BEGINNER1. LESSON #47. AU RESTAURANT
Au restaurant :- (Le serveur) Madame, monsieur, voici les menus. Désirez-vous un apéritif ?
- (Marie) Non merci.
- (Jean) Quelque chose te plaît dans le menu ?
- Peut-être une viande.
- Moi, j’aime le poisson autant que la viande. Je les préfère grillés et sans sauce. Attention à la farine !
- Je comprends. Et pour les légumes ?
- Tant qu’ils ne me servent pas des pâtes, tout va bien. Mais parlons d’autre chose.
TRANSLATION
At the restaurant :
- (Waiter) Sir, madam, here are the menus. Would you like an appetizer ?
- (Marie) No, thank you.
- (Jean) Do you see something that pleases you in the menu ?
- Maybe meat.
- I like fish as much as meat. I prefer them grilled and without any sauce. Careful with the flour !
- I understand. What about vegetables ?
- As long as they don’t serve me pasta, everything is all right. But let’s talk about something else.
At the restaurant :
- (Waiter) Sir, madam, here are the menus. Would you like an appetizer ?
- (Marie) No, thank you.
- (Jean) Do you see something that pleases you in the menu ?
- Maybe meat.
- I like fish as much as meat. I prefer them grilled and without any sauce. Careful with the flour !
- I understand. What about vegetables ?
- As long as they don’t serve me pasta, everything is all right. But let’s talk about something else.
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Apéritif (masc.) : drink, appetizer. Plaire : to please, to appeal, to suit. Viande (fém.) : meat. Poisson (masc.) : fish. Griller : to grill. Grillé, grillée : grilled. Sauce (fém.) : sauce, gravy. Attention : attention, careful. Farine (fém.) : flour. Comprendre : understand. Légume (masc.) : vegetable. Servir : to serve. Pâte (fém.) : pasta. Autre chose : something else. |
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In this lesson, we can review what we learnt in the precedent one about personal pronouns that change
form when there are not subjects. We have here new examples :
Quelque chose te plaît dans le menu ?
Tant qu’ils ne me servent pas des pâtes, tout va bien. Notice that the negation adverb ne is placed just between the subject and the pronoun. That the rule with object pronouns. Let’s see now the next forms as long as we have here one of them :
Je les préfère grillés et sans sauce.
Les refers here to fish and meat, it’s the translation of English pronoun them.
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Translate in French : 1. Would you like an appetizer ? 2. Does the dress please you ? 3. I understand. Translate in English : 1. Tu aimes les croissants ? 2. Oui, mais je les aime avec de la confiture. 3. Il me sert des légumes et des spaghetti. Confiture (fém.) : jam, marmelade. Spaghetti (fém. plur) : spaghetti. |
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