Vocabulaire 3.1

1. Vocabulaire 3.1 Français II

2. C’est combien, s’il vous plaît? • How much is it, please?

3. Combien coûte(nt) . . . ? • How much is (are) . . .? • Use the il / elle form (coûte) when you want to know the price of a singular item. • Use the ils / elles form (coûtent) when you want to know the prices of more than one item.

4. Combien en voulez-vous? • How many / much do you want? • Here, the en means “of it” or “of them.” • Remember, en almost always goes before the verb!

5. Je voudrais une livre d(e) ___. • I would like a pound of ___. • You could substitute un kilo for une livre if you wanted a “kilogram” of something.

6. Je vais en prendre #. • I’ll take # of them. • You could leave out the en and actually name the item you want: • Je vais prendre trois bananes.

7. Ça fait combien? • How much does that make?

8. la boucherie • butcher shop

9. la boulangerie • bakery

10. la charcuterie • delicatessen

11. la crémerie • dairy

12. la pâtisserie • pastry shop

13. la poissonnerie • fish shop

14. la baguette • long loaf of bread

15. le beurre • butter

16. le bifteck • steak

17. une crevette • a shrimp

18. un croissant • a crescent-shaped roll

19. un escargot • a snail

20. le fromage • cheese

21. les fruits de mer (m.) • seafood

22. une huître • an oyster

23. le lait • milk

24. le jambon • ham

25. le mille-feuille • layered pastry • rectangular pastries made of thin layers of puff pastry and cream filling

26. un œuf • an egg • Irregular pronunciation: • des œufs = [dayz could]

27. le pain au chocolat • croissant with a chocolate filling (like a miniature Hershey bar)

28. le pâté • paste often made from (less desireable) meat and fat • served as an appetizer • pâte = dough • pâtes = pasta

29. le poisson • fish • Watch your “s”s!

30. le poulet • chicken

31. la religieuse • cream puff pastry • a pastry made of two iced cream puffs filled with chocolate or coffee cream • “the nun”

32. le rôti de bœuf • roast beef

33. le saucisson • salami

34. la tarte aux pommes • apple tart

35. la viande • meat

36. la volaille • poultry

37. en • of it / them • an object pronoun which replaces d(e) + thing(s)

38. se régaler • to treat oneself • This is a reflexive verb which indicates an action done to oneself (like bathing, getting dressed, etc.). We’ll talk about this kind of verb more in Chapitre 4.

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