Learn how to ask "How do you eat this?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In France, there are many delicious dishes! We've already covered how to order them, but now, how to eat them! That, however, is not always so straightforward. So in today's lesson, we'll learn how to ask "How do you eat this?" |
Lesson focus |
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| In French, "How do you eat this?" is Comment ça se mange? |
| Comment ça se mange? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Comment ça se mange? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Comment ça se mange? |
| The first word, comment, means "how." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: comment |
| comment |
| It is followed by ça, which in French is "this," as we have learned many times. |
| So to recap here, we have Comment ça, literally, this means "How that?" |
| Let’s take a look at the next word, se, means something like "itself." |
| Se |
| And, se |
| Lastly, we have mange, which in French is "eat." |
| Mange |
| And, mange |
| So all together, we have Comment ça se mange? Literally, this means "How does that eat itself?" and means something like "How is this eaten?" |
| Hopefully, they don’t answer with some smart remark like “with the mouth,” which by the way, is: avec la bouche. If you hear this, you’re in for a long night. |
| There are other instances when you may want to add something like a sauce. In this case, you can ask "Do you add something to this?" which in French is: Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? |
| Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? |
| The first word Est-ce means "is it." |
| Let's break it down: Est-ce |
| And, Est-ce. |
| This is followed by qu'on, which in French is "that one." It is the contraction of two word que and on, “that” and “one.” |
| Qu'on |
| And, qu'on. |
| For the recap here, we have Est-ce qu'on, literally it is "Is it that one." |
| Let's take a look at the next word, which is y, this means something like "to this." |
| Y |
| And, y. |
| It is followed by ajoute which in French is “add.” |
| Ajoute |
| And, ajoute |
| This is followed by quelques, which in French is something like “some.” |
| Quelques |
| And, quelques |
| Lastly, we have chose, which in French is “thing.” |
| Chose |
| And, chose |
| So all together, we have: Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? literally meaning "Is this that one add something to this ?" |
| Finally, something that may come in handy for everyone out there adverse to hot things. The all-important question is "Is this hot?" ("hot" as in "spicy!") |
| In French, "Is this hot?" is Ça pique ? |
| Ça pique ? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Ça pique ? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Ça pique ? |
| The first words, Ça, mean "this," as we have learned. |
| This is followed by pique, which in French is "stings." |
| Pique |
| And, pique |
| So all together, we have Ça pique? Literally, this means "This stings?" and translate as "Is this spicy?" |
| Cultural Insight |
| One time in a restaurant, I ordered escargot, or “snails,” just to see what it would be like. They came in a funny dish with little pits for each snail, cooked in garlic and butter. But how to get the snail out of its shell? For this, they brought me a special thong with which to hold the shell while I scooped out the snail with a tiny fork, it came out easy and tasted juicy and savoury. |
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. Ok, here we go! |
| “How do you eat this?” - Comment ça se mange ? |
| Comment ça se mange ? |
| Comment ça se mange ? |
| “Do you add something?” - Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? |
| Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? |
| Est-ce qu'on y ajoute quelque chose ? |
| “Is this hot (spicy)?” - Ça pique ? |
| Ça pique ? |
| Ça pique ? |
| This is the end of today’s lesson. See you soon! À bientôt! |
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