Top 50 phrases to get by France: Dining out
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Key Phrases
L'addition, s'il vous plaît
The check, please
Je voudrais ça
I want this
Santé!
Cheers!
Skills You'll Learn
How to ask for the bill
Comment demander l'addition
Expressing desire or choice
Exprimer un désir ou un choix
Making a toast
Porter un toast
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Menu
Meh-noo
Menu
Eau
oh
Water
Vin
vaN
Wine
Bière
byehr
Beer
Café
ka-fay
Coffee
Je voudrais ça
zhuh voo-dreh sah
I want this
💬 [Je voudrais] is a softer, more polite way to say you want something than a direct [je veux]. You can reuse it with other things: [Je voudrais un café] or [Je voudrais la carte].
See breakdown →Délicieux
day-lee-see-uh
Delicious
L'addition, s'il vous plaît
l a-dee-see-ohn s il voo pleh
The check, please
💬 [L'] is shortened from [la] before a vowel, so [l'addition] can't stand alone as [l']. [S'il vous plaît] literally includes [vous], so it is the polite form you'd use with staff.
See breakdown →Végétarien
vay-zhay-ta-ryehN
Vegetarian
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