Using Quantities at the Market in French

Sentence Builder: Au marché

Here we learn some useful phrases to ask for vegetables ‘at the market’ (au marché).

Vous désirez?
What would you like?

Je voudrais…
I would like…		un kilo de
a kilogramme of

un demi-kilo de
half a kilogramme of

cinq cents grammes de
five hundred grams of

une poignée de
a handful of		carottes
carrots

tomates
tomatoes
Je voudrais…
I would like…		un kilo d‘
a kilogramme of

un demi-kilo d‘
half a kilogramme of

cinq cents grammes d‘
five hundred grams of

une poignée d‘
a handful of		oignons
onions

asperges
asparagus

Exercise: Au marché

Question 1

Vous désirez?
What would you like?
– Say “I would like three hundred grams of onions, please.”

Question 2

Vous désirez?
What would you like?
– Say “I would like half a kilo of tomatoes, please.”

Question 3

Vous désirez?
What would you like?
– Say “I would like two kilos of turnips, please.”

Question 4

Vous désirez?
What would you like?
– Say “I would like two cauliflowers, please”.

Question 5

Vous désirez?
What would you like?
– Say “I would like a handful (une poignée) of carrots, please”.

Video: The French Market

Find out more about some of the most wonderful markets in France. This link will open a new window in YouTube.

Les plus beaux marchés de France