Welcome to the third class in our series on French for clothes shopping, part of our Travel French course.
This lesson focuses on questions and phrases.
If you are looking for more basic vocabulary related to shopping and clothes, please check out the first two classes in this section.
A necessary chore, I'd say. Here's how to ask:
The same two questions with a slightly different format:
Getting the hang of this?
Don't forget that you can never be too polite when speaking French:
Those continental sizes can be pretty tiny!
You can also say:
Some more examples along the same lines:
You can also invert the order of the words in the question:
And here's the informal version, which you use at your own peril:
Here are the versions in the welcome event that you actually need a smaller size:
Obviously, it's a good idea to be able to understand the shop assistant when they reply. We go over questions and phrases for shop assistants in class 2 of this series.
Some more variations, this time with pronouns:
We can also construct those last three questions with a different word order:
When asking the price of something, we need to make subtle changes for plural/singular and for feminine/masculine nouns:
We can also change the word order of that last question, with no change in meaning:
Let's continue...
That last question with a different word order:
Here's a generic question if we can't be bothered with those pesky masculine and feminine forms:
You've got want you want and just need to pay?
Unfortunately, that chic independent boutique may not accept credit cards. Make sure you check first!
If we want to pay by credit card, these questions can also be used:
What you don't want to hear:
We also have a whole class on French for shop assistants ((LINK))
Got home and changed your mind? Good luck!
We can rearrange that last question too:
And, finally...
Some other stuff here
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Who doesn't visit a shop when they are on holiday? Whether it's shopping for Cartier jewellery on a plush Paris boulevard or just buying your daily bread from the local baker, you'll need a minimum of French in order to get by.
Other classes in this section:
In this third and final class on French for clothes shopping, we look at phrases which will help you get EXACTLY what you want, whether it's a different colour, a bigger size (no!, really??), or a different style altogether.
Now that we've learnt some of the most useful questions to ask when we are out shopping in France, wouldn't it be great if we could understand the shop assistant's answers? Yes, it would!
Whether you're shopping for a fancy frock in Paris, or looking for a sexy bikini to wow the jet set on the Côte d'Azur, these French phrases should come in very handy.
The second lesson in our series of classes on French for shopping.