FrenchA1Lesson 6.1
🇫🇷 French A1 · Lesson 6.1

Au marché — Food & quantities

Buy food at the market and ask for quantities.

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A shopper buys fruit at the market.

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le painthe bread 🔊
la pommethe apple 🔊
un kilo dea kilo of 🔊
le fromagethe cheese 🔊
Ça fait combien ?How much is it (total)? 🔊
un demi-kilohalf a kilo 🔊

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« Un kilo de pommes, s'il vous plaît. » 🔊
A kilo of apples, please.
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Bonjour. Un kilo de pommes, s'il vous plaît. 🔊Hello. A kilo of apples, please.
Voilà. Et avec ça ? 🔊Here you are. Anything else?
Un demi-kilo de fromage. 🔊Half a kilo of cheese.
Ça fait six euros. 🔊That's six euros.
Grammar in focus · de for quantities

Quantities link to the food with « de »: un kilo de pommes, un demi-kilo de fromage, une bouteille d'eau.

Write it yourself

Write a short market list of three items with quantities (e.g. « un kilo de… »).

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Tip for this task
Bien ! Use « de » between the quantity and the food.

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1. “A kilo of” is…
2. « le pain » is…
3. « un demi-kilo » means…
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