1. Ordering food and beverages
UNITE 3 – Leçon B
Ordering food and beverages

2. Gender of Nouns
Unlike nouns in English, every French noun has a gender, either masculine or feminine. You will need to remember the gender of each French noun that you learn.
La Tour Eiffel

3. Definite Articles – pg 84
To refer to a specific person, place or thing, you use a definite article. The definite articles in French are listed below.
They ALL mean “the”.
Le – comes before a masculine word beginning with a consonant sound.
La – before a feminine word w/ consonant sound.
L’ – used instead of the le or la before a word that begins with a vowel sound.
Les – the plural form of le, la and l’.

4. Pronunciation of Definite Articles
Le [luh] - rhymes with “je”
La [lah]
Les [lay] – rhymes with day, pay, ray, say!
In spoken French, the sound of “les” is often the only indication that the noun is plural. Always be careful to distinguish between the different sounds.

5. Indefinite Articles “Un” and “une” are indefinite articles.
They mean “a” or “an” (or “one” when using as a number!)
“Des” – the plural form – means “some”
The great thing about articles in French is that they usually indicate the gender of the noun.
Je voudrais une salade et un jus d’orange.
Salade is feminine; jus is masculine.

6. des boissons (f.) un café = a coffee un coca = a Coke
un coca light = a Diet Coke
un jus de pomme = an apple juice
un jus d’orange = an orange juice
un jus de raisin = a grape juice
un jus de fruit = a fruit juice
une limonade = a lemon-lime soda
une eau minérale = a mineral water

7. la nourriture un sandwich un hamburger un hot-dog un steak-frites
un sandwich au jambon
un sandwich au fromage
un hamburger
un hot-dog
un steak-frites
saignant = rare
à point = medium
bien cuit = well done

8. une salade
une omelette
une quiche
le fromage = cheese
le jambon = ham
la pomme = apple
l’orange (f.)
les frites (f.) = fries
les raisins (m.) = grapes

9. des desserts (m.) une crêpe
une glace au chocolat = chocolate ice cream
une glace à la vanille = vanilla ice cream
le chocolat
la vanille
la fraise

10. Je voudrais….. Je voudrais [voo dray] = I would like
This is the POLITE way of saying “I want”.
When ordering food or drink, you would use “un” or “une” (or another number) prior to the noun (in most cases.)
Ex. Je voudrais un steak-frites et une limonade, s’il vous plâit .
= I would like a steak and fries and a lemon-lime soda please.

11. Donnez-moi…. Donnez-moi = Give me
When ordering you speak formally to your “serveur”, hence the –ez (vous) ending to the verb donner, which means “to give”
Ex. Donnez-moi un jus d’orange s’il vous plâit.
= Give me an orange juice please.

12. Enquête culturelle – p 69 - 70.
Volunteers to read?
Important terms to make note of during the reading:
Le boulevard Saint-Michel
La Sorbonne
Steak-frites
Les friteries
Un diabolo menthe
Un express
Un café crème
Les crêperies
Les galettes
***These terms are in BOLD in your textbook.

13. Based on picture, say in French whether you are hungry or thirsty!

15. Pg 71 – Exercise 2 1. C’est une… 2. C’est un… 3. C’est un…
crêpe
jus d’orange
sandwich au jambon
café
glace au chocolat
salade
steak
hamburger

16. Pg 72 – Exercise 3
If you had a choice between two items, say which one you would order.
Begin sentence with “Donnez-moi” per the example!

17. Pg 73 – Exercises 4 & 5 Exercise 4: Exercise 5: 5 MINUTES!
For each receipt, count the number of masculine items and the number of feminine items.
Be prepared to state how many of each there are on each receipt AND what they are!
Exercise 5:
Name one item you could order for each of the prices listed.
5 MINUTES!

18. HOMEWORK Reminder – Due NEXT class:
Read pages and do Ex. 10 on page 79.
Due WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Workbook pages USE your textbook to do them. They must be already completed when you walk in the room otherwise they will be counted 1 day late (-30%)

19. Imagine that you’re playing Scrabble in French
Imagine that you’re playing Scrabble in French. What food item can you spell with each set
of letters?
1. elinalv __________________________
2. mopem __________________________
3. bmnajo __________________________
4. setirf __________________________
5. ssaniir __________________________
6. grenao __________________________
7. merafgo __________________________
8. toohlcca __________________________

20. 10. Categorize the following items by putting each one in the appropriate column. Put appropriate un or une before the noun.
Limonade / jus de pomme / glace à la vanille
hot-dog / hamburger / jus d’orange
glace au chocolat / crêpe / coca
Café / jus de raisin / eau minérale
sandwich au fromage / sandwich au jambon
Boissons Sandwichs Desserts

21. Categorize the following items by putting each one in the appropriate column. Write un or une in front of each item.
J’AI FAIM…..
salade
coca
café
sandwich au jambon
jus d’orange
crêpe
omelette
J’AI SOIF……
quiche
steak-frites
jus de raisin
limonade
hot-dog
eau minérale
glace