Today, I am inviting you to a French restaurant with Liliane and Michel. Please try to understand the dialogue and notice the accent from Marseille, in the South of France.
 -Excusez-moi! Bonjour! Le menu, sâil-vous-plaĂźt
-Oui, un moment. Vous voulez boire?
-Oui, je veux de lâeau, sâil vous plait. Jâai soif. Merci!
-Vous voulez manger?
-Oui, jâai trĂšs faim, je veux manger du pain, de la viande, des pommes de terre et du fromage. Je veux boire du vin blanc.
-Et vous, Madame?
-Je veux manger du poisson, des légumes et de la salade
-Vous voulez un dessert?
-Oui, nous voulons deux desserts et deux cafés.
-Bon Appétit!
1-Vocabulary:
Letâs review a few words. Do you remember how to say I am thirsty and I am hungry?
- I am thirsty: Jâai soif
- I am hungry: Jâai faim
We also learned how to say âto eatâ and âto drinkâ:
-Tu veux boire? Means: Do you want to drink?
-Tu veux manger? Means: Do you want to eat?
Finally, Liliane wants some âvin blancâ, do you remember your colors:
â«ïžNOIR / âȘïžBLANC / đGRIS
 New vocabulary:
-Le menu: Even though the word is the same in English, note the French way to say âMenuâÂ
-Un moment: The word is the same in English, but the intonation is different.Â
-Excusez-moi!: Excusez-moi means âExcuse meâ, just like in English!
Food from the menu:
đ„Le pain: the bread
đla viande: the meat
đ„les pommes de terre: the potatoes (the apples from the ground)
đLe poisson: the fish
đ·Le vin: the wine
đ„ŠLes lĂ©gumes: the vegetables
đ§Le fromage: the cheese
đ„La salade: the salad
đ°Les desserts: the desserts
Liliane said:
je veux manger du pain, de la viande, des pommes de terre et du fromage
 Then, I added:
Je veux boire de lâeau, je veux manger du poisson, des lĂ©gumes et de la salade
When referring to food or drinks, we use âsomeâ in front of a noun, as we canât count how much meat, water, fish or vegetable we are planning to eat or drink. This grammatical technique is also used in English.
Je veux de la viande, du poisson, de lâeau et du vin.
For: I want some meat, some fish, some water, and some wine.
âïžLiliane is asking for two coffees and two desserts, so you know that she is planning to finish them all! You go, Liliane!
Based on the gender of the noun and its singular/plural form, the French use different articles:
Masculine nouns: LE becomes DU
le fromage: DU fromage â Je veux du fromage
Le pain: DU pain
Le poisson: DU poisson
 Feminine nouns: LA becomes DE LA
La viande: DE LA viande â Je veux de la viande
La salade: DE LA salade
Lâeau â DE lâeau*
*Because the word âeauâ starts with a vowel, DE LA EAU is abbreviated by âDE LâEAUâ for a better flow in the sentence.Â
 Plurial: LES becomes DES regardless of the gender
Les lĂ©gumes: DES lĂ©gumes â Je veux des lĂ©gumes
Les pommes de terre: DES pommes de terre
2-Grammar:Â
Throughout the text, the verb âvouloirâ was repeated several times. Vouloir means âto want.â Just like in English âvouloirâ can be used before a verb or a noun.
Vous voulez boire?
Je veux manger du pain
je veux de lâeau
Vous voulez un dessert?
Nous voulons deux cafés.
Letâs conjugate the verb Vouloir
I want - Je veux
You want - Tu veux
He/she wants - Il/elle veut
We want - Nous voulons
You want - Vous voulez
They want - Ils/elles veulent
đŹIf you have questions, do not hesitate to contact me at: Bbunclody@gmail.com
Au revoir Michel et Liliane et merci beaucoup!đ
 Credits:
đ¶ Music: L'amour Ă©lastique, Arnaud Le GouĂ«fflec meets Jorge Bernstein and the pioupiouf. at the Bernstein Corporation (2017)
đVoice: Michel & Liliane SĂ©guier
đŒÂ Image: (Pixabay)
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