Food in French: Conversations for Beginners

Welcome to Everyday French Conversations for Beginners Week 1 Episode 5. Today, we will learn to shop for food in French.

Let’s talk about easy grocery shopping: going to the supermarket and asking quick questions about food:

(01:50) Supermarket conversation in French.

(02:38) How to pronounce, “And a kilo of tomatoes.”

(03:40) “Is it your turn?” “Yes, I would like lettuce and a kilo of tomatoes.”

(04:38) “Here it is. How many tomatoes?” “A kilo.” Europe uses the metric system, so weight is measured in kilos and not pounds.

(05:30) I have some garlic that just arrived. Would you like some? I have some parsley. I have some lettuce. I have a kilo of tomatoes.

(06:25) A bunch of parsley. That just arrived. It just arrived. Would you like…? Oh, no thank you. I never eat garlic. I hate that.

(07:45) A little bit of garlic never hurt anybody. A little bit of… (garlic, parsley, lettuce)… nobody, never hurt, no thank you. I would like a kilo of golden apples.

(09:15) Yummy. Grapes. Two grapefruit. Very well. Here’s everything.

(10:35) In France, some specific items are better in the small stores than the large grocery stores. Recap: parsley, lettuce, tomatoes, garlic, grapes, grapefruit.

(11:35) Fruits: Lemon, lime, banana, melon, peach, apricot, plum, pear.

(12:26) Vegetables: celery, carrot, onion, green beans, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower.

(13:00) Greetings: Hello. Is it your turn. I would like… I have… Here you are. Okay. Would you like… Thank you. I hate that. No one. No, no thank you.

(14:00) Other phrases that may be helpful: Don’t touch the merchandise. Don’t do… Don’t touch… Merchandise. We will serve you. Do you have…? 

(15:40) Discussion about the small nearby shops and how they compare to huge grocery stores.

(17:00) Until next time.

Some useful words for food in French to start with:

pain	bread
poulet	chicken
porc	pork
jus	juice
poivre	pepper
bœuf	beef
lait	milk
fromage	cheese
sel	salt

We learn languages most effectively in chunks–meaningful words and phrases to communicate right away. 

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