{"id":31367,"date":"2019-06-04T05:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T03:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31367"},"modified":"2019-05-25T22:25:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T20:25:21","slug":"food-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/food-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"French vocabulary – Food shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it is true that there are more and more \u00e9piceries<\/strong> <\/a>(grocery stores<\/em>) in France and that more people font leurs emplettes dans des grands-surfaces<\/strong> (do their shopping in big stores<\/em>) or in des supermarch\u00e9s<\/strong><\/a> (super markets<\/em>), most Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (French people<\/em>) still do a fair amount of their food shopping in small, often-family-owned shops that specialize in just one type of food.<\/p>\n

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Faire les courses<\/strong> \/ To go shopping<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pour acheter \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nOn va \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nTo buy \u2026<\/em><\/td>\nOne goes to the \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
De la viande<\/strong><\/td>\nA la boucherie<\/strong><\/td>\nMeats<\/em><\/td>\nTo the butcher<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
De la charcuterie et des plats pr\u00e9par\u00e9s<\/strong><\/td>\nA la charcuterie<\/strong><\/td>\nCured meats and prepared dishes<\/em><\/td>\nTo the delicatessen<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du pain et des p\u00e2tisseries<\/strong><\/td>\nA la boulangerie-p\u00e2tisserie<\/strong><\/td>\nBread and pastries<\/em><\/td>\nTo the bakery<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du lait, de la cr\u00e8me, et des \u0153ufs<\/strong><\/td>\nA la cr\u00e8merie<\/strong><\/td>\nMilk, cream, and eggs<\/em><\/td>\nTo the dairy shop<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du poisson, un crabe, ou des crevettes<\/strong><\/td>\nA la poissonnerie<\/strong><\/td>\nFish, crab, or shrimp<\/em><\/td>\nTo the fish shop<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du fromage<\/strong><\/td>\nA la fromagerie<\/strong><\/td>\nCheese<\/em><\/td>\nTo the cheese shop<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Le march\u00e9<\/strong> \/ The market<\/em><\/p>\n

Not to be confused with un supermarch\u00e9<\/strong>, un march\u00e9<\/strong> is an open-air produce market where many French people, \u00e0\u00a0la campagne comme dans les grands villes<\/strong> (in the country and in the city<\/em>) go acheter<\/strong> (to buy<\/em>) their fruits<\/strong> (fruits<\/em>) and l\u00e9gumes<\/strong> (vegetables<\/em>).<\/p>\n

In the video that follows, you can follow along as a young French family goes off on their weekly visit to the\u00a0march\u00e9 du quartier\u00a0<\/strong>(the neighborhood market)<\/em> to do their shopping. Ils vont acheter<\/strong> (they are going to buy<\/em>) des carottes, des pommes, un saucisson, de la salade, du pain, du fromage, et du jambonneau<\/strong> (carrots, apples, a dried\/cured sausage, lettuce, bread, cheese, and a small ham<\/em>) [whereby you can see also that some of the foods that are found in specialty shops – like bread, cured meats, and cheese – can also be found at the march\u00e9<\/strong>].<\/p>\n

Listen for how they ask for the food they want (Je vais vous prendre ou Je vais prendre<\/strong> \/\u00a0I will take<\/em>) and how they ask to try something (Est-ce que je peux go\u00fbter?<\/strong> \/ Can I taste it?)<\/em><\/p>\n