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Lesson 2.09 - Dining
V: General Dining
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Dining Diner
Places
Actions and Feelings
la cuisine kitchen avoir faim to be hungry
la salle à manger dining room avoir soif to be thirsty
le restaurant restaurant manger to eat
Meals boire to drink
le repas the meal prendre to take
le petit-déjeuner breakfast vouloir to want
le déjeuner lunch mettre le couvert to set the table
le dîner dinner préparer un repas to prepare a meal
le goûter snack
Food Stores
Quantity
la boucherie butcher shop 1 le gramme gram
la boulangerie bakery 2 le kilo(gramme) kilogran
le dépôt de pain a place that sells bread 2 le litre
liter
la charcuterie delicatessen 3 la bouteille bottle 5
l'épicerie (f) grocery 4 la boîte can
la crémerie dairy store la livre pack, pound 6
la poissonnerie seafood store le paquet packet
le marché outdoor market le pot pot
la pâtisserie pastry shop
Canadian and Belgian French has an off-by-one behaviour with meals : breakfast is called déjeuner, lunch is
called dîner and dinner is souper.
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French butchers do not sell pork, pork products, nor horsemeat. For these products, go to a
charcuterie.
In France, bakeries only sell fresh bread. Places where they sell bread that is not fresh are called dépôt
de pain.
'Charcuteries' sell things besides pork products, including pâte, salami, cold meats, salads, quiches
and pizzas.
An alternative to an 'épicerie' is an alimentation générale (a general foodstore).
-eille is pronounced ay
Do not confuse with le livre (book).
G: Vouloir & Pouvoir
The verb vouloir is translated to to want. It is irregularly conjugated (it does not count as a regular -ir verb)
as follows: