Learn how to ask for particular things at a French hotel
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In today’s lesson, we’ll introduce you some more useful phrases for hotels and the like. |
Lesson focus |
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| The first phrase is “What time is checkout?” |
| In French, this is - A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| This is way longer than the English, right? Literally, it is "At what time may we leave the room?" |
| As French language doesn’t have the word for “check-out.” |
| Let’s break down this question by syllable: A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| Now let's hear it once again: A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| The first word a means “at" in French. |
| Now let's hear it once again: a |
| Then we have quelle, which means “which” or “what,” and then we have heure, which means “hour” or “time" in French. |
| Altogether, it’s: quelle heure |
| quelle heure |
| After quelle heure, we have devons-nous, which is “must we” or “may we.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it once again: devons-nous |
| devons-nous |
| Following that, we have quitter, this literally means “to leave” and is an infinitive form so let's hear it once again: quitter |
| And, quitter |
| And finally, we have la chambre, which means “the room.” |
| So to recap here, we have: A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| Literally, it is "At what time must we leave the room?" |
| Ok, now let's take a look at some words you could need while staying in a hotel because there will be times when you need more of certain things. |
| There are a few more words that might come in handy. For example, “a towel” |
| une serviette |
| une serviette |
| une serviette |
| Or, "a toothbrush" |
| une brosse à dents |
| une brosse à dents |
| une brosse à dents |
| Then we have "toothpaste" |
| le dentifrice |
| le dentifrice |
| le dentifrice |
| And then another example is "shampoo" |
| le shampooing |
| le shampooing |
| le shampooing |
| And finally, you can use use the word "soap" |
| le savon |
| le savon |
| le savon |
| Let's try to ask, "Can I have a towel?" This is Je peux avoir une serviette ? |
| Je peux avoir une serviette ? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Je peux avoir une serviette ? |
| Je peux avoir une serviette ? |
| The first two words are Je peux and they mean “can I.” |
| Let's break down these two words and hear them one more time: Je peux |
| And, je peux. |
| Next, we have avoir, “to have.” |
| Avoir |
| And, avoir. |
| And then we have une, which is the indefinite article for feminine nouns. |
| And finally, you have the thing you’re looking for, serviette, “towel.” |
| Serviette |
| And again, serviette. |
| So all together, we have - Je peux avoir une serviette ? this literally means “can I have a towel?” |
| You can use this question with any items you may need. |
| Alright, that’s it for today. Thank you for listening, bye-bye! |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so bonne chance, that means “good luck” in French. |
| “What time is checkout?” - A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| A quelle heure devons-nous quitter la chambre? |
| “Can I have a towel?” - Je peux avoir une serviette ? |
| Je peux avoir une serviette ? |
| Je peux avoir une serviette ? |
| Alright, that’s going to do it for today. |
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