![]() Quel vin est-ce que vous me conseillez avec ce plat ? (‘Which wine would you recommend with this dish?’)Ĭustomers choose the plat du jour (dish of the day), check the menu (set menu) or cast their eye over the carte (menu). Pouvez-vous m’expliquer ce qu’est ce plat exactement ? (‘Can you explain what exactly this dish is?’) Quel est le plat du jour ? (‘What is today’s special?’) Je voudrais réserver une table pour deux personnes (‘I would like to book a table for two’) If you decide to go to a restaurant, don’t forget to keep some very useful phrases in mind! Je me suis réveillé à une heure du matin (‘I woke up at one in the morning’) is perfectly correct, even though the action clearly took place in the middle of the night! In a restaurant ![]() Here, it’s worth noting that night-time hours after midnight are considered to be morning. To find out at what time something starts, you can ask: A quelle heure est-ce que tu commences ton travail ? (‘What time do you start work?’) If it’s an approximate time, then it’s best to use the preposition vers: Je viendrai te rendre visite vers neuf heures demain matin (I’ll come and visit you around nine tomorrow morning’). In reply, French people might say: Il est onze heures moins le quart or Il est dix heures quarante-cinq – both meaning it’s a quarter to eleven in the morning (10.45 am). Quelle heure est-il, s’il vous plaît ? (‘What time is it, please?’) or, in a more formal context, Vous auriez l’heure s’il vous plaît ? (‘Do you have the time please?’) are both common phrases. There are several ways you can ask the time. Quelle direction dois-je prendre pour aller à l’aéroport, s’il vous plaît ? (‘How do I get to the airport please?’) Could you tell me how to get to the station?’) Knowing how to ask for directions is particularly important when you’re travelling, and a good reason to strike up a conversation with some locals.Įxcusez-moi, je suis perdu, est-ce que vous pouvez me dire où se trouve la gare ? (‘Excuse me, I’m lost. I live in Antibes, I’m an IT engineer and I love to play basketball.’) Asking for directions J’habite à Antibes, je suis ingénieur informaticien et j’adore jouer au basket. J’ai 28 ans, je suis français et je suis marié. If you want to learn how to introduce yourself in French, here’s an example for all students just beginning to study the language of Molière: Bonjour, je m’appelle Paul. ![]() When someone in France says merci (‘thanks’) to you, you can reply de rien or, more formally je vous en prie – ‘don’t mention it’. When they first meet someone they don’t know, French people will tend to say: Enchanté (‘Delighted’) or Heureux de faire votre connaissance (‘Pleased to meet you’). Bonsoir (‘good evening’) and bonne soirée (‘have a nice evening’) are used in a similar way. Bonjour, on the other hand, is what we say when we first meet. If I meet a friend in the street and start chatting to him, I’ll wish him a bonne journée – ‘have a nice day!’ – at the end of our conversation. Greetings and introducing yourselfĮveryone knows that French people say bonjour (‘hello’) several times a day! But what’s the difference between bonjour and bonne journée (literally, ‘good day’)? Well, bonne journée is used at the end of a conversation. You will need to know useful phrases for everyday life and understand the words that you might see in leaflets or newspapers, or that you’ll hear people using in the street and on public transport. When you decide to go on holiday abroad, being able to communicate with the locals in restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, train stations and shops is obviously very important.
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