How to Ask for Something at a Store - Practice

Practice asking for something at a store

Lesson Transcript

Let's practice.

Imagine you’re Ben. You’re at the grocery store to buy some bread, but you don't know the word. Point at it and say,

"I would like this, please."

Ready?

Je voudrais ceci, s'il vous plaît.

Et voici.

Listen again and repeat.

Je voudrais ceci, s'il vous plaît.

Let's try another.

Imagine you’re Sasha, and you see some small snacks you’d like to try.

Ask for "these."

Ready?

Je voudrais ceux-ci, s'il vous plaît.

Et voici.

Listen again and repeat.

Je voudrais ceux-ci, s'il vous plaît.

Let’s try one more.

Imagine you’re Karen, and you see a sandwich in the showcase behind the counter.

Ask for "that."

Ready?

Je voudrais cela, s'il vous plaît.

Et voici.

Listen again and repeat.

Je voudrais cela, s'il vous plaît.

Ceci and Cela are very polite ways to refer to an item you don’t know. In a more colloquial way, it is possible to use ça instead of ceci and cela.

Although this is more colloquial, its use is really easy as it doesn’t depend on gender.

Therefore, Je voudrais ceci s’il vous plaît or Je voudrais cela s’il vous plaît can just become Je voudrais ça s’il vous plaît.

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