant. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
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