Conversation in French:
- Clara : Bonjour, je voudrais un café, s’il vous plaît.
- Serveur : Bien sûr ! Un café noir ou un café au lait ?
- Clara : Un café au lait, merci.
- Serveur : Et avec ça, vous voulez quelque chose à manger ?
- Clara : Oui, une croissant, s’il vous plaît.
- Serveur : Ça fera 4 euros au total.
- Clara : Voilà, merci beaucoup !
English Translation:
- Clara: Hello, I’d like a coffee, please.
- Waiter: Of course! A black coffee or a coffee with milk?
- Clara: A coffee with milk, thank you.
- Waiter: And would you like something to eat with that?
- Clara: Yes, a croissant, please.
- Waiter: That will be 4 euros in total.
- Clara: Here you go, thank you very much!
Vocabulary Explanation:
- Je voudrais: I would like.
- Polite expression of desire, from the verb vouloir (to want).
- Un café: A coffee.
- Masculine noun: The article un is used for masculine nouns.
- Plural form: des cafés.
- S’il vous plaît: Please.
- Formal way to make a request.
- Un café noir: A black coffee.
- Noir: Adjective meaning “black.”
- Un café au lait: A coffee with milk.
- Au lait: Means “with milk.”
- Et avec ça: And with that.
- Informal way to ask if the customer wants anything else.
- Vous voulez: Do you want.
- Vous: Formal “you.”
- Quelque chose: Something.
- Used to refer to an unspecified item.
- À manger: To eat.
- Manger: Verb meaning “to eat.”
- Une croissant: A croissant.
- Feminine noun: The article une is used for feminine nouns.
- Plural form: des croissants.
- Ça fera: That will be.
- Fera: Future form of the verb faire (to do/make), meaning “will be.”
- 4 euros au total: 4 euros in total.
- Total: Masculine noun, meaning “total.”
- Voilà: Here you go.
- Expression used when giving something to someone.
- Merci beaucoup: Thank you very much.
- Polite expression of gratitude.
Grammar Explanation:
- “Je voudrais un café, s’il vous plaît” (I’d like a coffee, please):
- Je voudrais: Polite form of vouloir (to want).
- Un café: “A coffee,” masculine noun.
- “Un café noir ou un café au lait ?” (A black coffee or a coffee with milk?):
- Noir: Adjective meaning “black.”
- Au lait: Prepositional phrase meaning “with milk.”
- “Et avec ça, vous voulez quelque chose à manger ?” (And would you like something to eat with that?):
- Vous voulez: Polite form for “do you want.”
- Quelque chose: Indefinite phrase meaning “something.”
- “Oui, une croissant, s’il vous plaît” (Yes, a croissant, please):
- Une croissant: Feminine noun, with une for singular.
- “Ça fera 4 euros au total” (That will be 4 euros in total):
- Ça fera: Future tense of faire (to make).
- Au total: Means “in total,” indicating the final amount.
- “Voilà, merci beaucoup !” (Here you go, thank you very much!):
- Voilà: Used to indicate giving something.
- Merci beaucoup: Formal expression of thanks.
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