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Try it on in English
Tasha takes Ana downtown to look for a thicker cardigan. The shop has racks, mirrors, and a fitting room in the back.
Ana asks to try one on, checks other sizes, and asks if it comes in blue.
Then she buys mustard yellow again. It is the color she already wears.
By the end, you'll ask to try clothes on, ask for sizes and colors, and say you will buy one.
By the end of this lesson
Ask to try something on, ask for other sizes and colors, and decide.
- Can I try this on?May I put this on to check the size?
- Do you have other sizes?Can I see a smaller or larger one?
- Does it come in blue?is there a blue one?
- Where's the fitting room?Where can I try clothes on?
- I'll take this one.I want to buy this.
- It fits just right.This size is perfect for me.
Scene — a thicker cardigan
Saturday downtown. Tasha pulls Ana into a small clothing shop a few blocks from the L.
A clerk stands by the mirrors. Racks of cardigans sit near the window. Ana still wears her mustard-yellow knit.
Tasha holds a thicker one on a hanger and waits.
Learn — try it on
Six lines for a clothing shop. You'll ask to try something on and ask for sizes and colors.
You'll also find the fitting room and say you want to buy one.
Can I try this on?
May I put this on to check the size?
When to use it: Say this in a shop when you want to put clothes on.
Learn this as one piece, a casual, polite ask in a shop.
Say it: Can is a light sound here, not like can't.
Do you have other sizes?
Can I see a smaller or larger one?
When to use it: Ask this when you need a smaller or larger one.
Other sizes means a smaller one or a larger one.
Does it come in blue?
is there a blue one?
When to use it: Ask this to check if the same item has another color.
Come in plus a color asks if they have that color.
Where's the fitting room?
Where can I try clothes on?
When to use it: Ask this in a shop when you need a place to change.
Where's is where is said as one piece.
Say it: Stress the first part of fitting.
I'll take this one.
I want to buy this.
When to use it: Say this when you decide to buy the thing in your hand.
I'll is I will said as one piece, and it shows you decided.
It fits just right.
This size is perfect for me.
When to use it: Say this when the size is not too big or too small.
Just right means the size is perfect, not too big.
Story — mustard yellow again
Watch Ana try on a cardigan downtown. Tasha teases her about mustard yellow.
The highlighted words are the lines you just learned.
- A small shop downtown. Tasha holds a thick mustard cardigan.
TashaThis one's thicker. Go on, try it.She wants Ana to put on a warmer cardigan.
AnaExcuse me. Can I try this on?She gets the clerk's attention and asks to put it on.- ClerkOf course. Take any size you like.Ana may put it on, in any size.
- AnaDo you have other sizes?Can I see a smaller or larger one?
- ClerkWell, small and large too. Fitting room's in back.They have more sizes, and the change room is behind her.
- AnaOn your back?Ana hears in back and thinks of the clerk's back.
- TashaThe room in the back, Ana. Not her back.Tasha explains it is a room, not a person's back.
- AnaWhere's the fitting room?Where can I try clothes on?
- ClerkPast the mirrors. Go ahead.Walk by the mirrors to find the room.
- Ana comes back in the mustard cardigan. She tugs both sleeves.
- AnaDoes it come in blue?is there a blue one?
- ClerkIt does. We have this one in blue, too.Yes, they also have this cardigan in blue.
- TashaBlue? You already wear mustard every day.Tasha teases Ana for always choosing mustard yellow.
- AnaIt fits just right.This size is perfect for me.
- TashaHow much is it?you ask the price
- ClerkThirty-two even.The price is thirty-two dollars, with no extra cents.
- AnaI'll take this one.I want to buy this.
Practice — sizes and colors
Ten quick exercises wait here. You'll listen, pick, match, fill a gap, and build a line.
They stay short, so the round moves fast.
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What did you hear?
What did you hear?
Match the pairs
English
Can I try this on?Drop the Simple English hereDo you have other sizes?Drop the Simple English hereWhere's the fitting room?Drop the Simple English hereI'll take this one.Drop the Simple English hereSimple English
What do you say?
What do you say?
The clerk said you can try it on. You cannot see where to change.
What does it mean?
What does it mean?
Does it come in blue?
Fill the gap
Fill the gap
Can I see a smaller or larger one?
Do you have other ____?
Build the line
Build the line
I want to buy this.
.
Tap the words in order.
Pick the reply
Clerk says:
Pick the reply
How does that feel?
She asks if the size is good.
And you reply with:
What do you say?
What do you say?
The clerk is facing the other way. You need her to turn around.
Swap the word
Swap the word
You like the cardigan, and you want the price before you pay.
How ____ is it?
Pick the reply
Clerk says:
Pick the reply
Here you go.
She gives you the bag with the cardigan.
And you reply with:
Say it — say it in the shop
Now you're Ana in the clothing shop with Tasha. When it's your turn, tap the microphone and speak the line.
Tap play first if you want to hear the line. Your recording stays on your device.
- TashaThis mustard one is thicker.She wants Ana to try a warmer cardigan.
- Ana (you)Ask to put this on and check the size.
Ask to put this on and check the size.
Can I try this on?
May I put this on to check the size?
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Recap — what you can say now
| English | Simple English | Play |
|---|---|---|
| Can I try this on? | May I put this on to check the size? | |
| Do you have other sizes? | Can I see a smaller or larger one? | |
| Does it come in blue? | is there a blue one? | |
| Where's the fitting room? | Where can I try clothes on? | |
| I'll take this one. | I want to buy this. | |
| It fits just right. | This size is perfect for me. |
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