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Communication: Au Café (survival guide to traveling in France -part 1)

Bonjour!  Bienvenue sur les leçons de français de Sandrine de Paris! Today, a short lesson for level A1.

Elle boit un café.

La leçon d'aujourd'hui est : le vocabulaire du café -une préparation pour un voyage en France!
Today's French lesson is : the vocabulary of the café -a preparation for a trip to France! 
(We will feature several lessons on this theme. Stay tuned...)

How to use this lessons:
- Start with getting familiar with the vocabulary
- Listen to the audio document
- Do the exercise
- Go to a French café!

Pour l'audio, cliquez ici :
SDPAuCafe1 by sandrinedeparis

Vocabulaire:
Le serveur (m.), la serveuse (f.) the server
monsieur sir / mr.
madame madam / mrs.
>>> To address the servers, use "monsieur!" or "madame!" (never "Garçon", which is too old-fashioned). To call a server, you can also say: "S'il vous plaît!"
You will be addressed as "madame", "monsieur" or "mademoiselle"("miss").

le café the coffee -also means "the café"
un verre a glass -can also mean "a drink"
une tasse a cup

also:
dans in
avec moi with me
pas not

verbes:
appeler
to call 
>>>j'appelle, tu appelles, il/elle/on appelle
nous appelons, vous appelez, ils/elles appellent
demander to ask 
- 2 irregular verbs:
boire to drink
>>> je bois, tu bois il/elle/on boit,
nous buvons, vous buvez, ils/elles boivent
vouloir  want
>>>je veux, tu veux, il/elle/on veut
nous voulons, vous voulez, ils/elles veulent

"Qu'est-ce que...?"
is used to ask a question starting with "What" -it literally means "What is it that...?"
- It has many letters but the pronunciation is really short: "Kess-kuh" / "Kesk"

2 important questions you will be asked, as a customer:
"Qu'est-ce que vous buvez ?": What do you drink? What are you drinking? - Lit. "What is it that you drink?"
"Qu'est-ce que vous voulez ?": What do you want? Lit. "What is it that you want?"

--> You will be addressed as "vous" (the polite "you") and you should use "vous" too.

Let's practice  the vocabulary of the café, with 5 sentences in a short exercise. 

How to do the exercise:
Either 1-Do the exercise 2-listen to the sentences 3-check your answers and the translation
Or 1-Listen first and try to understand 2-do the exercise 3-check your answers and the translation

Pour l'audio, cliquez ici:
SDPAuCafe1Exo by sandrinedeparis


Exercice: placez les 5 mots dans les phrases.
Place the 5 words in the sentences.
>>> vous / buvez / tasse / serveuse / café

"Bonjour monsieur! Qu'est-ce que voulez?"
J'appelle la : "Madame! S'il vous plaît!"
Elle boit du café dans un verre, pas dans une .
Je demande: "Tu veux boire un avec moi?"
Le serveur demande: "Qu'est-ce que vous ?"


Trouvez les réponses ici- Find the answers here.

My tip of the day: never order regular tea ("thé")in a French café unless you want an overpriced not-so-good hot beverage! You are however in for a treat if you order"thé à la menthe" (mint tea) in North African-owned places. For herbal tea, order "tisane".


photos et exercices: ©Sandrine de Paris

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